 This operation is now known in Japan as the Great Japanese Repatriation from Huludao 1946–48.Kunio's effort to push for the repatriation did not end with simply delivering a message to the Supreme Commander.He further negotiated with other people and organizations, including the staff of the Allied Forces and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Shigeru Yoshida who would become Japan's next premier, and Father Byrne who advised on General MacArthur.