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SINGAPORE. 1945-09-12. ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA COMMAND, ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN THE AREA DURING A SURRENDER CEREMONY HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER, MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SINGAPORE. IN THE ABSENCE OF FIELD MARSHAL COUNT TERAUCHI, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONS, THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER WAS SIGNED BY LIEUTENANT GENERAL S. ITAGAKI. SHOWN, SCENE AFTER THE SURRENDER CEREMONY; THE GUARDS OF HONOUR PRESENTING ARMS AND OFFICERS SALUTING AS THE UNION JACK IS RAISED TO THE TOP OF THE FLAG POLE ON THE PADANG IN FRONT OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER THREE AND A HALF YEARS. (JOINS PHOTOGRAPH NO. 116251).
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