Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The Far East: China, Volume VII
740.00115 PW/9–2347
The Ambassador in China (Stuart) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 3.]
The Ambassador has the honor to enclose for the information of the Department a copy of a self-explanatory tabulation prepared by the Army Advisory Group which shows the number of Japanese and certain miscellaneous persons repatriated from China since V–J Day.
Memorandum by the Army Advisory Group in China
Repatriation Activities
24 February 1947 to 15 September 1947
1. status of repatriation 24 february 1947
Prior to the assumption by AAG of the residual repatriation mission from Executive Headquarters, the following number of persons had been repatriated from China under this program.
| Japanese | |||
| Area of Origin | Military | Civilian | Total |
| South China | 112,681 | 13,985 | 126,666 |
| Indo-China | 29,352 | 1,690 | 31,042 |
| Formosa | 157,330 | 317,623 | 474,953 |
| Central China | 685,286 | 127,718 | 813,004 |
| North China | 239,286 | 313,612 | 552,898 |
| Manchuria | 17,361 | 1,001,651 | 1,019,012 |
| Total | 1,241,296 | 1,776,279 | 3,017,575 |
| Miscellaneous Persons | |||
| Areas as listed above | |||
| Indonesians: | 95 | ||
| Koreans: | 61,371 | ||
| Formosans: | 12,493 | ||
| Filipino: | 29 | ||
| Okinawans: | 15,407 | ||
| Total | 89,395 | ||
| Grand Total | 3,106,970 |
2. repatriation activity under the army advisory group
The following persons have been repatriated with the advice and assistance of the Army Advisory Group, 24 February 1947 to 15 September 1947.
| Japanese | |||
| Area of Origin | Military | Civilian | Total |
| Formosa (2 shipments) | 4 | 3,206 | 3,210 |
| Central China (3 shipments) | 165 | 405 | 570 |
| North China (4 shipments) | 3 | 91 | 94 |
| Manchuria (9 shipments) | 18,520 | 18,520 | |
| Total | 172 | 22,222 | 22,394 |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| Okinawans (1 shipment) | 359 | ||
| Koreans (1 shipment) | 413 | ||
| Total | 772 | ||
| Grand Total | 23,166 |
3. aggregate total repatriated to september 15, 1947
| Japanese | |||
| Military | Civilian | Total | |
| South China | 112,681 | 13,985 | 126,666 |
| Indo-China | 29,352 | 1,690 | 31,042 |
| Formosa | 157,334 | 320,829 | 478,163 |
| Central China | 685,451 | 128,123 | 813,574 |
| North China | 239,289 | 313,703 | 552,992 |
| Manchuria | 17,361 | 1,020,171 | 1,037,532 |
| Total | 1,241,468 | 1,798,501 | 3,039,969 |
| Miscellaneous Persons | |||
| Indonesians: | 95 | ||
| Koreans: | 61,784 | ||
| Formosans: | 12,493 | ||
| Filipino: | 29 | ||
| Okinawans: | 15,766 | ||
| Total | 90,167 | ||
| Grand Total | 3,130,136 |
4. japanese remaining to be repatriated
Based on information available to Executive Headquarters, at the time the residual repatriation mission was passed to the Army Advisory Group, the following are the number of Japanese now remaining in China.
| South China | 396 |
| Indo-China | 37 |
| Formosa | 637 |
| Central China | 1,774 |
| North China (1) | 5,267 |
| Manchuria: (2) | |
| National Government Area (3) | 18,000 |
| Communist Area | 50,000 |
Notes:
- (1)
- 1,000 scheduled for movement 5 October 1947.
- (2)
- Data on Manchuria is highly questionable. These figures are purely estimates based upon such miscellaneous information as was available.
- (3)
- 10,000 scheduled for movement 27–30 September 1947.