TERMS OF SURRENDER
JAP GENERALS ACCUSED OF
DELIBERATE BREACH
BATAVIA, November 14. Major-General D. C. Hawthorn, British commander in Java, has formally publicly accused Lientenant-General Yuichiro Nagano, commander-in-chief of the Japanese 16th Army, of deliberately handing over his arms to "unruly elements in the country," and thus enabling them to cause bloodshed and loss of life, to the Allied troops. General Hawthorn also accused Nagano of surrendering his forces to unauthorised persons. He had Nagano Ind his Chief of Staff, Major-General Moichiro Yamamoto, paraded before him at his headquarters, where he received their swords and ordered their arrest. He then ordered that they be flown to Singapore, where their conduct will be investigated. Tanks stood outside the headquarters, traffic was stopped, and there was an air of stiff ceremony about the castigation. Nagano stood with bowed head while General Hawthorn told him the action to be taken as directed by Admiral Mountbatten. In a statement which was interpreted to both generals, they were told that •in General Hawthorn's opinion they deliberately and dishonourably failed to carry out the terms of the surrender imposed on their nation.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 118, 15 November 1945, Page 7
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186TERMS OF SURRENDER Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 118, 15 November 1945, Page 7
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