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AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A 4-INCH GUN ON THE BOW OF HMAS LITHGOW STANDS SILENT SENTRY AS A JAPANESE BARGE LAYS OFF THE CORVETTE WHILE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT BY WIRELESS BETWEEN LIEUTENANT-GENERAL S.G. SAVIGE AT HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS, TOROKINA, AND THE MESSENGER FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP.
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A JAPANESE MESSENGER ACCOMPANIED BY A CIVILIAN INTERPRETER WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY, AFTER DELIVERING MESSAGE FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPE
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING THE FLAG OF TRUCE LAYING OFF THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW AWAITING A REPLY TO SURRENDER NEGOTIATIONS BEING CARRIED OUT BY WIRELESS WI
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. LIEUTENANT H.J. JENKINS, ALLIED TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER SECTION, CARRYING OUT NEGOTIATIONS WITH A JAPANESE MESSENGER AFTER A REPLY TO A WIRELESS SIGNAL H
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY FAIRMILE STANDING BY WATCHING A JAPANESE BARGE WHICH HAD CONVEYED A MESSENGER FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL J
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY FAIRMILE CRUISING BY THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW DURING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SURRENDER ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMAN
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW WATCHING FROM THE GUN DECK DURING THE INTERROGATION OF A JAPANESE ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, C
