PEACE ENVOYS IN RANGOON

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23289, 27 August 1945, Page 5

PEACE ENVOYS IN RANGOON

Conference Opened Enemy Surrender In South-East Asia Bv Ti i'l :'.:i Nlt :'• ■ re re: ■ -1 ' (Rec. 11 p.m.i RANGOON, Aug. 26. Lipiiii.rec pc,ire rireire li.ire arrived i run i Silicon Io a rraii re ■ I't■■■.',i t ■:::!■■ i , 1 ' ,i,: I ; ,i .i ',-i,i In li;dd U ■:■!■: I Wren.mi Io Vdwii.d ' ill 1 .oil I- 'I i lit I ..lib'll 111 -1;. ”. ■ - pol l'. I .ire!’ Hit ft •1 ■’ .' I I I-, .tiiiti it i.ilo. .11 i>•: -<. 1•• | i. I I o I nit I in I 'I I i re; I: I. : ire, elu tl In al . it Ii II Illi r-rull ol -re I'll Si >ll II O nrri ving ai ilungoon ill 9. I ■> n.ni. I lie envois lire, <•11 re I hi Iwo pliinr- iiiiirked ii ill: gr<-. i re<-.-' Airungeineiils lor lire suriendi-i ol lire ,|;irianren arrere in Biirnre Malava. lire East Indies and IndoChina will Ire discussed widi I .ii'iiiiren: i-( ,-rere;i I E. '.I. iiroiviii is. 1 .ord Lou is Mon ntbul It’ll s cliief-or-slan'. The official spokesman announced that, the conference would begin al 12.15 p.m. to-day and is expected to finish to-morrow. Conference's with Lieutenant-General Browning will begin to-morrow. Alter the arrangements hare been completed, Lord Louis Mountbatten will receive Field-Marshal Terauclii's surrender in Singapore early in September.

Lieutenant-General Kamilina to and his staff were met at Miagaladon, Ran- i goon's airport, by Major-General G. W. j Symes, Commander of Hie Southern I Burma District, and driven to two | houses in the residential section of Rangoon.

The Japanese will be asked to give specific replies on four points on which arrangements are to be made, namely, a.ir reconnaissance day and night over Japanese-held territory, minesweeping in enemy waters, and dropping of supplies and doctors on prisoner ol war camps.

The New Delhi radio said the Japanese had released all Allied prisoners from an internment camp near Hanoi. They were reported to be in good conclii ion.

A factor which is likely to retard the capitulation of the Japanese in Burma is tire enemy's determination to push east toward Thailand—an aim which has not been impeded since our "cease fire'’ sounded, said the special correspcndreit of (lie As: reiattd Pres. . Born of his own desire to escape and whipped from behind by our forces, it is almost less than reasonable to expect the Japanese to stop in his tracks and return when we whistle. it' negotiations take place here, as has iiren suggested, tit y might arrive to find Hie troops they are discussing far to the east in the mountains and recall a slow and difficult matter. Only optimists expeered the disarming of the Japanese in this area to be easy and quick.

Lieutenant-General Sir Montague Stopford and other high ranking British officers met the Japanese surrender mission, which consisted of Geiieral Kimiiireolo and eight staff of’ii ers. file . pailese salip "d t: I the British impended. There was no hand-shaking. The emissarrts in three station waggons, with blmds drawn, were lili.lm 10 I. a: I.' I'cWe. 111..

surrender talks are beginning at Government House. Australian, French, Di; :li and Cliin<se ■ : legalns are attending the conference. 'flu' speed with which the talks are completed depends on the amount of information and the degree of agreement contained, in the documents they carry.' said the special correspondent of the Associated Press, and also the degree to which they arc able to commit the Southern Army commander. As a result of the delay in the Tokio signing until September 2, no landings will be made in Malaya before that date in order to prevent "incidents’’.