9 Sept 46 MEMORANDUM TO: Mr. Tavenner FROM: T. C. Liu SUBJECT: Document on Shintoism in Manchuria On 15 July 1940, Henry Pu Yi, as the Emperor of Manchukuo, issued an Imperial Rescript, thereby formally adopted Shintoism. The said document, found in the Manchukuo Government Gazette, 1940, is now numbered IPS Doc# 2637, with due certificates of authentication. The Japanese version is attached to the Chinese document in the original itself. The English translation and translation certificate by the Chinese Division has been filed. In other words, this document is ready for processing, if requested. I beg to submit to you a copy of the English translation, as Mr. Henry Chiu, before his departure, asked me to. Assuring you of my personal respects, [signed T. C. Liu] T. C. Liu Assistant, Chinese Div. ATTACHED: English text of Doc. #2637