ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRANSPORT
(Rec. 8 a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 17. The Japanese' delegates who are scheduled to arrive at Ie Shima, en route to Manila to sign the surrender documents, will travel from this island in a C-54 army transport plane equipped with pink plush seats, reports the 'New York Times' correspondent, Frank Kluckholn. Hirohito's minions will have an austere reception. The delegation will, be whisked from a white Japanese .plane to a nearby American transport plane without being permitted to talk to anyone. The Japanese will be given an impressive picture of American air power/ as they will be flown over most of 19 coral airstrips, packed with hundreds, of combat planes of all types.
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Evening Star, Issue 25565, 18 August 1945, Page 7
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116ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRANSPORT Evening Star, Issue 25565, 18 August 1945, Page 7
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