LETTER TO (SANITIZED) FROM L. K. WHITE

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• Publication Date: May 3, 1950
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Y09tii BROADCAST XITL" MATIOU 3,`MYIjP
2430 13 Street. 11W
Ilashinaton, 1?. C.
More _ v eau
Poreign Broadcast Information Service
APO 239, c/o Postmaster
San Prrncicco, California
Dear
Please accept .mY sincere thanks for your most thoughtful letter
of 21 Harsh 1950 concerning the conditions under which our non-Anerican,
employees and their families at the Okinawa Sure work and live. You
are to be commended for your careful analysis and suggestions, your
sympathetic consideration of the problems confrontin,G this group and.
your loyalty to them.
.First of all I should like to assure you of ny intense interest
in this problem and my strong personal desire to do everything reasonable
and proper to establish and maintain a compatible woiklne relationship
and a high esprit de corps at our station on dkin#wa as well as the
others.
Us should all recognize that the Okinaa. Bureau is an infant organ-
ization. It will continue for some tine to experience growing pains
not unusual in the establishment of a new operation of this type in-
volving the relocation of a number of people and their complete re-
orientation to a new job and in fact in most eases a new way of life.
Some of our problems I em sure can be solved with little delay.
Others will require a long period of time coupled. with tolerance and
patience of those primarily concerned and interested. Still others,
while perhaps not Impossible, at the moment appear not to have any
practical solution. I am not given to m? dng promisee or cozraitmernts
which I an not reasonably sure can be fulfilled and I shall ? not deviate
from this principle in' discussion of those problems.
Basically I am sure that the apparent uncertainty and insecurity
under which our non-American employees at least think they work and live
is the principal cause for anxiety. A great deal of this anxiety can
only be relieved by their o in faith in the United, States Government,
whose record of fairness and consideration for Its employees will, I em
aura, compare favorably with that of any employer in the world.
5825 is a very small, almost infinitesimal part of the 'United States
Government. tie are not in a position to influence legislation. The laws
of this couht*7 have been enacted by the Congress and the president and
other practices have been established because they are what 154 million
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As erlcans vent and think they need to adisi*ietsr our government. As
such as we might like to do so it would be extremely naive for no to
think that we could substantially influence Legislation or alter ostab-
ltehed practices for the benefit of a small. part of our snail operation.
If we recognise. this It i ediately be cos.. obvious that it wauli be
pointless to try to change the laws mad praettoes of our gwarawat.
On the oontre y we met s ocarpi then sM do our boat to find ways and
some of a o*oaplishirrg our abjectly" within t it frommo e.
I shall attoo t to discuss some of the subjects which you inndieate
are of primary oo nosrn.
JAURMt ken If our bt Ut would perstit, which It saes not, vre could
24 4 psi' nos-Amortasas eels rlrrs comparable to those "it Americans. As
order to was an "A S10414 on OkIn aAa attrasettver I. hen. Ouerb
rarewarttrrsat bs"l to ors aai poacticss %at u *aepricam otitsiss set & 'be
psfd a aalo*7 based on cards scales is *so native a isioatries or on to
Vaga sales in the area in i4k thy' worst Omsk eampowe to other salaries
Past that area for cow rablo we*. lit ddittosr ve also believe oat,
as for an Aaanrio n, the sals;V tot a neaerrrtw.evtca u sk*%U be sufficient
to offer MA as mascss-tive to,166 to adsoft to a as.pt eerrb-le e .
fte selaries no paid nos-Awwtoams, on Okinawa are, considerably
higuarwr HAMS theses paid for s3art'llar s css asr*wo outsite of tiro
unnuad stator. nevwrer we to not want to halo le wig out a
exist.noe. dirt the contrary vs went then to have a 4*04 11TI" at
At the sane time we mast pay an employee for serrtcse rendered ra
than an mrn at sufficient to meet his personal obligat'iose or the sssial
position A14 he might libe to data n.
I an afzntd that many persons As have never been to the Tjmtted
States have the erroneous iapreseioa that the United Sutton has wdlutted
snowy and that there is no reason why More sk ,d bar ear appreciable
lialtatioe on selaaies9 This conception Is fly realistic. A vary
large sea snt of our prominent citissas evrisedly tell caner that s'rr
goverment newest stand the spending paw. of the last aver years very
nueh longer. It is beesemiag increasingly difficult to get money from
Congress and the manner in which It is spent N& most carefully et srvised
and sMiled. lertherr no salaries reoammeaded 'by 3918 are subject to
a roval by I salarlr adlaistration experts of the gen-'ernment. I have
asked a representative of the Salary.Aftialetria$tes ilos- to visit
Okimava- within the newt tow mouths and make ;s parexrnal survey of the
situation.
I hope that our non-Assricsns do not find salaries t t quate because
they are atteopting to "keep up with the Janeses". This is a serious
situation which *amet be rectified regaarless of what salary one receives.
It is poor jdam"t for a eran not to live within his *one and to spend
his saslar Int+ractalnlag, which results In depriving his family of a higher
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standard of living. We have this situation to contend with in the
United States as well as any place else. If one person can afford to
entertain with caviar and cbunps it does not.follow that his guests
must reciprocate on that scale. In fact I would aaach more enjoy a
hsnbnrger and boor than I would champagne and caviar if I knew that rW
host could not afford to furnish the latter.
T ,., O M3&MMs The phrase "limito& appointment of indefinite
tenure" in our liiployuent Agreements should not be acause for alarm.
A similar phrase is inserted in our appointment actions,. Issued to
American and foreign national employees alike. Our ieonitoring service
is more important today than it has over been as the cold war continues
and the means available to the United States Government for obtaining
information in foreign areas diminishes somewhat rapidly with the ex-
pansion of communism, the closing of consulates and the breaking off of
diplomatic relations. While it is impossible for me or anyone also in
the United States Government to guarantee any employee, American or
non-Anerioan, that his employment for a set ember of years is guaranteed,
I sincerely believe that the chances of long, continued employment of
your non-Americans on Okinawa are as good as my own. We are in business
to stay and it is reasonable to believe that those persons whose
behaviour and. performance meet our standards can expect to retain their.
positions for a very long time.
PROrOTIOW POhiC'T: I believe you have by this time established a promotion
policy which is clearly understood by all concerned at your Bureau. I
have reviewed this policy personally and I believe it to be a fair and
liberal policy at this time. It will be changed as the conditions
warrant. All promotions will be based on efficiency, length of service
and the ability to fit harmoniously into your diversified group as a
member of the t`eaam. I believe that the present policy leaves plenty of
promotion prospects for the ordinary person to look forward to for the
next two or three years, during which period we will have settled down
co as to more intelligently make long-range plans.
PUS19Z : The laws of the United States Government do not permit the
giving of pensions to non-citizen employees. As I have already pointed
out it would not be possible for us to make arrangements to the contrary
in the foreseeable future. These lawn apply to a l.1 non-Americans work-
ing for the United States Government around the world, a as you my
guess they run into many thousands.
RECTALS: I am in complete agreement with you that it would be desirable
not to charge non-Americans rentals if it is possible to make such, an
arrangement and I am attempting to do so at the present time. How1Ver
in the meantime, and if we are unsuccessful, it should be pointed out
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that the rentals being charged are very nominal and do not begin to
pay the United States Government a fair return on its investment. As
I remember it each individual quonset cost the Government approximately
$16,000. According to Stateside practices it would be necessary fd
the United States to obtain a net rental on each quonset of at least
$1600. per annum if it were to receive a fair return on its investment.
However I shall do whatever I can to eliminate or reduce this charge
to the absolute minimum and will advise you in the very near future.
AC USZTI07POF GITIZL ,SHIP: All immigration into the United States to
controlled by the Immigration and Naturalization authorities here and
is subject to quotas established by law. We are quite powerless to
change these quotas. Foreign nationals who wish to apply for citizen-
ship under the quotas of their respective countries of course may do so
and I would give every possible support in the form of statements of
employment, character references, etc. However we have no authority
to secure citizenship priorities for our foreign national employees.
S=MZZX I CA5N?01 KAtt OR D188: It to of course absolutely in-
possible for us to guarantee protection or security to anyone, including
Americana, in case of war or disaster. As one who left the Philippine
Islands just before the war started on 7 December 1941, who knew a vary
large number of the many Americans and Filipinos lost on Bataan, and
who subsequently returned to the Philippines after combat in New Georgia,
Vella Lavolla, Bougainville and Luzon, I think I would be the last
person to guarantee what we could and could not do. I believe however
that the record of the United States in protecting not only its own
citizens but those who are affiliated with and loyal to it will stand
on its own merits. It would be too difficult for me to believe that
protection afforded the personnel. employed at the Okinawa?etation or
any other IBIS overseas station would be any different for the various
personnel assigned thereto because of their citizenship. I am of course
not prepared to say what steps the United States might tali to defend
Okinawa if it becomes necessary but I for one have commlete confidence
that we are not to be found sleeping again.
Tou may at your discretion communicate any part or all of this
letter to the non-American employees at your station. I sincerely hope
that they will always feel that we have the utmost concern for and under-
standing of their problems. It is zt desire that they. gain at the
%xliest practicable date the esprit de corps and high morale that we
are proud of throughout IBIS.
I look forward most anxiously to visiting our new station on
Okinawa, meeting the personnel assigned thereto and discussing our
operational and personnel problems with them in great detail. At the
.moment I anticipate that this will be in September of this year.
Sincerely,
L. B. White
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Awaee., Okinawa STAT
2 rah, 1949.
our letter. Partisularily I on pleased to know that you end STAT
STAT
e I remember you from CCD Iowa Agency and Tokyo.
' Of 'Both and I were most happy and surprised to rocoive_ STAT
Dear
are coming, to Vki,naswa. . At Mr, L Carrol says "I,ll STAT
ryihinb I can. there's little to r*late", *to,* with-
out fear or favor to 0kinaswa. vail.l write you,frcu the STAT
I have been Aare since 25th Sept, just a week before the .
typhoon* arrived A Traaxepart on 8 Dec. We. are STAT
living in, n aria quarters alt see 6 are q housing area about
Ij miles from Ryoom. AS YOU $A A MAP, I shan't have to do more
than name the piecesr... oidenta~lly, if you have a GOOD map bring
it along. There are ro.gslod ones here, the old 'ones are out of
print and the new ones are not yet printed,
woman's point of view, along_!with this*
The station will be at Z+smpa Misaki :(Bolo Point),. Our
housing area (32 quonsets) will be in Nadena Air Case, these two
points are 8.6 miles apart. 1he quonsets will all be large 60 ft
family or BOQ types three badrooars for -a family, five single rooms
plus bath, kitchen, living-dining room for the BOQ's. There .are
twenty-three of the family type and rains of the BOQ type quonsets *
Five are for males on the Vast aide of the area and four are for
the ladies in the south vest corner.
He will have movie, PX, and Cosamisaaxy, privileges the same
as in -Japan, - aand for all DAC s a hers, Our housing area is adjacent
to Nadena's area A dependent hous*rng and to the 13th Air Force Hq.
Nearest movrie,about mile] PX about one mile, oonmissary one and
one. half: miles.
? W will have ,a limited amount of recreational transportation.
But we-will net beable to count on the army or air force for any add-
itional* I assure you that what we do have will be equitably die-
tributed. -Anyone who has a car here would surely find it a great
convenience, just an in Tokyo* There are no means of public trans-
portaatioi on this Island. The forces furnish only their usual type
of bus service for school and coamstsasary, within housing areas, etc&
will cover the servant situation. I will just STAT
refer you,to a memo I have prepared on this subject under date of
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24 November 1948. This was intended for general information and
an sure you will find it in the tiles.
and taken from work in our ate. trucks each day -except Sunday.
A& a far. recreation here and travel outside Okin swa, . I will
say here that we will have the same arrangement as prevails in Tokyo I
two servants: per quonset will be paid by Milita Government. Any
additional or. special servants will be paid by the individuals at
(rain 0.50 to '12 er month. Unless a family or a BOQ wish to. have a servant "live in these are all daytime servants, being brought to
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Because Okinawa is rural island, and because. all (and I
mean /LL) buildings were destroyed during the invasion? the array
has been forced to build every installation. There to a wait of
from eight to eleven months before an army or air force officer
or enlisted man can bring his family over here. ..This is only be-
cause of. lack of housing facilities. '+e,. of course ,.,avoid this
wait, and. that makes us ggite the envied group,
This island is a beautiful one, the people are friendly
but are a ditty and ill fed group of natives, The native. pop-'
ulation is. more than the island can support. Military Gonerns
ment brings. in cheap food, sold, for a fraction of its cost, 'but
the Okinawans are still hungry., However the economic situation
of the. islands is definatel not an LEIS problem except at it
comes into our houses and Incidentally, do you know that STAT
you are PBIS here, not 'BIB?
I am sorry that I cannot offer any im date as to when
the project will be ready to receive you... si you may know, o*r
contractors have had a. ship go on the reef and it is taking time
to replace the materials lost.
Now to go over your questions and see what I have missed.
Q,2. We plan on furnishing all quarters with furniture,
refrigerator, i ishes,oiverware,, kitchenware etc. The scope will
be better than minimum,'but not compute. the amount to be fur-
nished will depend on bow for the allotted funds will o. Table
linen cad bedding, rage and drapes should.be brought. We may be
able to use a minimum issue of G-I bedding. .
Q,S, lie will all be in the same area. Like any newly
constructed area, it will be somewhat muddy until the grass is
started and the main walks and paths are built.
Q.4. travels around any place `she wishes and ..STAT
I consider it perfectly safe. There are some timid creatures who
feel otherwise. Unless regulations are changed you will find your
compound surrounded by a wire fence and a gate keeper on duty.
Q,7. Kadean has three movie "Palaces" , a library;, and
other than that there is eating a bag of popcorn at the FX. How-
ever what they have for reoreition we will have access to, the acme
as their civilians.
Q. 114 There is, RCA rad6O telephone and telegraph.
I am uncertain whether we will al&ow each.BOQ to operate its
own mesa or whether we will operate a central mess for all single
person in one of the units. Each has its advantogea,, Ong thing is
certain IBIS will not operate this mess, it will be a community affair.
Q,, 12. 110 v Go cycle is used here, the some as there.
Better bring what you like as electrical appliances are in short
supply in tho - PX.
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Por :myself,,, and I believe that will tell ycru
the same, are enjoying ukinawa and our now life here. It is
quite different from an as fraternization is frowwed upon
here. After has written her letter I will fill in
any gap". "ga n 1 wish to say that I em pleased that three will
be here, and l feel sure. that barring the usual oceational far
Eastern inoonyemienoes, we Will ell enjoy our tour of duty here.
Sincerely
STAT
STAT
STAT
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FO ?I(i .0i fl SST L O LATION :3 VIC -
C/o 0-2.* Hq., Rye=s APO 331, 0/0 I' L, 6F
31 December 1S49
C olcnol L. K. White,
Chief, FI3IB,
2430 4 Stre, et, V, he
..,uehint.ton,, 25, D.C.
Dear t;olonult
This pcrird, 16 - 31 Dec eabor, has been: quitci iziae .i,ve
,gar us FB1 a here is caucurrzpd.
. he following information, secured froc I ejor Sewell ,
L o truction bivision off,' the District Engii ers, may be of i tit- rest.
Jo%nallcarried both contracts to I'ani1a where thcywere signed on
tire 20th inst. hr Sunza has completed his bond, :r Yu is expected to
Lr_Lr,; his bond with his when by or his superintsndant arrive on 3 January.
Sunza nova has about 360 tons of equipment and supplies
on the dock at ;isni1a. The embargo because of over crowded port
facilities it expected tali, Last until aroun:. 15 Februari. TO avoid this
: ,a jor oewell has been negotiating with Rycom, ?;uaha Fort ant k&nila,
with approval to be secured from F +C, for the imraeaiate assignment of
an ILT , which could Unload, of course, at several places alon" the
cozist if not at the L5T landing in !ah& harbor. Aecordinrr to a.dviees
at L1:30 AM today, these arrangements are progrestsing, it is believed
that Sunza will be able to load early next neck and may be e-o*cted on
Okinawa around the. 10th of January.
I have informed ',.a jor Sewell and Ur Nixon, also of
Construction, that i' will be glad to help in any way I can here.
;+s I have stated, Mr Yu and/or .his sppcrintendunt, fir
u'lark, are expected by Korth I~eet plane on 3 January.. Lr 'u has moe?,
0i. his crew here and could, if he wished, commence any day. I doubt if
..r Sunza will come hem until his ship is loaded in MMantis, but I do
expect him on the ?orthest plane of 10 January.
Mr Brunner and I.,r Rhode, of Construction,, District ; ng1neera,
have been sasigned, to the housing area and the station resr ativoly.
In the absence of Lt. ' Col. A:urray, Port Cc r u nder, T aha, Lt.
Col. -~1uett, :x. Officer, has informed nee that the k'P & T Forester" will
probably be docked at White Reach, a sub port of Naha on the east side
of okinuwao and that a Port Transportation unit will haul IS
cargo to either Sold Point or Lamp Kue.
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Still to be determined after arrival is the
question of paying for men and equipment to ui oa he trucks
with FBIS ' part of the cargo. This question comes from the District In
objection to accepting (TS) 400 reimbursement for this service.
The objection extends to the use of Atkinson-Jones men or equipment.
The District Engineer wants money, not credit in Washington.
While has informed me that he expects to arrive
tomorrow (i Jan.) a reservations on North pest Airlines,
a message from received here the 29tth, asks that=
~be allows to remain in Tokyo for another week. Ltepretfiilly 1:
have otxered strong objection to this. To this moment, 1400, no reply
has been received.
During this period Rycom Military Government has been
tendered a letter requesting authorization for the ezuployr-ent of
natives and instructions for their payment. This present week has
found Military Government almost continuously in a series of conferences
with Btig. Gen. keckerlin and partyr from Tokyo, making it impossible
to fallow up the letter.
Preliminary discussions with the heads of the Finance, Labor
and Legal sections of Military Government indicate that FBIS will be
asked to pay their operational. employees, but with Military trovernrnent
assuming compensation costs. Domestic servants of FBI5 personnel will
.be furnished as at present to occupation families, i.e. two servants
without cost to the individual (category I) all additional are paid
at Military Government rates by the individual in dollars. The
organization, in this case FBIS, changes these dollars into yen and
pays the individual native, (category II).
STAT
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was the most competant of
be placed "number one on STAT
asked to check with CIG STAT
in Tokyo and to request an investigation if he thinks a clearance can
be obtained. Pending reply from Tokyo, I'll not answer ~t tter. STAT
As a matter of interest I have conducted a survey on
transmission time for 23 copies of the Daily Report received here
between 17 and 31 December, incl. Time is in days from date of report
to date of arrival;
7 days 2 reports
13 d pp
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report
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At 1450 Signal_ gave me. the following message from Tokyo:-
leaving Tokyo Northwest flight eight zero three on one January." STAT
Sincerely,
STAT
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.C/o G-2, Hq , Fxycom, APO. 331, c/o Postmanter,SF-
Col. L# X.
Chief, IB,
2430 nEn St., AT/,
"iashin ton, D.C..
Dear _ Colonel:
phis period, 1 to 15 Decemberr, has ,gone, by without"any additions
permanent or otherwise.to the IS staff on Okinawa. t ve.r
start. of construction just around, the corner I hope that both
STAT
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and will soon be here. STAT
In my last message to sent sterday,. I told him STAT
that I felt he should be here beforetarts on the housing. As'of
noon today, nothing had been h -srd. from Sunza, who is. in Manila collecting.
hiss material and men. "Re planned, according to Maj. Sewell of the Dist.
Engineer, to leave Manila today by chartered ship for Okinawa. On
arrival here. he has only to set u his p before he will be ready to
commence. I don't want to take away from his job in Tokyo, . STAT
but. there are questions to be answered and decisions to be made on which
only he has the information and which , _I believe, must be done before
work is started.
a is s ous to have the. quonset shells up before the
heavy rains start. Mr Christian of TROD is en route today to Korea and
the states-I have asked to meet him at Neneda airport as he goes STAT
through. can expl the situation better than I can. STAT
Mr T a is on the island eg n. Again;,as of this noon, he
has not yet finalized hla. contract. on the new amount. 'He is expected in
at the Dist.. Engineers this afternoon. As a part of his crew is already
?here I prey he will start about the first of the year, an planned,
questions, as far as I am concerned -at present, apply to -the housing.
The Enngineer, suurveying 'crew have not yet.spot#ed the
gounset locations although manholes, sewers,, etc are plotted. faith
Cris gone. there is . no one in the Engineers actively assigned to the
XS projects..
Changes have 'been made in the arrangement of gounoets and
the hasty: sketch I sent you in November is obsolete now. The guest house
has down from the hill,, its present location, if at all, is awaiting
decision. and I haven't agreed on a new locaarion. The two STAT
quoneeta I puled out on either side of the entrance have had to return
on account of lack of space. With the present crowd there is little choice
in' location and the type of qounset in each space . can be decided later on.
I do hope that
andI can alleviate the situation by STAT
1-5 December i948.
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placing even two or three across the gulch and I also hope'-that enough
savings can be made to allow for electric stoves and water',heaters.?
The Ingineers are estimating the additional cost on this I am
prepared to offer most of the lighting fixtures if thinks they
help,
has mentioned the sewer system to which FBIS will connect.
Apparently.. it is small, inadequate and temporary. The new and permanent
system runs . Just north of the 13th A.F.Hdgrs. I believe [should
On recruiting, I have ?"u received tter from
ted ! 2 3 November from you will recall
,
frwerlY worked for FBIS in Po says, in part - If you plan
on employing.'Chitciese citizens and will pay transportation I believe
there are std young people here who would be willing and able to serve
PBIS, what Would be the approximate salary of a Chinese monitor?
With the time approching then we will want to employ our
first natives I felt that itv was time to go back to the Labor Department
of Military Goverment for a decision on our status and an understanding
on wages. ZFcaalled on Lt Col Andrews, presently in charge of Labor, last
Thursday aid' the letter which was delivered to him and mailed to you on
Monday was' tit his request. I will sea him again this week. Pending a
decision he will take cars of of our first employees as I indicated in
ray memo of the loth.
Z` found many changes in M.G., with indications of more to
cassae. Limited free trade - although very limited - is an example. There
have been no changes in wages, but the talk is of the special inducements
offered bye different military sections to their natives. These include;
fishing boats (Engineers have five) week end transportation to homes,
additional rations, etc. M.G. is now allowing civilian firms,not
workin for- the occupation, to use native labor and I understand they will
allow loner in firms to bid on construction. Last Monday Y.G. allowed
MollaMe, a s ,.l;vage firm from Hong .Kong, to employ 200 Okinawans, bringing
in the'. food tor these- people from Hong Kong. While the natives will pay
the use 2 ,yen (40) a day for food we can expect that they will get
better food than M.G, has for sale and to this,'in effect, is an increase in
wages. Until M.G. can provide consumer goods the Okinawan yen has little
value, Q rowans work for their food, and the best outfit to feed gets
their choice of laborers, or for "preeentos" or items they-can errounge.
l .1 nnderstand that it is Y.O. ! s hope that the Amoy and Air
will pay for-.all of their native labor as og the next fiscal year. If
so,,;,, it will jmpvove the situation mentioned above. With this in the offing
and ; M4r~ need to sell their yen for US dollars I doubt if they will offer
to ,'pay' our natives.
Cam-packages will be available here as soon as they can be
shipped'from`Xokahama. They can be purchased by anyone as gifts. I will
find out later-if MG contemplate any _other use for them.
I em informed that the quonset shells left aboard the "John
Towle't about 10 December. I wonder if the 65-, 85t creosoted piles might
also be aboard? Notice of the "P & T Forester" was most welcome, By
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regulation, I am informed, overseas ports are required to deliver
freight to consignee's warehouses. The Distriet.Engineer, who have
finally convinced Naha Port of this are anxious that FBIS do not offer
an other alternative, such as paying , which might confuse the
issue. Last Monday I talked with Mr Redondo, Administrative 4C at the
Port. He will advise me on the arrival of the A&TForester and\he indicated
that the 66th Truck Trans Coe would deliver our material to either
Bolo Point,or Camp Kue. When arrives we'll have a better
understanding with both Lt. Col .Murray, in charge and Maj. Jones, Trans.
Officer.
Each time I visit Naha I see three or four ,vessels at anchor
outside the port, with all bebths full. I understand there'has been
quite a wait for some ships and I told Mr Redondo that I hoped it would-
n't occur on the Forester. I don't know who would be responsible for any
demurrage but I fear it would be FBIS. Mr Redondo said that they couldn't
forsee the situation in February and indicated that Naha's demurrage rate
was amal1.
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STAT
I picked up your message 130914 at the Signal Office about 2 PM
yesterday. I left my reply there at about 3:45 PM yesterday. I mention
this because I want to point out some 8.0.deficiencies. My proceedure is
to make three copies, two to the S.O., one for file. One of the 3.0, copies
comes back with their message number, which I then file, destroying the
first file copy. This` particular message has not been returned, although
they assure me it has been sent and have given tie a message number, 1157.
On 19 November I sent a message to As far as I 'know it has never ,STAT
been ?dt1ivere The message was somewhat important in that it asked 0 USTAT_
tell that I had been assigned quarters and for her to pack and shi9IHI
Fortuna called her on the 20th.' Since that time I have had a slight
hesitancy about delivery of messages. I suggest an acknowledgement for
all except routine messages.
I am attaching a clipping from Stare & Stripes for 3 December,
(Okinawa edition) concerning hand weapons. On the basis of this I felt
that it was time to decide just who was, to arm FBIS civilians when they
want to take a girl out to tea.
Bides the above I have several other small items on-the hook
of which the disposition of FBIS's buildings is one.
The files of this office have been revised in accordance with
the Administrative Officer's memo of 22 November.
To assure myself that there was a need for this I asked Col Patton
if there was any possibility that this regulation might be modified or
rescinded. The Colonel told me that the Provost Matshal had recommended
a relaxation of these regulations just a few days before, saying that no
incident has occured in the last two years. This was turned down by the C.0.
who reportedly'said that possibly the reason there had been no incidents
was because everyone carries a gun. From my observation these regulations
are lightly enforced at present. Regardless of this.. FBIS must be prepared
to follow these regulations completely.
Capt. Lewis, G-4 tells me that it is present policy to issue .45
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would deliver our material to either molo PS -int or tramp Aue.
arrival of the P&T Forester and he indicated that the 66th Tr. Trans. Co.
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regulation, I am informed, overseas ports are required to deliver fr &ght
to the conaigiee'e warehouse. The District Lngineer, who has finally coc-
vinced Naha Port of this, is anxious that.FBIS does not offer an other alter-
native, such as paying, which might co. fuse the issue. 'Last L'onday I talked
with Er Redondo, Administrative e?AC at the Fort. He will advice mee of the I L L E G I B
The files of this office have been revived in acc ce with the
Administrative Officer' a memo of. 22 !'ovember, . :;
picked up your message 130914-it the Sig. Off, about 2 FM yesterday,
- my reply was left there ., ?tt-about 3:45 W. I mention this because I want to
point but some- I$.0. deficiencies. My proceedure is to make three copies of
r 3 _jKessa , two to the S.U., one for my file. One of the S.O. copies comes back.
with Mir msg. no., which I then file. This particular message has not returned
altho 't?hey- assure me it has been sent and have given as a nag. no.-115'l. On
1P November I 'sent a msg. too As far as I know it has never b, -,en deliveISTAT
r. rb unate3ly; it concerned 0 and I called her on the 20th. One messages STAT
you was hold up here over 24 hours before I found out and sent it along.
message, pro rly addressed t. o me was mis-deifveered and I received it
24 hours later. So you we I have a slight hesitancy eboutdelivery of messages.
Z.kv upgest acknowledgement for all except routine.
I as attaching a clipping from Stars & Stripes for , .ecember (Okinawa
edition) concerning hand weaposs. On the basis of this, Irualizing that it
would take up to six months to receive guns and amnunitjon the states, I
felt that it was time for a decision.
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To assure myself that there was, or would be a ,kited six-,months from
now I asked Col Patton if there was Isnl? poeeibility,that the regulation
might be modified .or rescinded. The Colonel told me that the Provost Warehal
no" i_vtiv6s:F+as6+w . vrva.... +~.. t,---
had occ red. in the lost two years. This was turned down by the J.0. who
rpeortedly said that possibly the reason for lack of incidents was that
ev3rybody carries a gun. Prom my observation these regulations Ore lightly
enforced at present* Nevertheless, FB]r3 must be prepared to follow these
rogulatibna completely.
.ta!
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cal. automatics to all civilians who request and can
show proper training
and proficiency in use of the weapon, T ho 4aptain stated that he would
issue to FBi . civilian personnel under the same conditions: While I
was careful to tell him that out requests would cone from aliens an well as
citizens I, don't believe t,,at the Baptahn quite took this in,
have also asked col Patton if ,there would be any objection to
FBIS furnishing their own weapons, provided that we kept them under
military condditions. He-9
aw no objection.,
As I pointed out in a previous report I prefer .38 revolvers 'to
.45 automatics as a matter ofconv enance and safety. However I am willing
to accept the .45a if I can qualify FBIB personnel to carry weapons and
can issue the guns myself only to persons I consider qualified.
In passing I would like to say that I have adone a ldt of competitive
pistol and rifle shooting, instruction for both civilian and , and for
several years-reloaded my own amnvnition.
One :item on which I expect to prepare a memo this next period is
the matter of employee compensation for natives. The Army, of course,, pay
injured or killed natives out of their own funds. Purely" civilian companies
here now have two alternatives, (1) to take out a sufficient amount of
insurance in a-to-be organized Okinawan insurance company s (2)) agree to
pay whateveramovnt the peenent Okinawan co iniasion decides in each case.
This commission is composed of one Okinawan, several M.G.officers or
civilians. PBIS will establish a policy here in this as well as other
items concerning natives, .
extend Christmas "'New Year Greetings to your staff
I Plea from and myself. We have Japan made Christmas cards but with
the move and a yting I am afraid they'll not be addressed and maned
until. after the dead lam.
Sincerely,
STAT
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c'Recenf RY, com, Ruling Requires.
Turn-In Of 'Private Weapons.
OKINAWA, Dec. 2-War souvenir and privately owned
weapons will be kept under lock and key in supply rooms
or in a designated place when not in authorized use, according
to a Rycom regulation published recently.
Organization commanders will require all souvenir fire-
arms in the possession of per- male
sonnel under' their command to carry small personnel caliare ber authorized
weapons
ns
to be turned into organization
when acting as escorts for
supply room for' safe keeping. female personnel. The en-
Commanders will make the listed men must have in their
following check on the turn- possession permits to carry
ing in of souvenir firearms' them issued by their unit
A) Bearer must have in his -commanders. . The civilian
possession a valid signed and male personnel must obtain
stamped souvenir clearance permits to carry such weapons
in duplicate issued by G-2, from the Rycom Provost Mar-
Rycom. shal upon presentation of a
B) All arms will be tagged written request for .same from
with the individual's name and mi ary commanders to which
a copy of souvenir clearance they are attached or assigned.
placed on file in vicinity Civilian male personnel to
storage area. which weapons permits have
C) A firearm will not be been granted may retain small
returned to the individual until arms and ammunition in their
his return to the U.S. or trans- possession, but they are per-
fer. sonally responsible that the
D) If the individual is au- weapons are secured against
thorized to carry his souvenir theft and are not used for un-
firearm in an official capacity authorized purposes.
he must first register it with War Department employes,
the Provost Marshal's office military dependents and con-
and obtain 'a gun carrying tractor personnel are required
permit. to possess a permit from they
The Provost Marshal and Provost Marshal, Rycom, au-t
organization commanders, thorizedpossession and carry-
Rycom, will seize all. souvenir. ing of the arm. Each request
firearms found in the hands of for permit will, include a cer-
individuals in violation of the tificate by a responsible officer
provisions of this regulation. that the applicant is proficient
Seized firearms will not be in the use of the weapon fcr
returned to individuals but which the permit is requested.
will be turned over to G-2, Adult female personnel over
Rycom for final disposition. 18 years of age, including
When arms are issued to ANC, ARC, War Department
guards, sentries or for person- civilian employes and female
nel protection, a record will be dependents are authorized to
kept showing the time, date, carry small caliber weapons
serial number and the person provided permits to carry
to whom issued. Each entry such weapons have been ob-
should be authenticated by tained from the office of the
either the initials or the name Provost Marshal.
of the person drawing the Firearms that are carried
piece. A similar record will on the person will be carried
be made when the arm is re- or worn openly, except those
turned. A record of ammuni- authorized to carry concealed
tion issued and returned, with weapons when required to do
a full explanation for. any so in the performance of duty.
expended, ammunition, will be Knives with blades three
kept. % inches or more in length,
Officers may retain small blackjacks, brass knuckles,
arms and ammunition in their striight razors and similar in-
possession subject to approval struments are classified as wea.
by their immediate command- pons and possession of them
ers. Such officers are person- is prohibited.
ally responsible that all we- Periodic searches will be
apons so retained are secured made of all quarters, lockers,
against theft and are nott used barracks bags and other stor-
for unauthorized purposes. age places to insure that no
Permits for officers to carry weapons or ammunition re-
weapons are not required. main in the hands of indivi?
Enlisted men and civilian duals except as authorized.
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oO-2, iq., Rycom, APO 331, % Postmaster, SF.
30 November 1948
colonel-L. K. White,
thief, FBIN1
2430E St., N.Vi.,
Washington,.D.C.
Dear Colonel:
. This period, 16 to 30 November, got off to a strong
start.with the opening of bids on the housing area on 15 November
mentioned in the last report, and the prosvective arrival of~ STAT
I owl 7 6_._1 - _ tis..-. ~.. . - .
-h s arrival for, I believe, three weeks, the engianeara have been STAT
battin teletypes back and "forth with woo and I am informally advised STAT
that will not arrive in Tokyo until next Sunday the 4th.
last week I religiously called or talked with Col Davis
(at Kue) each day to learn if he had heard from WOD. Yesterday I
spent some time with Christenson (from WOD) and at the site on
location of gpuneets, I'll drop down the hill again this afternoon.
The requisition for and-receipt of a file cabinet, legal
size, w/ comb, lock, etc. has been a big-boost to FBIS operations on
Okinawa..c'e'now have. two property record cards nnstead of one to file.
Seriously, 0-2's security is not of the best and I em very glad to
have my owncabinet.
curing this period I have dropped rather deeply into the
0-4 section and finally found one person who told me what I had Anted
to hear, Mr Stevenson, in charge of the requirements branch said, Nyou
known we operate here on 120 days shipping time plu& 6O0days
supply reserve. Anything you want which will deplete our supplies
below this six months level. will. have to be ordered sufficiently in
advance. This requirement will not embarrass us in the least for wbht
or arrive we will call on Mr Stevenson again and we will see
that our es ,.mated requirements are on his desk.
.After talking with Capt. Stansbury last week on petroleum
products I had a feeling that he planned on shunting us off on the
Army Exchange Service for our motor maintainence. The AES operates one
garage on the island, at Tengan, 10 miles from Rycom, about the same from
Kadena or Bolo Point. Prices there are high, compared to Tokyo, for
example, greasing is #1.60 (50* in.Tokyo) mechanics labor comes at 01,50
per hour (60?'in Tokyo) other prices in proportion. From what I.have
heard, and after observing results on my own jeep., the work is no better
than in Tokyo which means that .it is ski.pshod and rather poor. If we
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were forced to use these facilities payment would have to be made on -a pity
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cas
as
s.
he few government oo+ned,but not arrrq, cars that I know
of around here service with AES.
To avoid this I have talked with the Motor Pbol Officer at Rycom,
and 1 believe if we care to we can use his facilities. I have also
talked with A 4, 32nd 'Composite Wing at ISadena, Lt Col..Hin.e and his
assistant, Lt. Vol. Uhamberlin. tithout any question t have promised.
to'furnish or deliver gasoline, to deliver diesel oil an o service
our care in one of their motor pools. Prices I haven't discussed, I
have asked 1r Parrish for his FEC prices first. From my recollection
I believe he pays less then. the . plus 20)6 for gasoline that tiapt.
Stansbury ,anted me, if so I'11 discuss the matter again with the rapt.
Possibly you will recall that there isn't a measuring gasoline
pump on.the island, at least in operation. Uvilian cars use the regular
motor pool gasoline, it Is supposed to be measured in 5 gal, tans.
Actually the operator. generally fills your tank and then takes what
tickets you have to offer,.5. or 1C or 15 gallons. This is m st un-.
sati.lfactory, FMS might get considerabi more,, or less, gas*ine --
then they pay for. For this reason as well as for. the convienance of
having gasoline at one's own motor pool, I may suggest that we buy
gasoline 'in tank truce (750 gal.) lots and have it delivered at Bolo
Point. I don't believe it will be hard to locate a proper sized tank.
Some time or other, we might need a small simple measuring gasoline .
PUMP. None of these fancy visible bowl whirling gadgets, When they
go out of odder there is apparently no one on the island who can fir
them..
Actually it may easilly be more advantageous, and a saving,
for FBIS to operate a grease rack and take care of second echelon,
work at least, possibly more, Using Okinawan labor, of course. what
ever is done, I want to assure you that as far as I can prevent it,
your cars will never be as dirty or as poorly maintained or as badly
driven as the average of the army care I see around here. I think army
transportation here is disgraceful.
Uy.memos of the 26th and yesterday told- of .recent developerrute
in the housing area. Another item i might -mention is the eventual need
of some building for storage of property, tools,'a small repair shop, etc.
As one.or more cam may spend their nights at the housing area, garage.
space would be pro r tho not essential. I mean for FBIS cars, of
course. I'll ,get . views on this space, there is no immediate . STAT
need but if sgreaes with is I think we should select a location, STAT
if possible. Perhaps 0 and I can provide this,o vea. . STAT
Rebruiting, nothing. to report. I am not planning on any
tri to Manila. at present. I wonder if yourFebruary trip to this area
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Receipt is acknoWledged of pa f
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h .s typewriter, it will
be installed as soon, as I can get down to my Okinawan repair man, who
works for A d. (Atkinson-Jones). The Far Eastern section of the daily
report has been arriving in good times, 9 to 11 days. If I em not on
the list for the sp cia]. report, I should appreciate receiving them by
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goes to one of the other sections.
When and I move to Kade n it may well be that we will
want to change our APB) to 239, the Kadena Air Base and 13th A.F. The
Post Office thereis located at 13th A.F. (foremrly.1st A.D.) Hdgrs,a
quarter of a mile from the housing.'Use of this APO should save two
trips. to Byco= daily. Mail here is not handled by the post office, I
refer to incoming mail only, but by a;', operated section of the 8104th
Service i omparW, the mail room is. open between. 8 and 8:30 am and 1 and
1:30 rs except Sat in and Sunday. The post office itself is open from
8tolland1to3.
W
ir. The Far Eastern section circulates through GQ,, CIC and occasio,
STAT
sails on the Pitt Peters from Yokahama at 11 AM
STAT
tomorrow, December. She should arrive Sunday.
the arrival of material from the mainland is in, to produce,
I think, more clerical work than my two fingers and
one can
STAT
handle. I don't think it is proper for me to ask for
to
STAT
come here some time i,n:,~."Eamna *_ for several reasons (l. he should be
with
for some time and I-prefer not to. ask Cpl for housing
STAT
so that she
can
come,
(2) Henry would like to keep Jim as long as
possible. Howe
ver
I am
sure there will be some dependent help available,
on a part time
te
mporar
y basis, it needed.
Attached,, for your files and such of interest as they may
contain, are copies of the following: .
U.S.Military Govt Special Proclamation No. 33
M. G. Directives 37, 38 and 39..
These set up a systen of free enterprise for Ryukyuans and
allow certain trade, with restrictions,, between occupation personnel
and Ryukyuane.
My contacts at Gamp Kue have nothing to reports for today.'
,rx
(oLD4vis left here Surdhy and should be in Sausalito today,, We all.
agree thAt';he and together will take care of FBIS. STAT
Sincerely,
chief,, Okinawa Bureau.
STAT
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. Y(* ION MOADCAST INVOIMATION S1f KVICK
Colonel L. 1. White,
Chief, FBJB,
Washington, D.C.
Dear Colonel:
APO 331
16 NoveA r 1948
Unfortunately several days of the period 1 - 15 November
were spent, of necessity, in a location which afforded few developments
of interest to FBIB. A memo has been sbbaitted covering n trip to
Amami 0 Shima during this time which, it is believed, covers all details
of any interest.
My last report covered an interview with Lt. 0DI.Taute,
of the 32nd Composite Wing. During this *&sent period-*, talked to
Col. Day, the C.O. and Col. Drvis, his Chief of Staff. Both were
cordial, their attitude seemed - "we'll help you as best we can, but
wt have little to spare." I mentioned the possible need of PHIS for an UP
guard f our wahine stockade, as Col Taut* had said we would n-ed and
that the Wing would furnish. Feom their ansnmgr I fudge they will no
supply a guard, and suggest that in use Okinawans. Col Day expounded at
some length on his now plan for the employment - and treatment - of
Okinawan. Briefly, he plans to put the local "boachos" in charge of
recruiting and laoement. I'll be interested in seeing how it works out.
During the period I also called an Col Jenkins, 0-4, Ryoem,
he was on leave when I oalled before. The Coleosnels all right, even though
we both lived in dace, Arisen (about 20 years apart)*
Ion asked about typhoon damage on Solo Point. As you recall,
there are no Installations directly an the poet, but as I remember
from driving through the area that the damage to quonsots was about the
saw as on other parts of the island. The old hangar an Bole Field went 01
down, but I doubt if that prooves anything. Actually typhoons hers, and
I have heard several discussions ea this at the pest kwuss, blow in a
counter clockwise direction. The wind first hit Ryoma from the east, then
after we had passed through the "oys" of the typhoon the wind cams from
the west, or south of west. For typhoons there need be no loo or windward
side.
By a recent change in policy the Fiscal Officer, kyccm,
can now cash checks and drafts of an official nature. This will be a
great help, next I hops will be the opening of a branch bank here. Any
information you could obtain about this would be appreciated by the
Fiscal Officer, as well as myself. If a bank will not be opened here
some plan, it is believed, should be developed to take care of the
minima banking requirements of FBIS personnel, particularly the
foreign nationals.
Recruiting. No answers to report.
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With bbis will go forward a memo on the current death program.
The questions are interesting and I believe the answers should be
available here. I shan't go any further toward crossing the Styx
than I have in arrangements to pay C,sron's tee. But I still have
one or two good questions to ask you - at the proper time.
This morning I attended the opening of bids on the housing area,
I turned in a teletype at the Signal Office at 10:05 am vin you the
figures on each bid. Copy of the same message went to in STAT
Tokyo. I talked briefly to some of the Engineers and they seemed to
feel that the low bid wasn't bad.
I shall be very glad to meet next Saturday, not only STAT
because of the brown shoe polish I have asked to send by him. STAT
I hope that his visit here will be pleasant and profitable and that he
will return with a good picture of Okinawa and its questions.
I really am enjoying the Ryukyus, the days and wweeka"skitter by.
I am anxious for more to do and to have more done to show,
Your requested paper of clearance proceedure will be upcoming
soon. Actually I think I can give all. of clearance proceedure in 10
lines. Let's see;
Japan - GIC investigates, recommends clearances, Rycom approves, Irv
approves,, Parrish loads applicant on a ship or plane and he goes to work.
titina (TG, if there is a C:IC, investigates. If no CIC possibly some
other US agency will investigate. If there is no one to investigate,
FBIS must produce the information that Rycom will require. Ryocm and FEC
approve, Consulate in China is asked to issue a visa, when that is done
the applicant can travel,
Phillipines - Phillipine citizens, G-2 Phillcom conducts security check,
recommends clearance, Hycom approves, applicant is ready to travel.
Other than Phi`lipine citins -? as shown for China.
Ryu is' - Natives having any possible access tDoperational. material, such
as typists, wi,l].. be investigated by Okinawan police under Mil. Gov't,
Weel, it took twelve lines,
With reference to par 4 of your memo of 22 October, again on
vloarance Prrceedures. bh+ero ever there is a CIC, or any US investigative
agency that can, and will, investigate our applicants, :ae should use them.
This is surely the case in Japan where the CIC operates as it would In
the U.S. Maj. Eggers in Shnaghai said that he did not have the personnel
or facilities to offer us a complete investigation. Their investigations
are actually made by the Shanghai Police Department ( ref - Shanghai Repor
p.-3)_ and are,.-he considers, valueless. True, they-give investigative
'clearances- to -some -U.S. agencies, and the aajor coald probably be
persuaded to take care of ours, but when he considers the investigations
as valueless, how badly do we want them?
While I haven't been in Manila, I think there is a story there.
I don't know about their security check, but in general there only
time and face saving. They catch the pimps and pickpockets who have been.
arrested, they offer little or no background information, Unless
kanilaia security checks approximate an investigation, I should not want to
use then as any basis on which I would recommend an individual for
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IeBIS employment. A security check is very likely all right for Rycom
employees, mostly young, clerks, typists, mech+Pics, etc. But I
don't consider it adequite for FBIS monitors, who, as you point out,
are well educated and well informed even though (3-2 here will
undoubtedly accept Phillcoms security clearance for their
clearance.
I'd like to go or., Colonel, investigational work is most
interesting to ms. I have done little else in the last eighteen years.
Again, clearance requirements and proceedure will be'upocming soon.
I will ask Uol kattor. to look over the draft and make any. corrections he
wishes. And I'll work on "non-politically inclined".
This mornings weather is our first cold day..veryone putting up
oil heaters.
Sincerely,
STAT
hie , (: nawa 1sureau.
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u Death. ?r+C em
I. To provide FIB with information tin, Okinaan death and buriel
com, was
~-s Ure T. V, Rice, Supex~viaso + Death Program, qu _R_
in-
ervie"d at Toni n 3 ?HO ber . and, ain interviewed with, a n'Arny mortician
on 15 favember.
2. 3vo-in:. no deceared persons equivalent to those ' eubJect - to
military control within the Ryas Co,nd. are processed in-accordance with
id t
T.B. 1o-.2a'3: ` 23 3aly .1947. A mina+ ra pe changeo this bulletin is concerned
with overseas deaths. No, tetra copies of these publications are availablo loam.
30 buri fit non-i ndeg ns persons are allowed within he Cam..
All bodies are embalbcd, ca sketed and chipped to the deceased's country of residence
without charge for Ar or Department of ;l r civilians, So far there shirnents
have lncludod: only the eonti atal. t , ., Hawaii and the Thilippines.
.. f`or ncn-War, Department personnel. Including A 3 personnel,, fore:
nationalas, tor, t , 'aaazcording to M. Hite. wi
this include F1XS person-
nail, the is do*i.e : . a reimbursable basis at -an- approximate cost of 026 for embal
ing and -fen o casket. Transportation from Okin a to port of destination has
beet, no far, on a' , co esy non--cost basis. H'crsever, this ray not continue and
will not hold for. trawp rtatIon to countries other than-indicated above
s question of cremation. h never been presented. It is the Opin-
ion of both. 4 Rice a the mortician that If there mere a suitable crew-tort' on'
Okinawa,, the 'oxa: id3. General m i t. allow cre ti cn,, i.f' assured that it u the
wish of the deceased.. The q .eotion. is somewhat acaade .c,. as far. an I. have been'
able to tLnd out its cremation is i.~ afrequently poreetir t on Oki wa and 'tthoro acre
no 'crematories, 'each a's
4.. The question of , nation is based, not so rat in reg d for the
religious ' :fiefs of coma of our prospective, monitors, as , it in on the- cost and
diff'iculties' of transportation a corpse ,from Okinawa, !o' say Singapore,. or
iE , The' o can't remain hero, that .i s . certa ut. Perhaps a good suggestion
uld bei~-'-hip to an ,a or Shang i, crate and air fright on.
available to his offiaeo,
. in ad e of actual nod. ,
following questions. are,,
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Amami 0 Shim Trip
15 Novea tber 1948
n the =Ming of 4 November I accepted an station from t
tW'lt Chief of Staff; G-2, fycom.,; to accompany a group visiting Amami 0 Shim,
turning . on 7 Novel'. This trio was for the benefit of the Apostolic Deletgate to
Guam and the Rruky~s, Bishop Apollonius, who wished to visit the Catholic Mission
at X%so on A i 0 him Accc n ing were Father Felix, head of the Naze _MWion
Jam. Oarabadeant S* f Chaplain; .1, Geer, PlO,, r' yco*; and myself. We traveled on
. the FS 179, The i 3 Tom, 0 the Coma ding Ceneral' a ship.
2: We left aria at 2t30 p.m., 4 Novembers erriw at lase a
after a Maly stormy trip.. The Chaplain Mr. Gear and I messed on
pa, the Bishop as i Father `el were put up at 16 Saadquartex , We were to
at. noon :on a-unftri - wh1OI would tr1W ua. into a at abnat B a,
On Sattu'diy, 6- Wov+amb I discussed with Colonel Adair, COMMMAim
Officer of Villitsrj {o pt. of Nor herzn fyW7=,f the ps*sibi lity of employing some
of he Island's s tau cods operators , Vii: 0 Shim,, has a former Japanese. weather
station which is still in operation ?and is therefore the most promising location
in the 1yukyua for code operat . While operators are available, the fol.
l ,ti g factors render it inadvisable, in or 4pin on,, to corm ider the Possibility
.of their emplo ent at the. pa eaent timer.
(a) ' The nnorthem RyukyU Islands have always been. a part of Japes,
the people are 'a e, proud of it, have litt dealings with the Gk; a ex.
apt as required Military f*verweent. The a ploMat of these persons, should
be cozm,idored as a 1oyaer of Jetxavese and subject to the sa investigations
even though their movement within the Ryukyus is unhampered at the present tom.
However, CIC personnel., available for investigations,, are stationed at New,
.
(b) parsons hired in Amaml 0 Shiva would have to be, cared for
such compounds,
pound.s. At the ? present tiao.. I hope not to Operate ai ,
Amud 0 Shim is the source of, the bamboo furniture sold locally in
the Cixacwan esF to au psttiei anise , fh f ni rxre tut le- lacking in a
c l )ssfo nuns ono aiati ,~t+i .ipp, furniture., is sturdil.lg
constructed and is so such cheaper that I wanted to look in to its
Possible purchase for PEtS houses.. Apia' t talked with Colonel Adair before Ming
eau inquiries. Gom ,tive jricea in the Rycom PAC arei Filipino chair -. $9.80?
Okinawan chair - *4.60. The tori Takei Kago Shi Kkujo (phonetic), the only taaru -
fa urer, I gas able to final, eepioyo about 6 persons. He receives the following
;Vicest .
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Chair .. .
. . yen 180
or
$ 3.60
Table . . .
. .. yen 170
or
3
40
Coffee table. . . yen 160
or
.
3.20
Stool . . . . . . yen 60
or
1.20
Cabinet . . ... yen 450
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9.00
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10.20
personally, if 0 Shims furniture were available in complete dote,
and apparently is not at present, I would prefer it to the Philippine furniture
as examples of indigenous manufacture not lees comfortable or attractive than
its Philippine counterpart. Present Philippine furniture, as the Colonel Will,
recall, is far inferior in emrkman and material to pro-war, After the ar-
rival of and I will discuss this with them, showing than
the asmp s o both seta or i lire available here
and de
endin
th
,
p
g on
eir re-
action, will eithcr drop the matter, or continue through U.t11tary.Government and
the District?ngineer.
5. AD a7 uao of local
products Is advantageous to the U.S. i in that it
reduces the ooot of occupation, X-ooneidor that IBM has a responsibility tc-anrds
determining the value and availability of locally:-made items in comparison with
imports.
6. 1 had also understood that floor coverfi almila to ~t.iw ~
were manufactured in Naze~ howevers I was unable to find ~ other r th thant~ usan the us n`
ual
Japanese tatami and matting.
7. By Sunday noon, 6 November, typhoon Rita vas developing mouth of
Okinawa. On instructions from the Port of Naha, we were directed to seek refuge
in Sataukawn Bay, in the southern part of Amami 0 Shims. We moved there early
Monday morning and remained there until Thursday noon. At that time Rita had gone
south toward the Luzon straits but left 40 knot winds and high seas behind. We
moved out to the mouth of the bay Thursday afternoon, anchored until 10 p.m.,
then came in to Naha, arriving there at 3 p.m# on Friday, 12 November.
8. In Cwoluaion I might say that while I enjoyed the trip, and Improved
My pinoohtle and cribbage, I am quite willing to defer wV,. ther trips within the
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u3c` u Island
ntil next _._._~
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Ghlef , Okinavr4 Bureau
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APO 331
30 October 1948
uolonsl L. X. White,
uhiet, H3IBs
2430 1! St., hit,
Washington, U.C.
hear Colonel.
The period covered by this report has's not been a particularly
busy one. Two lette3A have' been received from s ashington, one an invoices,
one on per idem, rew teletypes have been received or sent. My list of items
to cover is not too long, for the benefit of my typist I will try to keep
this short.
Incl..l is a copy of an item in the tsycom Bulletin on DAG Is
and overseas differential. i thought you might. be interested in what the
command here is saying. +4vilain personnel contacts seem to think that the
post differential for ukinawa, will not be much different from the 255;6, on
what btssissI don't know.
After considerable mental strain I have my study on foreign
national salary scales in draft for:.
A good many memos have been added to my file on Okinawan
natives.. To clear my thinking I have prepared a series of sstatementt, of
which 1 have copied a selected ,group which may be of interest to you.
They are attached an incl. 2. Your comments will be apprecia ted.
Last Monday I talked briefly with, the just arrived "Care"
representative. He , is now with Military. Government. 0-2 plans on stock-
ing 150 packages, mostly for 010. G-2s F1;C before I left was using about
250 a month. Other government organizations are using Care.packagea. If
Military 'Goverment policy will allow, I expect to expire the possibility
f using a limited number of packages for certain categories of native labor.
Of int est among contacts this period was one with Lt Col Taute,
then C/S to C.0.s 3 Composite Wings the housekeeping unit for Kadena Air-
Base. Unfortunately, Col. Taute has since been transferred to a operational
unit. Speaking of our plan for a woman's compound he said; "Of course. you
will have to have ones our we n' a compound can not house additional."
he 32nd C.W. will have to - furnish a 24 hour M.P. guard, ~ch Col Taute
indicated they would do. He went on to say that he felt the ftycom had been
sa little unrealistic in continuing their security regulations for women'
he felt that a re-appraisement was due and the most of the restrictions shout-,
be removed.
I was glad to hear this as it resolved my minds for the presents'
on one questions should l ask you for sufficient .38 cal. revolvers to
properly equip PSIS personnel who want to escort ? a lady, FBIS or otherwise s
to a movie or dance? . I have here and registered two hand guns, a .4]. cal.
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rim fire Remington over nd-under nickel plated, ivory handled derringer
and a .22 cal.Hi-Standard automatic,, 611 bbl. adjustable eights,. & very
fine target ' gun, and I have asked to have my .38 cal. Colt, 611 htavy bbl,
adjustable eights, also a target gun, sent here. These three, I thinwill
suffice for the time.
If I do have to ask for some hand guns, please, I don't want any
of your left wheeling, hard actioned Smith & Wesoon' e. they can't be fired
accurately,, to my notion, either afoot or a horseback, single or double ac
action*
am sure that I can obtain .45s on M/R from the army, but I would
prefer not to have them for non ex-service personnel.
I' . ., return to the 32nd Ling next week and see how we stand with
Col Taute's successor.
STAT
I am really very sorry about my failure to clear
entry. As I told you in my first message last June, I felt that she would
have to coma as our' house guest and that, was within FE G policy. I had
undrestood that house guests were also -possible here,: but when I popped
the question, the"answer was a very.defiriate "no, we have never allowed
guests". So then I tried my second string, loan of a "stout" house in
tamp Rue by the 1nggineers and the answer then was "if those houses are
avail able, we will allocate there" . , Selahl i
fir Xu, Manila contractor, now-building a permanent structure at the
37th Station Hospital, haso a- contract for a marine railway at. t~aha,
is staying here at the gue t hthse. He is also bidding on our contract.
He tells me that he is finding the temporary water supply quite expensive.
He has the local reputation of being able to secure many substitute
materials and, I understand, is in well with the locals,
FDvxs a District Engineer radio I learn that bids will be opened
for the station on the 9th and for the housing on the.15th.. As I judge.
for two to three weeks, I take it that I won't see 0 here
I hope that the gounoets can be shipped some time next month. They
are the first requirement toward arrival.
From inquiries at the APO X :find that they do not issue inter-
national money orders. Only for the U.S. or APO's. 1thiu will make the
situation rather difficult for our foreign nationals who might want-to send
a few nickels home. I hope that the bank of America opens up here. Lai.
Budge, Finance Officer, tells me that he has heard informally that U A
has approved the bank of America's request. This may or may not be
cwon't get away until the 20th and Henry has told me that ho wants
STAT
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a it anal to s> information from Tokyo. It you hear anythi $ I would surely
appreciate a :W$rd. ' I now understand there are two persons here who will cash
bank drafts, the post ixchen- finance officer and the civilian who operates
the slot icfjJne:s. I shall arrange an introd ction. to the first-,
Wnsider:ing the transportation' needs for our expected native
help I believe that additional motor transportation will be Justified.
If I feel that I can produce sufnoient justification I will sand it in
s time after 'the first of the, year. I. conteaplate asking for a station
wagon, not a panel trucks if you approve it can be purchased out of either the
49 or. 50 appropriation for, delivery . here between July and September next
year.
Two clippings are from, Stare and Stripes. The one on "U .S.Stati on
etc is just in .case your Tokyo Bureau. hasn% al resasiy sent it in. The other
only appears In the Okinawa edition of Staws-and Stripes and is as. bmitte d for
your possible interest.
Ander if the new post differential will. affect your
reenter, of. aquartera? And if so,- what will it do to foreign nationals?
colonel, II an afraid I will never make a typist.. I started out this
me, as atl ways $ 'With a determination to produce an aimoet flawless piece
;? copy. A glance over the previous, two piss shown mistake after mist.
I am sure It Randazzo would loan me a ?typist for a few hours but as long as
I have the time I prefer not to bother him or produce. a new subject of
conversation in the housing aresaes*
sincerely,
thief,
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The toll ag is a summary of 1sx0cutive order ho 10,000, as
published in the ityukyuan Bulletin for 23 October, 1948#
" The 25% overseas differential will be abolished on or before
1 January 1969 and willl, be replaced by a post diftI rential. The
percentage allewrenoe of the .now Not differential is not yet known.
1'eroentages will be fined by the State 'epartaent and the 1-93. Uivi l
:;ervioe issian.
"So tar as Is known, this change will affect only grod!d eatploy+eei
(Ps SP, ', A,?G) and will not apply to wage board (Magraded
'i,lipino employees or foreign natieealn under the Tropical } ~olees#
er
+etrange will affect !U Federal gtmded outside age soaks. The
not newly uspsrtewnt of the * ~s otsidthe tinned stattes,
n4-' employees.
To be eligible for the post differential, graded ens lopees must
be U.B. citisens an their reeidenee is the overseasoeesw ad must be
attributable to their employment by the United ;Maters.
a Fayment of the post differential ,hill, begin as of the date of
arrival at the post on assignments, transfer or detail and shall stop as of
departure from the post for separation, transfer or detail. This will
presumably mean that incwbant employees will not receive the post
differential during trovel tins to the U.S. or as a part of the limp on
leave payment at time of separation.
" The post differential will not be used as a part of the base pay
in otarputi ng overtime pay,, night differential, holiday pay or retirement
deductions. r'aded employees will therefor no longer be permitted to use
the differential as a basis for i vesting future retirement annuities.
differ" DA radio gran WCL 32Jb7 dtd 13 Oct 1948 indicates that the post
MAY Possibly be eft from Federal income tax. This radio
gram also states that employees whose net earning are reduced as a result
of the change SAY elect to return to the U.S, at goverment expense,
without regard to their employment agreereents. rapleyss an reminded,
however, of t shig b cost of living in the United States and of the fact that
there are very few vacancies in the r"ederal Uevensmnt in the U.S." 4VAill
(nr+derlines theirs)
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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
AFO 331
16 October 1948
Colonel L. K. White,
thief, F.B.I.B.,,
2430 i. St., N1,
liashington, U. C.
Dear Colonel:
The period 1 .. 15 October was partially occupied by the
. "tropical storm" Libby and the minor dislocation thereafter. Sunday
and Monday the third and fourth Uctober were all for the storm, no
offices in ttycom were open on Tuesday the fifth but on taednesday general
activities were resumed,
As a matter of interest 1 have been told by one of the staff
of the District Engineer that an estimate of damage caused by the typhoon
would run much 'closer to-0100 million than to the. published figure of
1i0 million's.- I understand that damage to the achimoto Ordnance Depot
was so severe that consideration was given to moving the entire depot,
because of the typhoon Lt. Col. Ashdown's trip to Tok yo was
. cancelled.rurther information on the 50 kw transmitter will not be avail-
able from that source. ho information additional.to my teletype and memo
of 2.October has been received.
Before the storm I had called on,the C.G., C/O and.A.i2 of
lot Air Division. memo has been submitted.
during this period memos have been submitted oh-clearance,
requirements and clearance proceedure. At the G-2's desire, these have
been kept on an informal basis. 1-had anticipated that there would be.at
the least a letter from me to the ti2 explaining our requirements and
what we proposed to offer. taevertheless, 1 do not think that there-is any
marked-difference between security. requirements- of FBIS and the G-2
here but until some clearances can be offered and approved there will
be a question.- For this reason, if for'no other, I should like to
proceed with some requests for clearance, whether or not the applicants
would be moved here for some time, as soon as a definate position and.
pay can be offered.
t,'learance proceedure is not too complicated, but the
regulations were not written with FBXS' problems in view. changes which
would put permanent trBIS personnel in the same category as State Depart-
ment employees.would simplify proceedure for U.S. citizens, a delegation
of authority. for the clearance'of foreign nationals to G--2 Rycom CDepto,
of Army to FEC, FEC. to Rycom) would keep operations and responsibility,
here,
as iar as A. bbl con;;urIlaa i vLi.LL ii-ruv.LU4 jUri z.+.ilu N11Ci U-rr
here with--every available, item of imformation on foreign national
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applicants and my recommendation will mean that I consider them good
security riaks. I don't grant, however, to have investigations required
that are impossible to ettain, such as cIC reports from foreign cou ntries.
besides BOSBY chinese employees the island has also sarshaan
and tx y, an American ogganisation working for Bossy, and there will
be in some British and Filipino? swage companies, for both typhoon
and war damaged ships.'
rlease be assured that I am not attempting to force my ideas
on clearance over or around either nycom of FEC, nor to clear any persons
who would not be welcome here. ;neither Rycom nor rEC have ever indicated
that Japanese would require more for clearance than other nationals.
.tnvlovemente are that the travel of Japanese outside of Japan has been a
sore point with SCAP for a longtime Since the typhoon some thirty or
forty skilled electricians have been, sent down, not cleared but just sent
by C. Incidentally, they are doing 'a better job, I am informed, than
the rilipinoa and natives.
During this period 1 have been collecting material for a
recommendation on a salary or rage scale for foreign nationals. There are
only three wage eclaes on ukinawa, (1) the U.S. scale, higher than we
need, t2) the Filipino scale, lower than we can hope to pay and keep the
best personnel and (3) the Okinawan scale, according to military government,
a starvation wage in a valueless currency, with change in prospect, There
are no employees in hyccm,'U.S. or Filipino, whose position corresponds
either to that of a rBIS monitor or` code operator. I mean, of course,
civilian employees.
All foreign nationals, there are only two individuals besides
rilipinos, are paid on the Filipino scale, in which a tA? 7 would be paid
roughly the salary we pay the monitors, except Kim, iii Tokyo. with
mainland prices this -,sale is not satisfactory to the rilipinos, uviliaun
personnel feel that it is too low. 1*, as has been stated, the Filipinos
are to be returned and their places taken by U.S. citizens, wages will be
nearly doubled.
The question as it seems to me now, is - shall we use the
Tokyo recommendations t,AF 5 pay for a CAF 7 job, and this I believe, will
be adequate to hire anyone we want in Tokyo or Shanghai, or shall we
accept somewhat near the Civilian Personnel suggestion here of the Tropical
wage scale, somewhat higher and therefor less liable to cause dieeatisfacti
here later.
just to touch on the employment of ukinasans. I have quite
a sheaf of memos in draft. by feelings, so far - typists and teletypists,
yes, 1 have seen quite a few fair to, good typists, now they w ill be hard
to get, may have to train them; mechanicm, chaffaurs, custodial, employee,
plenty, some good, some indifferent, some poor; code operators, some here,
a question how many and how good, or good enough, at present the pay in
yen means nothing, (250 yen a month with a bowl of rice on the black market>
at 40 yen) what counts are living quarters, food from military government,
clothes the same tthere is an extra ration of these for those employed
by the occupation] p5rsonalized and individual treatment, a chance to
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learn. swot for all, of course. If you just want laborers and can hire
four or five to do one mans work and the v apane se government pays, there
Is no problem, out with t>ss, .I believe, a little additional effort will
I give us some acme. fairly uf'fici.ent and very cheap help.
It will be better to wait a while on this until we have seen
any channges.
Todayz mail has been the first, except for a few routine
item, since shy arrival. There was no mainland mail between 30 September
end 13 October,,
Colonel, I don't want any .partof a cooperative mean for a eras
thitty or thirty five people. As I understand the housing, each BCt will.hserre
its own kitchen, and should run Its, own mesa, possibly two together.
Army or Air mesas are not going to be pa rticularly close and our
shifts won't work in well with n il&tax y meal hours. There is only one
private restaurant on the island that I know of, here at Rycom,
slalonel`, if we are to start by next July, even, partially, the
applicants should be started on their clearance by the first of March.
If you want, and I hope you do, to open in April of May with perhaps
a couple of Chinese monitors-and a couple of others from whatever
language we can find and clear in Shanghai, clearances should be started
earlier. I believe thero are several poosssibil t e or ra location, but
I can't promise' anything until I can talk with I would perfor not 25X1
to transfer from Tokyo until. the station is cope .
By the was?, when will
And quoneets a few?
be here? And I How about shipping?
I wonder if you would u&rv to start Sending me . the ~,'ar ;asst
section of the roport. It will be a month before the first arrives. I
would suggest air mail for the i ar 1asst section, regular nail for the
others. Ciao feels quite - out.of the picture here, with magazines in the `PI.
from 6 to 8 weeks old. Later onI will ask you about subscribing to
a paper or. two trim around here, ldanila, Shanghai or Tokyo. Stare and
Stripes reaches us erratically from 3 to 6 days late.
I have omitted any remark on clearance of kinawans, They are file
checked through Depto of Public safety of Military Government.
The Chief? Okinawa Bureau, made a physical orientation trip to the
north end of. the island leaving Wednesday afternoon and returning at 8 AM
Friday. Both nights were spent at Camp Okuma. Re recalled that the norhh
end of Okinawa was at one time proposed, in 1945, about duns, as a r"BXS
station location.
MY regard
Sincerely,
25X1
25X1
to your staff in - ashington, and elsewhere.
. W J
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The occupation forces in Okinawa employ something over thirty
thousand Ryukyuan natives. . Until recently these were all paid, through
Military Goverment by the Japanese government in the same way that
indigenous personnel of Japan working for the occupation are paid.
As of August 1, this year, and similar to the plan in effect in Ja
native.employees have been separated into two categories.
iateyory i. Personnel Considered Essential be the Maintenance and
Upkeep of Occupational Forces, Living Areas and Quarters and Utility
Facilities. Salaries and wages for these will be paid out of yen budget
funds.
stekory 11. Personnel whose services are cotasidered of a
personal nature and of essential to the maintenance of Occupational
Living and Utility facilities. Salaries and wages of these personnel
will be paid from funds. collected from the individuals and agencies
receiving the benefit of such services.
taumber of indigenous personnel authorized. Individual family
units will be authorized under Category 1, one maid for each 1200 sq ft
of floor space or major fraction. One gardener is authorized irrespective
of floor space.where no gardener is desired, one additional maid is
authorized in lieu thereof. These will be paid on yen budget funds as in
the past. Individual housing units are authorized to employ under
Category II, personnel who perfiorm strictly personal services in any
number desired. Paymentfor these will be assessed ugainat using individual
or agency. Barracks or BOQAe may be furnished, under Cat, I, one maid or
janitor for each 1204 eq. ft. of floor space.
Wage scale for Category II personnel, in dollars, follows:
Maids,janitore etc. .$3.80 to $4.50
Cooks $3.80 to $6.00
Ga dener $4.50 to $6.00
10% additional for. English speaking, 12 mo. continuous employment
gives 1/12 av. base pay additional,
With the above as taken from Military Government circulars;
the following notes on Okinawan labor are offered as a partial presentation
of the questions involved.
1. The operation and maintainence of FBIS facilities, including
Category I servants for family and BOQ units, will require the full time
employment of approximately 100 natives. .My present ideas on these
requirements are:
Honcho ( boss,'supervisor)
Maids or janitors, including for Opns.
Typists, inc. 1 for native payrolls
male
I
female.
64
3
6
Teletypists
Drivers
Mechanic
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Maintenance crew, carpenter, plumber,
painter, electrician, etc 5.
Gardeners. 6
Diesel operators 5
Code operators available')
27 74
Total 101
2. Additions ll y, x laborers for y days, will be. required to clean
up, landscape and .impassnrve both areas.
3. IS, not being a part, of the occupation, should pay all of
these, actually I think" giat custodial employees coming under Lint I may
well be paid out of yen budget funds by Military Government.
Regardless of who - pays, ' FBXs however,?? muatvassun hiring, time
keeping and pay rolls, as well, as all administrative details, transporta
to and from work (if required), pant,., including deduction of Okinawan
taxes, for both category I sndU employees.
Foil HOUSIffe Uly, 11
. 4. The number of category II erployessAean not be esstimmated. Hadena
limit these to one per house. Iwase has no limit, some houses have as many as
five servant iwase, with 240 quonssets,. has 750 native employees . on its
pay rol]'.~'. - ome are, commissary ' auk I school employees, around 600 are family
servants. About half of these .750 natives live in Iwasets native cmpound.
AKD
. If FBIS pays for . all- native labor,/f~umil.ies (and BOQ residents)
e squired to pay all servants ? FBIS employees .with family housing
will be required to pay $ff to $12 per month,(BOQ residents less) more than
any other families on the island
b, Native labor on Okinawa either (1) live at home, walk or are
transported to and from place of employment by employing agency, or (2)
.live in native compouxsds, administered by the employing agency under
Military Government supervision, are 'subsisted on food purchased both from
Military Government supplies and their local murastores. I yen a qy is
deducted for the cost of food. The f'ur'nishing of left over food from messes
is allo>sed, with the sarcea deduction,
'~. There are additional prequisite4 received by those living in native,
compounds, such as, purchase of cet tain items of clothing.. Agencies operating
native comp a sually arrange waeak, end transportation for residents of
distant murd. Tura near army Installations can not furnish. all labor. required,
native compounds are essential to the operation, of units requiring large
numbers of personnel. All native compounds that I have visited are over.
crowded and rather dismiplacess. I have seen gouneets with 36 persons.
Bleeping,, 30 is:apparently normal. .
8 The operation. of a native compound,, and mess, is considered
imprtcti le for, the number of natives that FBIS will employ.
9. Under present conditions employment by the occupation Its not well
nor attractive to the Ukinawans. The majority of present' employees
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are young 'boys and girls. Heads of Okinawan familis re farmers, if they
intend to- support their families. Or also the wife td children work on
10. U. t:o1. Howard, native labor officer, 32nd Composite Wing,
(kadena) sAys'that he can not take care of 'any outside guests in his native
compound, nor would . he- accept them if FBIS should furnish him a qounset in
his compound. There are no other compounds closer than Ry'ccaa.
U. 'Transportation for day workers should not be too difficult for
FBI to handle. Transportation for shift workers is liable to be a
headache.
12. The gradual elimination of Filipino workers now in progress by
non renewal of their contracts is placing an additional strain on the
already limited number of Okinawan typists, clerks, ate. Education divvission,
Military Government, talks a lot about typing classes, but they have neither
a place, nor typewriters, nor instructors. Individual organizations are
training their own, the groups varying from the Dist, Engineers last class of
about 60, down through 32nd Icmpoaite Wings class graduating 12 next week
to the smaller outfits that keep a girl and a typewriter in the corner.
13. This is the reason for the increase in typists and teletypists
over the tentative T/Os -to take care of .traineess, lower efficiency,
language bars ter. Other positions will require. the same over staffing.
14. You have a Military Government wage Scale. Roughly I estimate
that IeBISre 30 to 40 prospective employees will average out, at todayss
wages, between 48 and *10 per month.
15. Neither t:ol Howard nor idea Cunningham, Rycom native personnel,
will accept the administration of FBISre native labor.
16. The female code operator. is available. She has been cleared,
formerly worked for Signal here,, work was. satisfactory, left to accept a
position as maid because she would not live in a native compound. She now
lives with the family. Speaks good..englissh.
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The following is a summary of Executive Order No 10,000 as published in
the tcyukguan Bulletin for 23 Oct 1948
"The 25$ overseas differential will beabolished on or before 1 Jan
1949 and will be replaced by a post differential. The percentage allowance of the
new post differential is not yet known. Percentages will be fixed by the state
Department and the U.S.Civil Service commission.
"So far as is known, this change will affect only graded employees
kP, SP, LAY, LFU) and will not apply to wage board (ungraded) employees,
Filipino employees , or foreign nationals under the Tropical Wage scale. The
change will affect all Federal graded employees outside the United States,
not merelt Department of the Army employees.
"To be eligabel for the post differential, graded employees must be U.S.
citizens and their residence in the overseas command must be attributable to
their employment by the United States.
"Payment of the post differential shall begin as- of the date of arrival at
the post on assignmeny, transfer, or detail , and shall stop as of departure
from the post for separation, transfer, or detail. This will presumably mean that
incumbent employees will not receive the post differential during travel time to the
U.S. or as a part of the lump sum leave payment at time of?separation.
"The post differential will not be used as a part of the'base pay in
computing overtime pay, night differential, holdday pay, or returement
deductions. Graded employees will therefore no longer be permitted yo use the
differential as a basis for invreasing future retirement annuities.
"DArradiogram WCL 32467 dtd 13 Uct 1948 indicates tha the post differential
may possibly beexempt from eaderal income tax.This radio gram also
states that employees whose net earnings are reduced as a result of the change may
elect to teturn to the united States at government expense, without regard to
their employemetit agreements. Employees are reminddd, however, of the high cost of
living in the, United States and of the fact that there are very few vacancies
in the rederal government in the US"
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APO 331
1 Cctober 1948?
colonel L. K. White,
chief, S.B.I.13.,
2L;.30 .`7t . , t4 a
Ytashington, I%.L.
'rhe report for the period 16 - 30 September breaks convienantly
into three sections, Tak,:Jo, Shag ai and `kinawa.
The Tokyo time was spent in preparing for my departure and in
waiting for Army Advisory Group clearance from. :hira. t.ctually I would
hrw.vk-,, left without clearance if my plane had lv? en on tire, tic the olano was
etc .- yed until after 9:30 am, 1 had a chance to call J G and rcccive the clear-4,.t,",.
Urxce.
The 5hengha.i visit has been covered by three memos, two left
yesterday, one will accoxm any this. I consider that the trip was satisfactory
and 1 think that :shanghai, will effort, will rroduce quite a few well
qualified monitors and 1 believe that an adequate clearance can be provided,
one that will be satisfac`.or ?r to G-2 here and to ins an estjni to I
wwc'uii? say that it wi l - take 1O days to hire anyone out of ':'o]'-,-o, 40 to
GO u?ajs to pet them out of Shanghai. That's qu its a hunk of time, n.t
especially, for FBIS, because we can plan on it, but for the individual to
wait for a job.
:+momg items covered here by memos or teletype are (1) final
story (it in hoped) on the 50 kw transs-itter{ (2) storage space on Okinawa
z-r vanged for with the District Lngineer, (31 suggestion on a trip to
:.arila. The fou:days o:. I;in wa have been spent in a personal orientation,
and in establishing preliminary contacts with Ry~com sect`_cus, the District
:,nTineer and the let Air Div. dontact with the new Staff.n`;ineer of lat.
i'iir Div., Lt Col Enge and i'ls tAssistarnt, Major Lyle, were most rleu nt.
One of the privileges was an inspection of the newly selected
housing site. This is just south and across Highway 20 from let Air Div.
Headquarters and adjacent to one of the Ladena housing areas. A part of
this area was forworly a military c:emet.ary. I understand that air views of
this area have beer sent to WOD and I hope that you have already received VP
a copy. I expect copies in a few days but thought to use them an illustrations
for my report on "Okinawa as a He a for FBIS".
According to a letter received fro on the 29th. the 25X1
number of quonsets has been increased by 10, t~uak ng a. type units
and 12 BO.r,$s. The present area holds 22 quonsets without any crowding, I
would plan on adding about 4 to this area,, placing the renaming 6 in the
rear, tOWL.rds highway 1. This area has a wond.111 view of the bay (and
a good view of Gen. Myers house) The use of this additional area has been
discussed withMaj. Lyle.
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Allowing 5 to each, 12 will have a total capacity of e60, plus 20
in the family unite, gives a total of 80, considerabaly more than the estimated
TP as I underelsWM it. I should like to use the extra 10 quonsets in this
wssy and I will give you my reasons later s the first 5 will family units, the
sixth will be a FBIS club house, the seventh a BO4, eighth a maids dorsiatory,,
ninth and tenth, if possible to be ussreed as either EC or family type.
While the area is adjacent to a presently occupied housing area it
is two .miles from the conrisssary, nearly as such from PX and clubs. All clubs
,arc unit organizations, this means changing personnel with a possible changing
attitude toward civilians. aluntly,'.there may be clubs that our polygot
personnel would like to and could join and there might not. Some sort of a
center for FBIS activities where small parties or dances could be held where at
least all of our personnels legardloss of rank or pay,, could meet and share a -
coke I believe will be needed,
Now for maids quarters, , and it is ok if you turn me down on this.if I
can ask you again if I need to. I am not too familiar with' the servant problem
here yet, So I may change my ideas. Uaids axe furnished here on a basin- of
floor spaces the s as in Japan. I don't know whether we individually will pay
fez' the maids, but that ' is not important now, the cost isn't much. But the maids
have to go home or stay in fenced and guarded maids quarters'and they are
supposed to leave their working places by 430 PAt, Theta just in the middle of the
forenoon for a maid, Colonel. So it works out that the family uses one of
their bedrooms for the maid, and if they need another the head of the family #4,tE
p ersonally escorts her to the compound when she has finished the dishes. I
don't know where the compound is at Kadona, but I haven't seen it yet, it must be
sdse distance. And we 'U won't have much transportation for maids and husbands,
nor will some one in each male BOQ want to esc::rt a maid hose each night.
So it we can have one of our houses that can bo used to house ten or a dcx6n little
Okinawa girls, Okinawa living will be greatly simplified, dirty dishes will be
washed after dinner and not annoy the husband when he tries to get hie breakfasst
in the morning, the maids. will. be happier, last longer,, do more work, etc.
This brings up another 'lil problem. As you recall, single wahinies
live behind barbed wire in a compound at Coup Kus, the engineercamp. The rule
still holds that a gentleman taking a lady out for the evening must also pack a
ohootaln' iron. ( a couple of years ago there had to be two men with guns to one
,lay,, so you see things are improving): This is on account of nigger troops, not
the local Mien. Be that as it may, we must at least prepare to have a tall Mn
proof fence around our wahine compound. 'Caybe they won't allow us to have a
wahine compound in our area, but I en not going to ask for an answer on that
at present. I just went. to build some of the HQ's so that they can be fenncedp .
and put the maids in the same area,.,
,ueation How many female BOQ'e? 5 per each. Don't have to decide for
a While.
says that the contractor should start on 15 December. I can am 25X1
the. engineers preparing me for delays of one kind or another. But with any
delays how am I going to produce up to 5000 words a day in April, 194 Y I'll
try to have a plan for you and you' staff to look over soon.
The engineers are very pleased that will be hors and would like 25X1
to see his almost any time. They have a desk for now. There was no
trouble in securing the storage space, the only thing is to got them to,.admit
that they have it.
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Colonels how soon do you w8n tom' 'recommendations on wages? Can do
soon. Do you want any figures on costa of transportation for monitors? We.
can move them by Army transport frc t- 3(ar ila and Yok hsma. Crly $44t4M
Shanghai by air. There might. .hv'.shipp rig rom tire -too,, the eng1 ,.era are
buying ec mater3 , there@
lugs from V.ycom to station site 12.3
housing area to station ~8.0
I sent a meggage to you and to Tokyo on 4:onday morning. no aniwer
from either.-T feel'there is something, tong but Capt Terry, S ig. Off.
thinks that because I didn't ask a question there will be no answer. I cant
convince him to trace then,
t move. 4 today to 0t-2, proaised x3elf a desk with drawers, Its a
desk Ok, but the drawore are. gone.
Think- I should classify this . as TS, to prover_t . stock+eded for wahtnies
from boecming general. Imowledge..
Sincerely,
Chief, 0
tau.
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Chief, F.D. I. D., Washington, D.C.
Chief, Okinawa Bureau, F.B.I.B.0 APO 331
Shanghai Report.
APO 331
30 Sept 1948-
1. In route from. Tokyo to Okinawa on official change of station
and in accordance with and FEC orders, I spent the period 20 to 25
September in Shanghai. Between 21 and 24.Septesber, inc., with a view
toward determining possibilities for recruiting of monitors in various
languages and code operators and of setting up a plan for clearance of
such persons, I contacted the following persons:
Mr Styles, xeeutive and Vice Consa1 at the U.S. Consulate
Mr Donald Edgar, USlnformation Service of the Consulate Staff.
Maj. William H. Saunders, Ass't Military Attache, D.S. Consulate.
Maj. Fred W. Eggers, Dot. '6", MlM, Shanghai Dot., Army Adfisory
Group. (cIC under another name)
Mr Robert Anderson, Asst Mgr, Shanghai Office, Pan American Air.,
Sasseon House, Shanghai.
Mr James H. Potts. Acting V. Pres., St. John's University, American
Church Mission, 1875'Fan Wang Th Road, Shanghai.
2. 1 not Mr.Styles on the morning of the 21st, introduced myself and
by his was introduced to Mr Edgar. Just before my departure I aggro called
an Mr Styles to thank his for the courtesies extended, and it was most
sincerely meant. At that time he remarked that there was, of course,
always a possibility that the Chinese goverment night not care to issue
passports for Okinawa. This was a passing thought, he offered no comment
other than to say thet we shouldn't attempt to cross that bridge until we
came to it. Mr Edgar made a somewhat slaillar remark, which will be noted
later. Mr Styles was most interested and he pfmi.
3. IIr Donald Edger, Fiaeiga Service Officer, is in charge of the
U.S. Information Service. Nis first reumark, ? well, so you have decided to
locate an Okinawa" made it apparent that he is familiar with FBIB.
I did not have a chance to see Mr Edgar's translation set up but he
described it to me as employing some nine or ten Mitmese, entirely occupied
with press and magazine translations and operating in a location away from
the Consulate. There is no security check made an their personnel, the
separate location being considered sufficient security. He checks translations
occasionally from other sources. starting pay is $1970 per annum, Ids
of course, in Chinese currency, with "usual" in-grade promotions. The pay
is about twice what business, including Amrerican, organizations would offer
in Shaaghai.
They kave had to make use effort, Ur Edgar said, to find psoperly
qualified personnel. Selection of the last person hired required quite a
lengthy period of search and tests. The consulate does have lists of
all persons formerly employed by U. S. Agencies in Shanghai and these
lists, with any other assistance they can provide, will be available to
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Mr Edgar's employees use the Shanghai dialect, however he believes
that Mandarin monitors would be no more difficult to find. He did siggest
that Peking would be an excellent source for Mandarin, particularly under
the present conditions.
For other languages Mr Edgar felt that Shanghai should be able to
provide almost any one needed althe to find persons both qualified and
clearable would require more time and effort. A starting salary in the
vicinity of $2400 per annum should be very adequAts to interest even the
best qualified up to and including university professors.
Mr Edgar was quite interested in the possibility f the employment
of a few university graduateexas trainees and suggested th t we talk this over
.with Mr Pott, acting V.President of St. John's University.
Of interest was Mr Edgar's opinion that Chinese employed would
require certain kinds of Chinese food where ever they night be stationed.
Whether this will be more than can bF purchased at an army commissary is
a matter to be determined during the recruiting. Also of interest was
Mr Edgar's opinion on comparative O.S. and Chinese food prices. While
this can be applied to only a few items, American meat, for instance, costs
about three times the controlled price of Chinese meat.
Mr Edgar showed me translations from the North Shenshi radio
furnished from Nanking, he did not indicate whether they came from the
army oa the consulate. He wondered if they might be of our production, I
offered as my opinion that they were not.
Mr Edgar suggested the possibility that the Chinese government might
not care to'give exit visas for Okinawa, pointing out that this was only his
thought. Placing this with the previously quoted remark of Mr Styles, I
consider these as expressions of the uncertainty that surrounds a good many
Chinese policies and actions.
4. I spent considerable time with Major Saunders. His translation
interests are somewhat different from the general run of USIS press
translations and the Major has at times used the China Weekly Review
(Powell) translation service and has tired to employ his own translator.
Both of these plans were too expensive for the value received.
Without being too conversant with comparative living costs in
China and on Okinawa the Major felt that a starting salary of $200 per month
or better would be sufficient to attract the best of monitors. All Chinese,
he said, acts anxious to leave China and are fearful of their new gold yuan
currency. They could be employed at any salary that would offer then'a
living away from the hazards of China.
The Major also felt that with some time and effort almost any
language ability could be found.in Shanghai. Clearance for these is a differen
matter as any foreign war time resident of Shanghai deserves a careful
going over. At his request I interviewed two of his "contacts", a Chinese
(Mandarin) and a Hindu from the Punjab. A separate memo for information
only will be submitted on to two r ens. Discussing Fiussina monitors,
the Major has a Ukrananian, wham he would like to recommend 25X1
an d he remarked that the Polish Officers Association, anti-soviet, have
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offered his their services, individually and collectively. As far as
Rue sine linguists of other nationalities are concerned who could pass
our security check, the Major agreed that there were most like some
in Shanghai, the question is to find - and clear - thou. 25
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With reference to radio (code) operators, Maj. Eggers said that they
had some forty of fifty names on file, former radio operators who hadbeen
replaced by American operators as a matter of policy, not for cause. Re
felt that there would be no difficulty is filling our needs.
Discussing salaries, Maj Eggers felt that a salary of $2400 per
annum was too high for Chinese, considering conditions, they would accept
almost any living salary. He pointed out that AAG is hiring well qualified
Chinese stenographic help for as little as 160 gold yuan($40) per month.
(notes mentioning this to Mr Edgar he remarked that the Advisory Group are
required to pay their Chinese at Chinese rates and that any one ccnnsctsd
with the group is touchy on comparative pair.)
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6. Mr Anderson of Pan American stated that his company pays their
bi-lingual from $150 to $200 per month, the higher pay for the more than
bi-linguals undoubtedly. From PAA8S oonnection with CNAC most of their
(iinese employees- are on CNAC payroll. PAk's pay is about double that paid
by American banks and businesses.
7. With Mr Edgar I talked to Mr Potts Acting Vice President of St.
Johns-University. This University was the center of the student strikes
.of last May and Air Potts son of the founder of the University, has been
called in to take over. MrPott stated, that the enrollment of the University
this term was about 1600, .a drop of about 300 from last term, included in
the losses are the ringleaders of the students.
Mr Pott felt that there would be some, but'not many, of his seniors, and
these in general from his Journalism courses who would be qualified for a
"trainee"-position. On request, Mr Pott will be pleased to recommend his
best students for our test, and his personal recommendation, which he indicated
he might offer some, worth definate consideration for employment.
Mr Pott said that a salary of 421-a year would be very interesting }
to some of his best professors. When asked ,bout the comparative availability-
of Mandarin in Peking and Shanghai Mr Potl'tated that a few years ago
Mandarin was more nerally known and used i~ Pe while most persons
could not apeaC Jar neara `persons of education could understand it.
8. Outside of the Consulate and CIC no indication was given on any
of the details of employment. As shown by-the list, all persons to whom
I spoke are responsible U. S. citizens. However, it must be expected that ~
sometime information on the Okinawa station will be published. If it doesn't
go from Okinawa to China it will surely come out the first time a Chinese
citizen asks for a paseport'for Okinawa saying, "ay employment was based on
ny ability to translate Mandarin."
9. Summation - I feel that dhanghai will produce as many monitors,
and perhaps in more varied languages, than Tokyo, but that Shanghai will
require more time and effort per individual #hired than Tokyo. I believe it
is possible that Tokyo, Shanghai and Manila, in the order named, will develop
all, or practically all of foreign nationals required,
I consider that if FBIS will assume the responsibility Cor developing
th tefiel required for clearance by using the close cooperation of CIC
and by carefully interviewing applicants and references aW requiring caucasiall
references in all. cases, that a clearance can be developed which will be
satisfactory to G-2 Rycon as well as to our parent organization. This
paragraph will be amplified after I have had a chance to discuss it with Col.
Patton.
Chief, Okinawa Bureau, MIS.
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1. I loft Ws hington on 1 st sad speaa-t the pirietd It to 25 frost at
Bess. Fran 16 to 26 Est i wes in B0', as d with Bair at
to (Weestem Ccesi* Divi aioa, t3. S ritagiaae'rs an l f7 sad 18 Anpat aM
at Ammeallto, on 25 in t. News dater! 2C and 25 Am out w m those periods
of tsupamrt dray.
2. 1 arrived. in ?ao In the afMsmeewea at dta st 3066 The period
31 Amgmst to 15 tether how bean need in smteeels with varios SCAT' and P
sections on ant tire aamnacW with the Ctinswa r4ro3eet. At the xwiu.st of
Col. Bratten, 013, 0-2, a mm was prepares an 31 Avant Or aftmtssian to
dews l Wt11 y an icing the present status at the Ok$narna statics: and
rev"Otime pseaaission to diaovas clear ese scales and rseeni with
C ''~, sections. This roamer was ar~pra ed by `deeeewaal. Killo r an 2 With se,.
3. Memos bwm'bm pwamrad and odmittad to the Chiet, T17 I*, an an
iaparlaaat intealrtmm m d it is requested that they be cest6wes as a part of
this r rt. ' All otatemaats acoesaning policy We to be eantiMeed as lira.
T or TIC and aeeW or saa0- not refloat RID 3111p attlWo*
Ia greeraal, o3 sas~suve of forsipe naturals for as" an Okinawa
we the se~btlitd- of that sanmmd asst idlest ' I s attitude an
ou'ts'. 1% is =likely that !SC would diaapprw+re &V of a ,eaetaeaeatt-
atios . 019 hero, as the emotion of $4 ea mourned with soomwitr would like to
tb t 010 cos st as i?oet&gatica as IBIS ap"lieaata (mere V.8.) o are
rssldaats at Jepsu acrd *3 t a file, Obeek an an aatdoasls, applicants,
twin fir wstam arms. they wow want a acp of em& personal hiatery
stestearsst. I believe it f~y be possible to sags a copy of the iawsti*ttwe
rrepaart f+Qe CIA. CIC insestUptlans require a odmiam of the nimths.
5. 01 mAhowltCf r Jspsamm as#male to Zassne Jsrpsn and f earl
so that dray >t b+e pstd m a dollar basis an MIUM are
definstily difficult at this time No'-sum , glwia JWVWs +M praftl and sufficient
ti m it is pmebabls that a plan eauld be worked out. I tptharei the impression
fro both A-1 and Fiscal. that thi r weld be interested in hantiag I" question
pr;saatod, and would be in f W.
5. OA reams Mt rewuiti* both Mr M.t (0-1. Ci,. pens. Div.) and
Mr Mite (CIT. Frs. Sec.), the first in policy, the assist the c sharing
notion, Offered assistancee in rseneaitiog. Ir White. telling of G28e?
aa~la~neat of ttaroeelatess for wear crime uaipmlat at CAY 5 witout overseas
differential offend what I consider the b "t wager ea rabies so frr. This
would ass about 2$ an pmt eaa10s, or about 30% it fosidp taatietsals
were MV1 without the Lath VW rates.
6, it is the opinion of boa cps md labor Sectiea, Taxiv1tilita 7
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70 IO BROADCAST IM ??iOD' SZBVICZ
1'okyOspan
7 Sep;,. l9IS.
0 PO
Subjects Zoploymdat of ?Japanose' Nationals on Okinawa.
1. The fallow ug is 'to eu ise conversations of today with V s t.
Zoob,. "-l, plans anal. policy r. Osborne, l ecatiV4, fiscal Director:
and Brig. Gen Weekokling, and l el n , l it liaison Office,
Dep, o/8, SOAP. it should be noted that the following represents ISO and
SOAP feeling, not hecessarilly in agreement with Ryukyu Command.
2. t boob mss; ,.Travel of 4apeneee beyonil the Japanese island
proper is at present -a very - ticklish question, however, with a proper showing
that the interests of the occupation would be furthered, a, request for the
travel of Japanese toOkinawa would be .approved.. He indicated that there were- a
few Japanese titre y on Okinawa. Capt Zoob meted one to submit a check sheet
on this at, once, why I do not know. wever# I did, not wish to by pass
Ryukyu Commend, nor did I think that a proper :fig ' could be made, until
emplo rnent possibilities on Okinawa and from Shanghai had been explored..
At the end of the conversation Capt Zoob agreed to defer this question and to
ask Okinawa: Immediately for clearance for F]and myself. I had tho'USTAT
11 this had been done last week.
.3. 1 called on $iboune because ''he to the -oldest in the office, I have
know n, him for some time and,' e has always been dorm unteattve .toward X325
in the past. MrOsborne said that Japanese.. even if working for no. could not be
allowed access to dollars or mi1it certificates. The cool, however, be poi'
in dolma s placed to their credit in e; bank, withdrawals to be made for
living expenses.. The balance Would have to remain in the bank or it could be
sent tonpen where it would be converted into 7w, at the current rate of
exchange. All 'this. to complicated but not Impossible, provided that there is
a bank operating on the islaand.
Mr Osborne believes that the Ban of America will open on Okinawa
rather soon, even,. tho final action has been hold up in Washington for several
months, The exchange rate on Okinawa is still 5- to 1. ,Okinewans use their
ova military or. occupat on *en. uesse - 'is not acceptable. Wages are
considerabally lower thaw in Japan*
Mr Osborne pouted out that - conditions: might age radically in the
nest few months, any changes would advantageous to the gnastion at hand.
h. Mr Fielding was most interested in the IS project. Re had not
heard of It before. !Gen. Weckerling, - transferred from l area has only headed
the office since yesterday. The General, is familiar wit o*il#ft* been
1tt}he~fd . wad labor.
They are evidently not in favor of Importation of laborers from either
the. U.S. of Phill pines. I assured the General that we wild use local,
in the WD when FBIB was taken over. it is the desire of both of these gentlemen
that as mach use as possible be made of local Okinawan labor. They are evidently
not in favor of importation of 3abore from either the U.S. of Phillipinen. I
assured the General that we would % we local
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APO 500
31 August 1948.
1A MORANDUM.
For:
From:
Subjec
Batton
F.B.I.S.
Monitoring Station.on Okinawa*
:In accordance with. your request of this date, the following
Information on - the present status of _ the FBIS monitoring ~astation on
-Okinawa is presented:
the Army ng eers at Sausalito
p California wild... complete plans
and-specifications for the monitoring station and housing area this week.
It is-expected that construction contracts will be awarded about, 1 November
with actual construction to commence thirty days later. Two hundred
colander days . arel allowed for completions
I am to.'reporb ' to Okinawa shortly after 15 September. A request
for clearance of myself :and family will be made through G-2 before that
time. has been designated as the FBIS.engineering rep- 25X1
re:gen ve clearance ea
ran will be requested for him by
CIA, Washington,
so that he may arrive on. Okinawa around 15. November -I December. 25X1
request will: ,also be made fir Chief, Supply Div3.sion, CIA, 25X1
to visit Okinawa and Tokyo for a period of about six weeks some time in'
December and jaanuy. .
No : time has been act for the activation of the station, however
it is hoped that limited operations. can be started before lujr.
.. The station will be staffed by (1) FBI5 civil service employees, who
will be, in, general., transfers from present FBIS stations, (2) employment
of foreign national monitors working under supervision of US employees,
(3} local Okinawans for custodial and similar duties.
Present tentative-plans indicate.a station complement of about
twenty U.S. employees, some thirty . foreign national monitors and code
operators and indigenous. pwrsonnel as required. -U.S. -employees and
foreign nationals will be assigned FBTS constructed quarters. Foreign
r tionaale will be employed on contract with transportation-at FBIS
expense from their residence, to Okinawa and return.
It is understood that FBIS willconform to all -FBC and. RYCOM
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permission is requasted-to
the headquarters emglo nt`and
41 be funy advised of the process of
Aga scales and methods of payment co
can be made by the underaigned to the
nationals to be. emplo7ed on Okinawa
h 0- and other sections of
requiro nts for -foram
discuss foreign national.
appropriate'recommendati4fle
Chief, FBXSI W'zshinn. G ..2
then tudies and the recommendations
made will be first presented to RYCOM and/or C as 0-2 des$.
25X1
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B ?!)"AST i~ MAMAtI:3?K S$IV
943O ; tre.t, I4
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9 august 1348
C.olovei !ill 1aa L* rr&vis
7*s* -ray t:.r 'otcu.s
let Air Division, Staff Agineer
APO No. 2390 a/* Postmaster
San Franotsoo, California
Dear bills
l belie" that you are :3ne of two row alss,,x%te+s w as PaU I
Nava :gut aroesact since our gr$duatiat. ? had it only too indelibly
inl ressed upon m how lea, that net 1).*n by attending o-ar lb year
reunion at nest point tomes Jugs. Soiae bO ciassAstas were ,,resent
and I Utink all in all the t^+aut inn was a grand suooess, A. have, of
course, heard of you .may tires taraugh such antual l risnds as 6&b e
liiaoasway, rdlt 8um%srle1t, , ,fish oelly Mnd others.
As a result at wounds received durin the Luzon ca pai , end
after spending almost two years in too hospital, I was retired fr
the service on I ,roh 1949 an iawvee min" been connected with the
rtientrsl ? tsllib*aee 4- renoy. As vhief of the Foreign Broadcast in-
faraation 4rauah I hay"! Wen corinects4 from W beginning with the
,praposeed new xonitaris station at sole iraint and of course, it Is
in this At3nection that 1 learned th ou4h Goland John 9. *$t.rling
that you wsre- at :.resent the lot Air .Jivisien Staft i?ngiaovr. I
am oortainly glad t-4*t y,w4 are nerve and I feel that I asn fill in
zty at the nisein1 links ? '.at a1 jaroutly Ltave caused scree atisundeer-
etauoing situ rsfsrr-nue to this , rc>jeeot. It is, of course, for We
reason that I am.,proatptsd to write at taim titue.
iUurin ; the var the uitorinc; service in r~he Lacitio was beamed
rata Japan. iheerwfom, we find: auroslvees at the present tia* with our
most distant m nitorini, station I'a the hawaiian islands, i'ro which
location it is impossible fir us to receive nanny of the broadcasts
from the Asiatic i.niart+~ a lie, are considered so vital by our in-
teliiZenaee ageneiers.
Aei1 oyesr a year ago we started surveying, tue ?*oifto for a now
? onitoring station fro.a wniob we could aoeasklisu our .ssicn# vu**,
.tapan, the J-Ailippiaos, Ji'~iu a anal Miter plscre were surveyed and
tested. It was f inal.ly decided that the *10 ioint site, on akinawa
offered an almost ideal sf.ot trove, a technical standpoint. Late last
year we sent a team to , lance to test this site and disousa it 'with
the *uthorities on the spot. tha project was dis6useed in detail
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let Air Division start as well as tie RUM staff. Initially
there were some objestians by let Air Division. After carefully
sing the projost, however, and having it explained to then by our
team, it was deeided that there was no ebjestion to this project.
Aseor6iugl.y, the attached eesessags (Tab A) was sent by let Air Division
to CGfA'p on 4 Dseeeabsr 1947.
This project having bsea found acceptable by all oebolsaa of the _
dos e, we have proceeded with. it to include getting the money allocated
and farming out the job to the U.S. Army iingineer*. Our engineer is at
present nraricing with the cistern O"a s Division of t e Army i~nglaoors at
yaasalits, California, in preparation of the final speotfioations, cad
it is anticipated that the contract will be let very shortly. About
1 July of this year I received an inferaai report from a member of this
agency who had visited Okinawa that no understood your people, were son-
si4oring the reactivation of the Polo Strip. Consequently we queried
the Air Forces hers in Washington since we had been in toush with then
earlier in cozmeation with this , rojsot. an 7 July 16e46 we were advised
by the Air Press in 9 ashin~torn that the Bolo Strip would be activated
only in the event of war omergeney..
With the project htviug reae.~ed quite on advanced stags of implem
stentatioc, I was quite.surprised w:An I received the attached neasags
(Tab h) from iy eeni,ineer who is working with the Array Engineers on th*
West t:oawt. The objections Which he asationed were identical to those
which rtad been raised in the bo;inri?ng and an w..ich we thought we had
completely satisfied the let Air Division prior to tzzalr dtspatoh of
the message attached as Tab A.
I reel sure that all of t,:ls als-.inderstanding Is due to the fact
that the present lot Air Division staff for tars most part were not
familiar with the actual project as presented late last year. The air
target range was discussed in detail witu the staff and it was agreed
that there would be no interferenoe to either operation since the range
is core than a mile from the nearest antenna and I understand that the
direction of fire is seaward. It was also agreed that the $0 feet poles
would cause no interference to the strip since the nearest r oubio pole
would be at least 1400 feet from the strip, and the terrain, direction
of the strip, and prevailing winds preclude a landing or take-off from
or toward the direction of the antsnrsa field.
Of course, I may be prejudiced on trds score, but I sincerely believe
that there is no intelligent, collecting activity in our intelligence
structure that would be *lased more titan our servies it it should be
curtailed. It is not only a service for the Central Intelligence Ar&ncy,
but a service for all gov~srnitwnt agencies particularly Central Intelligence,
tie: Air reeves, Intel.lt,genee envision of the eared, the Mater and the ltate
Department* " o also supply the 'kits of series, wtziah, Incidentally, is
4* & go
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headed by. our olassstate, caarlie iha;vor, with a sipiflosat amount
of w tvria1. t* publish a Daily i:~_oporfF of foreign radio broadcasts
of a ,rproximat.ly 200 a egraj;hed pap* eaoia day end distributor it
to all govetnnt agencies i ce , a legitiwat* need for It.
a certainly not our intention to Interfere in say say With
Air loses installations or aottvities, and we certainly would not ttre.
-
Bons on with the project had we bad any idea that we would do so. slow
ovnr, we have rosohed such an advanoed stage wits this rtlouiar project
at this time that it would be a serious blow to us and to our lntslligonee
efforts if we sr auld be i'orced to alter our course*
ftce is presently- in Tokyo, lams to arrive an
Okinawa an or about It !epteiber 1948 and will be in *harp of tals
project.. go will bu followed shortly thereafter by
with
wuo is our onSia"r? I am sure that you will fiud both of then fully
that all details of this projoot can be worked "t to
cooperative w
the rmAtual satistaaotion and advents a of botia the Mr l"oroes c d tl*
Centr*1 1,,telli arn$e Anon. I will 6roatly appreciate your _ cooperation
r1oaso .give cry kindest re ,ards to any of our actual friends *i lm
see Lunen and I hope it will not be as. Ion as it has been betor woo most
again.
25X1
Sincerely,
L? F;. White
Attaoha nts 2
wb A.
Tab U
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FROM CINCFE:
RESEDA CALIF. FOLLOWING RADIO RECD
STAT
THIS MESSAGE IS FILE WODGD 222 SIGNED HUGHES. "SUBJECT IS FBIS
MONITORING STATION OKINAWA. RECE.!OUR RADIO WODGD .186 DATED
28 JULY AND 188 DATED 29 JULY 3948. FEAF ADVISES COMMANDING.
GENERAL FIRST AIR DIVISION CONCURS IN PROPOSED.LOCATION OF FBIS
MONITORING STATION PROVIDED NO INTERFERENCE WITH BOLO STRIP OR
AIR TARGET RANGE PER AGREEMENT BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF FBIS
AND FIRST AIR DIVISION AT CONFERENCE IN NOVEMBER 1947,"
CFN WODGD 222
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