SCAPIN-989: RADIO TELEGRAPH CIRCUITS BETWEEN JAPAN AND AMAMI O-SHIMA AND MIYAKO JIMA
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
29 May 1946
AG 676.3
(29 May 46)
CCS
(SCAPIN - 989)
| MEMORANDUM FOR | IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. |
|---|---|
| THROUGH | Central Liaison Office, Tokyo. |
| SUBJECT | Radio Telegraph Circuits between Japan and Amami O-shima and Miyako Jima. |
1. This memorandum is to confirm the verbal instructions of General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, to the Japanese Board of Communications on 16 May 1946, regarding transmission and reception of radio telegraph messages between Japan and the islands of Amami O-Shima and Miyako Jima.
2. The Japanese terminal of the radio telegraph circuits to Amami O-Shima and Miyako Jima will be moved from Kagoshima, Kyushu to Fukuoka, Kyushu. Required equipment installation and rearrangement at the Fukuoka terminal to operate these circuits will be accomplished by or before 30 June 1946.
3. Pending completion of the move directed in paragraph 2 above, the messages handled by the Kagoshima terminal shall be submitted to the District Telecommunications Censor at Fukuoka via land line telegraph before they are transmitted from persons in Japan to persons outside of Japan, and before they are delivered to persons in Japan from persons outside of Japan.
4. Radio telegraph messages between Japan and any point outside of Japan, as presently defined, will not be transmitted or received by the Kagoshima radio terminal subsequent to the date the circuits from Amami O-Shima and Miyako Jima are terminated at Fukuoka.
FOR THE SUPREME COMMANDER:
B. M. FITCH,
Brigadier General, AGD,
Adjutant General.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
29 May 1946
MEMORANDUM:
SUBJECT: Information of General Application Pertaining to Directive Number (SCAPIN 989), file AG 676.3 (29 May 46)CCS, this Headquarters, 29 May 1946, subject: "Radio Telegraph Circuits Between Japan and Amami O-Shima and Miyako Jima".
1. With reference to subject memorandum, the following is published for the information of all concerned.
2. The islands of Amami O-Shima and Miyako Jima lie outside the territorial limits of Japan as presently defined. Communication between Japan and these islands is international in classification and therefore messages are subject to censorship regulations.
3. The District Telecommunications Censor at Fukuoka reported that messages passing between Japan and these islands were not being censored prior to transmission or delivery. The volume of traffic handled does not warrant placing personnel in the Kagoshima terminal as censors.
4. Movement of the radio terminal from Kagoshima to Fukuoka was directed to facilitate censoring of messages to or from Japan and to provide for more effective surveillance over international telecommunications circuits.
5. Surveillance by the occupation forces will be necessary to insure that the movement of the Kagoshima radio terminal to Fukuoka is completed within the specified time limit, and the proper routing of messages by the Kagoshima terminal during the interim period while the terminal is being moved.
6. Command instructions pertaining to the execution of surveillance will follow through command channels.
J W MANN
Lt Col, AGD
Asst Adj Gen
DISTRIBUTION:
Same as SCAPIN 989
less Imperial Japanese Government.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
SUPREME COMMANDER FOR THE ALLIED POWERS
APO 500
29 May 1946
MEMORANDUM:
SUBJECT: Information of General Application Pertaining to Directive Number (SCAPIN 989 ), file AG 676.3 (29 May 46)CCS, this Headquarters, 29 May 1946, subject: "Radio Telegraph Circuits Between Japan and Amami O-Shima and Miyako Jima".
1. With reference to subject memorandum, the following is published for the information of all concerned.
2. The islands of Amami O-Shima and Miyako Jima lie outside the territorial limits of Japan as presently defined. Communication between Japan and these islands is international in classification and therefore messages are subject to censorship regulations.
3. The District Telecommunications Censor at Fukuoka reported that messages passing between Japan and these islands were not being censored prior to transmission or delivery. The volume of traffic handled does not warrant placing personnel in the Kagoshima terminal as censors.
4. Movement of the radio terminal from Kagoshima to Fukuoka was directed to facilitate censoring of messages to or from Japan and to provide for more effective surveillance over international telecommunications circuits.
5. Surveillance by the occupation forces will be necessary to insure that the movement of the Kagoshima radio terminal to Fukuoka is completed within the specified time limit, and the proper routing of messages by the Kagoshima terminal during the interim period while the terminal is being moved.
6. Command instructions pertaining to the execution of surveillance will follow through command channels.
J W MANN
Lt Col, AGD
Asst Adj Gen
DISTRIBUTION:
Same as SCAPIN 989
less Imperial Japanese Government.
