HUGE FLEET AWAITING ENTRY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21802, 27 August 1945, Page 3

HUGE FLEET AWAITING ENTRY

TYPHOONS UPSET ALLIED PLAN

AMERICAN TROOPS TO ENTER KOREA / (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (11.30 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 28. The occupation of Japan has been delayed only 24 hours and not the 48 hours as was originally expetced when the typhoon ■prang up, states a report from Manila. Of the once mighty Japanese Navy, only one vessel is at sea—the destroyer which is to meet the Allied naval armada 29 miles out in Tokio Bay and lead it into Yokosuka naval base. The pilot vessel is expected to meet the fleet at noon to-morrow. Admiral V/. F. Halsey will have command of the Allied force, Which comprises 380 ships—the largest force ever assembled in the Pacific. It includes 12 cf the newest American battleships and several British capital ships. American troops are to occupy part of Korea. Conferences with the Japanese envoys for the surrender of the enemy force in South-east Asia are proceeding satisfactorily. China, U.S.A., France, Australia and the Netherlands are to participate in the surrender there, which will bfe received by LieutenantGeneral Browning, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten’s Chief of Staff. Moscow reports that the Russian forces have now occupied three of the Kurile Islands.