740.00119 PW/10–446
The State–War–Navy Coordinating
Committee to the Secretary of
State
SWN–4800
Washington, 4 October 1946.
Subject: Delivery of Reparations Goods in Japan
| References: |
a. SWNCC 236/20 |
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b. SWNCC 236/25 |
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c. SWNCC 236/27 |
Enclosed herewith is a copy of SWNCC
236/27, a revision of reference a as amended by
reference b and approved by the State–War–Navy
Coordinating Committee on 3 October 1946.
It is requested that the statement of the U.S. position in the Appendix
be forwarded by the State Department to the U.S. Member of the Far
Eastern Commission.22
For the State–War–Navy Coordinating Committee:
Ernest A. Gross
for
J. H.
Hilldring
Chairman
[Annex]
Statement of U S Policy Regarding Delivery of Reparations Goods in
Japan23
- 1.
- In delivering reparations goods to claimant countries, the
Japanese Government should bear all costs connected with
dismantling,
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packing,
transporting to a port in Japan for waterborne craft or for
airborne craft designated by the Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers, handling, and loading on board the craft at that
port. None of these costs should be charged to the recipient
country’s reparations account.
- 2.
- The goods in question should become the property of the
recipient country when they have been delivered on board at the
designated port and, thereafter, they become the entire
responsibility of such recipient country. The goods in question
should be charged to the reparations account of the recipient
country not later than the time at which they have been
delivered on board at the designated port.
- 3.
- When particular reparations goods have been designated for
application to the reparations account of a particular country,
the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers may, before
proceeding with the removal of such goods from their location at
the time of such designation, require that country to provide
him with a written undertaking to accept such goods in
accordance with the provisions of this paper, provided they are
delivered on board at the designated port free from any major
damage sustained in processes of dismantling, transportation,
and loading.
- 4.
- a. Each claimant nation will be
responsible for furnishing the waterborne or airborne craft
necessary to transport its reparations goods from the designated
port in Japan.
- b. In accordance with the provisions of
this paper, each claimant nation will furnish transportation for
its reparations goods at the port and will be prepared to accept
transfer of title no later than two years after the designation
of the goods for application to that country’s reparations
account, provided that such goods have been delivered to the
loading point at the port within that period. Otherwise, the
goods will revert to SCAP for
allocation to another claimant or for disposition under the
provisions of other directives.
- c. For purposes of developing
priorities and schedules for dismantling operations and removal
of reparations goods to the port, each claimant nation will
notify SCAP of the order
desired for receiving its respective reparations goods and the
prospective availability of shipping to move these goods from
the port. Firm schedules for dismantling operations, removal to
the port, and loading on board recipient’s craft will be
determined by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in
agreement with the representatives of the recipient
country.
