LOCAL SURRENDERS
BURMA NEGOTIATIONS SINGAPORE RELIEF SOON LONDON, Aug. 23. While detailed arrangements are being issued to the Japanese Government by General MacArthur and plans for the initial occupation of Japanese territory are being completed, news of local surrenders comes from Burma, Luzon and other points. Japanese envoys to arrange details of the Japanese surrender in Burma are expected in Rangoon on Sunday, General Kimura at last having communicated with South-East Asia Headquarters.
From Eangonn it is also announced that ships of the British East Indies Fleet, transports and food ships are already at sea on their way to Singapore. Minesweepers are awaiting orders to open the Straits of Malacca, the gateway from the west.
The confusion in China has not cleared, either over the occupation of Hong Kong or over the Communist claims. The-Tokio radio announces that the Japanese J)iet is to open a special session on September 1, when the. War Council will be replaced by a bod y to be called the War Liquidation Council. The Diet will seek to lay the foundations of a new order for the Japan of the future.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 227, 24 August 1945, Page 5
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186LOCAL SURRENDERS Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 227, 24 August 1945, Page 5
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