SURRENDER PARLEY

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23279, 15 August 1945, Page 5

SURRENDER PARLEY

Use Of Battleship U.S.S. Missouri Official’s Suggestion (7.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 13. A close associate of President Truman told the Associated American Press that the Allied High Command had discussed the use of the battleship, Missouri, for the surrender parley with the Japanese, but had not yet reached a decision. According to the columnist, David Lawrence, the Japanese surrender terms will be signed this week aboard the battleship, Missouri, which is named after President .Truman’s home State, in the presence of General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz. Japanese representatives will be given detailed armistice arrangements, says Lawrence. The Allied Supreme Commander, who will give orders to the Emperor, is General MacArthur, who has already been chosen as commander of the land armies in the event of an invasion; hence all plans converge naturally on his selection for the big job of ruling post-war Japan. After the publication of Lawrence’s report, the chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee suggested that Japan’s surrender be formally received aboard, the Missouri in Tokio Bay.