Employment of Japanese Administrative Machinery and Personnel 
It will be desirable to utilize existing Japanese administrative 
machinery and personnel wherever their use will not interfere with the 
objectives of occupation authorities. This is recommended with a view 
to greater efficiency because (l) the local administrative structure 
and personnel have experience in dealing with the problems peculiar to 
Japanese fisheries and the processing and distribution of marine foods, 
and (2) the number of Allied personnel required will be reduced, desir¬ 
able since there are few Allied experts in the field of Japanese fisheries. 
Recent political appointees (which can be assumed to be upholders 
of totalitarian views) should, of course, be removed from key positions 
in the government agencies dealing with fisheries and food production. 
But many of the permanent Civil Service employees and many of the real 
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fishery experts whose political views may not be hostile to the peaceful 
and efficient carrying out of military government control measures may 
prove of invaluable assistance. Some of this personnel may be found An 
the Fisheries Bureau in Tokyo while others may be located in the prefect- 
ural bureaus dealing with marine products at the fisheries experiment 
stations in the various fishery organizations and at the fisheries 
schools. Local advisors will be essential in the actual administration 
of the fishery program at the local level. The various Japanese fishery 
societies which touch upon every phase of the work and life of Japanese 
coastal fishermen might, with proper safeguards, be used in promulgating 
and carrying out the fishery program. For this purpose the gyogyo kumiai 
formed by the small-scale village fishermen and the cooperatives which 
have grown from these organizations might be particularly helpful. 
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