Table Of ContentReports
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General MacArthur
MAcARTHUR IN JAPAN:
THE OCCUPATION: MILITARY PHASE
VOLUME I SUPPLEMENT
PREPARED BY HIS GENERAL STAFF
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-60006
Facsimile Reprint, 1994
CMH Pub 13-4
FOREWORD
The Reports of General MacArthur include two volumes being published by the
Department of the Anny in four books reproduced exactly as they were printed by
General MacArthur's Tokyo headquarters in 1950, except for the addition of this
foreword and indexes. Since they were Government property, the general turned over
to the Department in 1953 these volumes and related source materials. In Anny and
National Archives custody these materials have been available for research although
they have not been easily accessible. While he lived, General MacArthur was un
willing to approve the reproduction and dissemination of the Reports, because he be
lieved they needed further editing and correction of some inaccuracies. His passing
permits publication but not the correction he deemed desirable. In publishing them,
the Department of the Army must therefore disclaim any responsibility for their ac
curacy. But the Army also recognizes that these volumes have substantial and endur
ing value, and it believes the American people are entitled to have them made widely
available through government publication.
The preliminary work for compiling the MacArthur volumes began in 1943
within the G-3 Section of his General Staff, and was carried forward after the war by
members of the G-2 Section, headed by Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby with Pro
fessor Gordon W. Prange, on leave from the University of Maryland, as his principal
professional assistant. Volume II of the Reports represents the contributions of Jap
anese officers employed to tell their story of operations against MacArthur's forces.
The very large number of individuals, American and Japanese, who participated in the
compilation and editing of the Reports would make a complete listing of contributors
relatively meaningless.
Volume I narrates the operations of forces under General MacArthur's command
from the Japanese attack on Luzon in 1941 through the surrender in 1945. While
service histories have covered much of the same ground in separate volumes, no single
detailed narrative of General MacArthur's leadership as commander of the Southwest
Pacific Area has yet appeared. Chapters dealing with the reconquest of Borneo,
plans for the invasion of Japan, and the Japanese surrender make a distinctly new
contribution. Volume I Supplement describes the military phase of the occupation
through December 1948, reporting events not treated elsewhere in American publica
tions. Volume II on Japanese operations brings together a mass of information on
the enemy now only partially available in many separate works. Collectively, the
Reports should be of wide interest and value to the American people generally, as well
as to students of military affairs. They are an illuminating record of momentous
events influenced in large measure by a distinguished American soldier.
Washington, D.C. HAROLD K. JOHNSON
January 1966 General, United States Army
Chief of Staff
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FOREWORD TO THE 1994 EDITION
I determined for several reasons to republish General MacArthur's reports to
commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of World War II. First, the Reports of General
MacArthur still stand as a detailed account from MacArthur's perspective of his opera
tions against the Japanese in the Southwest Pacific Area. Second, the Reports offer a
unique Japanese version of their operations in the Southwest Pacific that remains one
of the few English-language descriptions of Imperial Army campaigns during World
War II. Third, excellent illustrations, many of them original artwork commissioned for
the Reports, plus superb maps give these volumes an enduring value for military histo
rians and the American public. Finally, while General MacArthur remains a towering
figure in American historiography, the passage of fifty years has dimmed the contribu
tions of the U.S. Army units that first checked the Japanese southward advance in
Papua New Guinea, then spearheaded the counteroffensive along the north New
Guinea coastline that enabled MacArthur to make good his promise to return to the
Philippines. The veterans of these campaigns, both men and women, deserve to be
remembered for their contributions to the Nation in its time of greatest peril. These
are General MacArthur's Reports, but they are also his testament to the American sol
diers who served under his command.
Washington, D.C. HAROLD W. NELSON
31 January 1994 Brigadier General, USA
Chief of Military History
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PREFACE
" .. . . I have noticed some impatience in the Press based upon the assumption
of a so-called soft policy in Japan.
". . .. The first phase of the Occupation was of necessity based upon military
considerations which involved the deployment forward of our troops and the disarm
ing and demobilization of the enemy. This was coupled with the paramount con
sideration of removing former prisoners of war and war internees from the internment
camps and evacuating them to their homes.
". . . . When the first phase was completed, the other phases as provided in the
surrender terms infallibly followed in a prompt, complete and entire fulfillment of the
terms of surrender.
" .... Economically and industrially, as well as militarily, Japan was exhausted
and depleted. Her governmental structure was controlled completely by the occupa
tion forces and was operating only to the extent necessary to prevent social chaos,
disease and starvation ...... . . .... ."
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I : PRELUDE TO OCCUPATION
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Concept of Operations : " Blacklist" .................................... 4
Initial Objectives of OccupatIOn......................... ...................
10
The Last Days : Capitulation ..............................................
II
Organization for Occupation .............................................. 12
Return of Surrender Delegation from Manila.......................... 19
Japanese Reactions ............................................................ 23
Implementation of Operations " Blacklist " ............................ 24
The Eve of Occupation...................................................... 25
CHAPTER II: TROOP MOVEMENTS, DISPOSITIONS AND
LOCATIONS
The Spearhead................................................................ 28
Triumphal Entry ............................................................ 39
The Occupation Firmly Established ...................................... 41
Sixth Army Occupation Movements .................................... 45
Japanese Reaction to Initial Occupation ................................ 47
Eighth Army Occupation is Completed ................................ 53
Communications, Procurement and Requisition.. .. ... ... .... .. .. .. .. .. 55
Year-End Summary ............................. " . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . .. . . . 56
The Beginning of the Second Phase .................................... 57
Service Unit and Supply Reorganization................................ 58
British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) .................. 62
The Occupatlon Stabilized...... .................................... ........ 65
CHAPTER III: THE COMMAND STRUCTURE: AFPAC,
FEC AND SCAP
Establishment of AFPAC: Army Forces in the Pacific .......... .. 67
Establishment of SCAP : Supreme Commander or the
Allied Powers ............................................................. . 67
The Far Eastern Commission ............................................ .. 69
The Allied Council for Japan ............................................. . 69
Organization of General Headquarters, SCAP ....................... . 71
Functions of General Headquarters, SCAP ........................... . 73
The Civil (Non-Military) Staff Sections, SCAP ....................... . 75
Foreign Diplomatic Missions ............................................ .. 82
Establishment and Missions of FEC : Far East Command ........ .. 82
Command Structure of General Headquarters, FEC ................. . 84
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