Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, The Far East and Australasia, Volume VII, Part 2

740.00119 PW/5–1649

Interim Directive by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, at Toyko¹

restricted

[Washington,] 12 May 1949.

Serial No. 104

Advance Transfers of Japanese Reparations and Reparations Allocation Procedures for Industrial Facilities in Japan

The following interim directive, Serial No. 104, regarding advance transfers of Japanese reparations and reparations allocation procedures for industrial facilities in Japan, received from the State and Army Departments in accordance with Paragraph III, 3, of the terms of reference of the Far Eastern Commission, is transmitted to you for necessary action.

“Interim directive Serial No. 75² is hereby rescinded. Items already processed under that directive will, however, be made available for removal in accordance with terms of that directive.”

1. Copy transmitted to the Department by the State–Army–Navy–Air Force Coordinating Committee with its SANA–6373, May 16, and forwarded by the Department on May 18 to the Fair Eastern Commission.
2. April 4, 1947, Foreign Relations, 1947, vol. vi, p. 376.