894.012/5–2446: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in China (Smyth) at Nanking
confidential
Washington, May 24, 1946—4
p.m.
193. In view of difficulty establishing citizenship status in individual cases SCAP proposes pending clarification of question to treat as Japanese nationals Formosans in Japan who continue voluntarily to reside there instead of accepting repatriation.
Please ascertain by discreet inquiry and report to Dept whether the Chinese authorities agree to such procedure.
Byrnes