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AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER E. HOWITT, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY, HANDING A MESSAGE TO AN OFFICER ON A JAPANESE BARGE FOR RELAY TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP. HMAS LITHGOW THEN DEPARTED FOR TOROKINA WITH THE JAPANESE ENVOY, CAPTAIN TAKENAKA, AND THE CIVILIAN INTERPRETER WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY MR TAKAHASHI, ON BOARD.
TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. CAPTAIN TAKENAKA (1), ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER 17 JAPANESE ARMY GROUP, WITH HIS CIVILIAN INTERPRETER, MR TAKAHASHI (2), DURING SURRENDER DI
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 SALUTING AFTER RECEIVING MESSAGE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO RETURN TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP. THE ENVOY
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-08-20. A MEMBER OF THE JAPANESE ENVOY HOLDING A MESSAGE FOR LIEUTENANT-GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, AND BEING ADVISED THAT THE TWO
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-20. A JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL M. KANDA, COMMANDER IMPERIAL JAPANESE 17 ARMY GROUP, ESCORTED BY RAN MOTOR LAUNCHES, APPROACHING THE
AT SEA, OFF BUIN, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-08-20. A JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING A FLAG OF TRUCE BEARING IN TOWARDS THE CORVETTE HMAS LITHGOW. THE BARGE IS CARRYING AN ENVOY FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL M. KANDA, COM
