UNITED STATES EMBASSY, CONSULAR SERVICE, AND UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

OPERATIONS IN JAPAN

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan, Chairman

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HBP 18 ga

Statement of—

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CONTENTS

Allison, Ambassador John M.; accompanied by Frank A. Waring,

counselor of Embassy for economic affairs; and Saxton Bradford,

Assistant Director for the Far East of the United States Information

Agency

Berger, Samuel D., counselor of Embassy for political affairs; ac-

companied by Frank A. Waring, counselor of Embassy for economic

affairs; and Julius Bassin, legal officer..

Bradford, Saxton, Assistant Director for the Far East, United States

Information Agency; accompanied by Lewis Schmidt, executive

officer; Patricia Van Delden, regional supervisor; and W. Kenneth

Bunce, special assistant to the public affairs officer, United States

Information Service, Japan..

Gough, Leo A., administrative_officer, United States Embassy;

accompanied by J. Graham Parsons, deputy chief of mission;

Earl A. Cleveland, personnel officer; Conrad W. Anner, foreign

buildings operations; Frederick York, security officer; and G. O.

Barraclough, budget and fiscal officer..

Hanna, Willard A., acting public affairs officer; accompanied by

Donald Ranard, cultural affairs officer (director of exchange of

persons), United States Embassy-

Pilcher, James B., supervising consul general for Japan, and W.

Garland Richardson, executive officer, consular division_

Waring, Frank A., counselor of Embassy for economic affairs.

Exhibit 1-Organization chart, American Embassy, Tokyo-----

Exhibit 2-Statement regarding the supervisory system in Japan, October

2, 1953-

Map of Japan showing consular districts as delineated by the Depart-

ment..

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57

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Exhibit 3-Operations report, 6 months' workload summary.

Exhibit 4-Fee collections, Japan in United States dollars..

Exhibit 5-Staffing complement for consular posts, October 6, 1953-

Exhibit 6-Data regarding the number of marriages of Americans in

Japan, particularly the number of armed service personnel marrying

Japanese

9

11

14

Total number of marriages in Japan during the period July 1 through

August 31, 1953__.

14

Foreign Service dispatch No. 253, August 5, 1953.

15

Total number of marriages in Japan during the period January 1

through June 30, 1953_.

16

Foreign Service Dispatch No. 1425, January 26, 1953.

17

Marriage statistics of Foreign Service establishments in Japan, March

20, 1952, through December 31, 1952_ _

18

Foreign Service dispatch No. 1416, April 14, 1952-

18

Enclosure to Tokyo Dispatch No. 1416, of April 14, 1952.....

Exhibit 7-Citizenship service for the periods indicated-American

Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, October 2, 1953

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20

Exhibit 8-Visa data under new immigration law and number of Japanese-

Americans who lost American citizenship during war..

Exhibit 9-Foreign Service dispatch No. 1165, December 18, 1952..

Exhibit 10-Impact in Japan of Refugee Relief Act of 1953 (Public Law

203)-

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23

Operations memorandum, September 21, 1953.

Ministry of Justice, Bureau of Immigration-Number of foreigners

registered in Japan as of May 1953.

Exhibit 11-Results of survey of actual conditions of children of mixed

ancestry in Japan, as of February 1, 1953_

Table I-Number of children of mixed ancestry living in Japan, ar-

ranged according to age as of February 1, 1953, color, and sex.

Table I-A-Prefectural distribution of children of mixed ancestry who

show predominantly white features, arranged according to age as of

February 1, 1953, and sex-

Table I-B-Prefectural distribution of children of mixed ancestry who

show predominantly black features, arranged according to age as of

February 1, 1953, sex

Table I-C-Prefectural distribution of children of mixed ancestry

whose color is not clearly defined, arranged according to age as of

February 1, 1953, sex-

Table II The number of children of mixed ancestry whose birth

registrations have or have not been completed, arranged according

to age.

Table III-Number of children of mixed ancestry whose real father's

identity is know or is unknown, whose paternity has been acknowl-

edged or has not been acknowledged, arranged according to sex,

color_

Table IV-Nationalities of fathers of children of mixed ancestry..

Table V-Number of children of mixed ancestry living in Japan ar-

ranged according to status of real father, color, sex.

Table VI-Number of children of mixed ancestry arranged according

to living conditions of their guardians_-

Table VII-Number of children of mixed ancestry arranged according

to relationship of children to guardians, source of children's mainte-

nance costs_

Table VIII-Number of children of mixed ancestry arranged ac-

cording to color, sex, and guardians' motives for caring for the

children

Table IX-Number of children of mixed ancestry arranged according

to color, sex, and willingness of guardian to relinquish children for

adoption.

Table X-Number of children of mixed ancestry arranged according to

attitude of neighbors, color, age as of February 1, 1953---

Table XI-Number of children of mixed ancestry arranged according

to attitude of neighborhood children, color, age on February 1, 1953-

Table XII-Number of children of mixed ancestry arranged according

to their needs for various social welfare protection

Adoption proceedings in Japan----

Exhibit 12-Monthly personnel report, American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan,

September 30, 1953--

Exhibit 13-Organization chart, American Embassy, Tokyo, August 13,

1953_

Exhibit 14-American Embassy in Tokyo, Administrative Division, state-

ment of Leo A. Gough, administrative officer of the American Embassy

in Tokyo...

Exhibit 15-Breakdown of personnel complement, American Embassy,

Tokyo, Japan, authorized and filled positions October 8, 1953--

Exhibit 16-Statement regarding administrative support to other Federal

agencies

Exhibit 17-Breakdown of Embassy personnel authorizations, by Foreign

Service category--

100

Exhibit 18-Comparative complements in Japan paid from the "Salaries

and expenses" appropriation___.

100

Complement summary-Japan-

100

Tokyo, August 31, 1953.

101

Consulate general, Kobe, Japan, August 31, 1953-

105

Consulate general, Yokohama, Japan, August 31, 1953.

106

Exhibit 19-Letter from George F. Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Personnel, to Walton Woods, May 18, 1954--

112

Exhibit 20-Letter from Edward J. Kerrigan, deputy director, Foreign

Buildings Operations, to Edward C. Kennelly, September 11, 1953---

Property list, Japan-Government owned.

Properties held under official leases in Korea and Japan

Exhibit 21-Cost analysis, staff housing, Perry and Harris House (Mitsui

property), American Embassy, Tokyo....-

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115

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Exhibit 22-Comparative budget statement, fiscal years 1953 and 1954,

by accounting activity classification__.

125

Exhibit 23-Summary of "voucher(s) for transfer between appropriations

and/or funds" (SF 1080) issued since establishment of American Em-

bassy, Japan, to date.

Exhibit 24-Motor vehicles, Tokyo Embassy, October 8, 1953.

Motor vehicles, constituent posts of American Embassy, Tokyo-

Exhibit 25-Organization chart, USIS Japan, October 1953-

Exhibit 26-Comparative budget statement, fiscal years 1953 and 1954,

by accounting activity classification___

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Exhibit 27-Letter from N. Paul Neilson, Office of the Assistant Director

for the Far East, to Edward C. Kennelly, May 25, 1954....

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List of books 1951-54_-_.

147

Exhibit 28-Selected list of Japanese translations in the American cultural

centers_

150

Exhibit 29-USIS radio_

154

Exhibit 30-List of directives issued pursuant to establishment of the

United States Information Agency...

156

Exhibit 31-Titles and brief synopses of the 15 most popular USIS films

released by the Motion Picture Branch, American Embassy, Tokyo-

Exhibit 32-Monthly film catalog supplement-USIS, Japan.

Exhibit 33-List of American positions USIS, Japan, showing proposed

incumbent's present assignment..

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158

163

Exhibit 34-Letter from Samuel D. Berger, American Embassy, Tokyo, to

Robert J. G. McClurkin, November 19, 1953-

182

Exhibit 35-Personnel complement-Economic Division--

Exhibit 36-Other United States Government agencies in Japan.

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191

Exhibit 37-Offices of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan,
1953-54

193

Exhibit 38-Economic Division, statement of duties and responsibilities,

American Embassy, Tokyo-

194

Exhibit 39-Monthly economic summary for Japan, July 1953-

Exhibit 40-War damage claims, October 6, 1953.

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200

Exhibit 41-Foreign investment in Japan___

Table I—Technological assistance contracts concluded, through July

1953, by industry..

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202

Table II-Estimated amount of foreign investments in Japan,

end of 1952__

203

Exhibit 42-Letter from Frank A. Waring, counselor of Embassy for

economic affairs, to Katsuzo Okumura, October 5, 1953.

Exhibit 43-Recent trends of Japan's foreign trade..

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Japanese foreign trace by trading areas.

210

Exhibit 44-Procurement activities of United States agencies in Japan, and

procurement functions of the commercial branch of the Embassy.

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