In Chungking. Mao Tse-tung and Chiang Kai-shek meet for talks
to avert civil war between the Communists and the Nationalists.
In Singapore. Japanese troops in Southeast Asia, numbering
about 740,000, surrender to British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten.
General Seishiro Itagaki signs the document for the Japanese.
In Hong Kong. The British navy arrives to reclaim the colony
for Britain.
In Japan. The American battleship USS Missouri anchors in
Tokyo Bay.
In the United States of America. Secret Army and Navy reports
of official enquiries into the raid on Pearl Harbour are made
public. The blame is placed on a lack of preparedness, confusion
and a break down of inter service coordination Former Secretary
of State Cordell Hull, General George Marshall and Admiral
Stark are criticised. President Truman objects to the findings
on Cordell Hull and George Marshall.
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