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    "ocrText": "DECLASSIFIED\nE.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)\nOSD letter, May 3, 1972\nTOP\nNARS Date 6.24.75\nthe movement of Chinese National Armies into North China\nand Manchuria and requires:\na. Lift for six Chinese armies (200,000 men with\n30,000 tons of supplies) into North China and Manchuria\nand movement of 50,000 tons of maintenance supplies\nper month thereafter to Chinese Armies in North China\nand Manchuria, these supplies to come principally from\nUnited States stocks in the Far East.\nb. Movement of 500,000 Japanese per month from\nChinese ports, including French Indo-China North of 16°\nN. latitude, Formosa and Manchuria.\ng. Using 75 U.S. Navy manned LST's for 60 days to\nmove the six Chinese Armies.\nd. Manning 25 Liberty Ships with Chinese crews as\nthey are trained to carry maintenance supplies to the\nChinese armies. The first six of these ships would be\nmanned in 30 days and the remaining 19 in six months.\ne. Placing 100 Liberty ships under the supervision\nof the Shipping Control Administrator, Japanese Merchant\nShipping, for operation by Japanese crews for repatria-\ntion of Japanese. Twenty-five of these, however, would\nbe used to carry maintenance supplies to the Chinese\narmies until ships with Chinese crews could take over.\nThe first of these Liberties would be available in 21\ndays and the remainder over the period of the next 60\ndays.\n1. Turning over 100 additional LST's to Shipping Control\nAdministrator, Japanese Merchant Shipping, for operation\nby Japanese crews for repatriation of Japanese. The first\ncould be ready in 18 days and the last in 60 days.\nAll of the above periods of days are measured from the\ndate the order is received to go ahead. If the plan is to be\ncarried out, prompt action is required. inasmuch as 85 empty\nLiberty ships becoming available in December are being held\npending decision, and the return of LST's to the United States\nfrom the Marianas in accordance with the Navy demobilization\nplan will soon materially reduce the number available for\nJapanese manning. It must be noted that the indicated employ-\nment of the 75 U.S. Navy manned LST's will require the retention\n- 2 -\nsuonm"
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