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BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-09-03. A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE SEMOI RIVER BETWEEN CAPTAIN F. A. JACOBSEN, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER 3, HQ 7TH DIVISION AND REAR ADMIRAL NOMEJA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AND HIS STAFF OFFICERS. THE OBJECT OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO CONTACT THE JAPANESE FORCE COMMANDER TO ARRANGE ASSEMBLY AREAS AND METHODS OF SURRENDER OF ALL FORCES IN THE BALIKPAPAN AREA. THE CONFERENCE PARTY WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A PATROL FROM 2/1ST PIONEER BATTALION. SHOWN, A GROUP OF JAPANESE SOLDIERS WATCHING THE PATROL LEAVE THEIR CAMP AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONFERENCE.
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