800.4016 DP/12–1445
The Chairman of the State-War-Navy Coordinating
Committee (Dunn) to the Secretary of State
Washington, 14 December,
1945.
By informal action on 14 December 1945, the State-War-Navy Coordinating
Committee approved SWNCC 221/4.
A copy of the approved paper is forwarded herewith for guidance and, where
appropriate, for implementation.
For the State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee:
James Clement Dunn
[Enclosure—Extract]
Repatriation of Japanese and Other Persons From the
Japanese Mandated Islands
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Conclusions21
4. It is concluded that:
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a.
- All non-native civilians in the Japanese Mandated Islands who wish
to be repatriated may be repatriated.
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b.
- All persons should be repatriated whose presence in the islands
constitutes an active threat to security.
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c.
- All Japanese nationals whose place of origin was the main Japanese
islands (not including the Liuchiu Islands) should be repatriated
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to Japan except
those whom CinCPac may at his discretion permit to remain.
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d.
- All Japanese nationals whose place of origin was the Liuchiu
Islands and who have resided in the Japanese Mandated Islands for
less than ten years shall be repatriated to the Liuchiu Islands or
the main Japanese Islands, as they may prefer, except those whom
CinCPac may at his discretion permit to remain. No repatriations to
the Liuchiu Islands shall be undertaken until adequate reception
facilities have been established and appropriate arrangements made
with the military government of these islands.
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e.
- All movement of persons to be repatriated should be coordinated
with CinCAFPac, and no actual movement shall be made without mutual
agreement between CinCPac and CinCAFPac.
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f.
- Adequate records should be kept concerning all persons who are
repatriated in order to make it possible to deal with any claims for
compensation or reimbursement which may arise.
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g.
- Upon the completion of the repatriations herein authorized, the
situation in regard to non-native civilians in the Japanese Mandated
Islands shall be re-examined by CinCPac and a further report made
containing such recommendations as may be appropriate at that
time.
Recommendations
5. It is recommended that, upon approval by the State-War-Navy
Coordinating Committee of the “Conclusions”, this report be transmitted
to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and to the State, War and Navy Departments
for their guidance and, where appropriate, for implementation.
