SURRENDER EMISSARIES
LEAVING TOKIO ON SUNDAY U.S. SIX-FOOTERS TO PROTECT ' CONFERENCE HALL (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) MANILA, Aug. 17. General MacArthur announced that the Japanese Government had notified him that the surrender emissaries would leave Tokio by plane next Sunday for Manila.. The Associated Press says 30 stalwart sixrfooters from General MacArthur's guard of honour will protect the hall where the Japanese envoys will meet General MacArthur. Four hundred military police will guard the route from an undisclosed airport to the conference room.
General Hsu Yung-chung, head of the Board of Military Operations and •even other other military and naval officers are leaving for Manila to-day to attend the Japanese surrender ceremonies.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19450818.2.46
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 25565, 18 August 1945, Page 7
Word Count
111SURRENDER EMISSARIES Evening Star, Issue 25565, 18 August 1945, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in