OFFICER WHO WANTED TO ARRANGE SURRENDER
Rec. 9 a.m. RANGOON, August 24. Four Spitfires flew low over Japanese headquarters near Shwegyin at dawn on Monday and dropped leaflets ordering the Japanese to release a British officer whom they captured on Sunday, says a special correspondent of the Associated Press in a delayed dispatch. The officer, who is a member of a guerrilla force, visited the Japanese headquarters on his own initiative to try to arrange surrender, and was promptly taken prisoner. The rest of the party, waiting at a distance, saw the officer disappear in the direction of the Japanese. After a lapse of time he failed to return, and they signalled to their headquarters on a portable radio set. Leaflets were immediately printed ordering the instant release of the officer, unharmed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 48, 25 August 1945, Page 7
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