Naval Message from the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet

NAVAL MESSAGE NAVY DEPARTMENT DRAFTER EXTENSION NUMBER ADDRESSEES PRECEDENCE 1 ASTERISK (*) MAILGRAM ADDRESSEE CINCPAC ADV 2 FROM, PRIORITY 3 ALPAC RRRRR 4 RELEASED BY ROUTÍNE 5 16 AUG 45 6 DEFERRED DATE 7 1027/16 8 TOR CODE ROOM 9 BECKMAN DECLASSIFIED PRIORITY 10 DECODED BY 11 CROWTHERS Mcclillan E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) ROUTINE TYPED 12 BY OSD letter, May 3, 1972 13 MC NEILL By NITH NARS Date 7-3-75 DEFERRED 14 POUTED BY 15 UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED THIS DISPATCH WILL BE TRANSMITTED WITH DEFERRED PRECEDENCE AND AS ADMINISTRATIVE. IF OPERATIONAL 16 CHECK BELOW 150842/139 NCR 3456 17 18 19 ORIGINATOR FILL IN DATE AND TIME: DATE TIME GCT 20 ON OUTGOING DISPATCHES P'LEASE LEAVE ABOUT ONE INCH CLEAR SPACE BEFORE BEGINNING TEXT ACTION 21 22 CINCPAC ADV SENDS Re: ARCHIVES SERVICE" AND F-0 RECORDS 23 F-00 24 25 F-01 WITH THE TERMINAT ION OF HISTILITIES AGAINST JAPAN 26 IT 15 INCUMBENT ON ALL OFFICERS TO CONDUCT THEMSELVE ₹-02 27 28 F-05 29 WITH DIGNITY AND DECORUM IN THE IR TREATMENT OF THE F-07 30 JAPANESE AND THE RR PUBLIC UTTERANCES IN CONNECT ION 31 F-1 32 WITH THE JAPANESE. THE JAPANESE ARE STILL THE SAME F-2 33 NATION WHICH INITIATED THE WAR BY A TREACHEROUS 34 F-20 35 ATTACK ON THE PACIFIC FLEET AND WHICH HAS SUBJECTED F-3 36 37 OUR BROTHERS IN ARMS WHO BECAME RISONERS TO TORTURE F-30 38 F-31 39 STARVATION AND MURDER HOWEVER THE USE OF INSULTING 40 F-32 EPITHETS ON CONNECTION WITH THE JAPANESE AS A RACE 41 F-33 42 OR AS INDIVIDUALS DOES NOT NOW BECOME THE OFFICERS OFr.34 43 THE UNITED STATES NAVY. OFFICERS OF THE PACIFIC 44 F-4 45 46 FLEET WILL TAKE STEPS TO REQUIRE OF ALL PERSONNEL FX0 1 47 UNDER THE IR COMMAND A HIGH STANDARD OF CONDUCT IN FX37 48 49 FX40 THIS MATTER. NE ITHER FAMILIARITY AND OPEN FORGIVENESS 50 IG-00 51 52 SECRET VCNO Make original only. Deliver to Code Room Watch Officer in person. (See Art. 76 (4) NAVREGS.) OPNAV 19-67 to u. s. GOVERNMENTI africe 1944 16-41652-1