JAPANESE SURRENDER PRELIMINARIES IN CHINA, CHIHKIANG, CHINA Part 2

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Signal Corps ADC 5142 111 SOURCE: AFCF (C-332) Card 1 of 3 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 976 ea Silent 5142-1 JAPANESE SURRENDER PRELIMINARIES IN CHINA, Chihkiang, China Record Group 111 22 Aug 1945 Accession III-NAV-210 vs, Japanese plane landing at Chihkiang airfield and taxiing past US servicemen standing on edge of runway. Ints of conference room, eight emissaries of the Japanese High Command are seated at white cloth-covered table. Seated are the following: L-R, interpreter, Mr Tatsuo Kimura; Maj Kunio Maekawa; Maj Gen Takeo Imia; Lt Col Yoshio Hashijima. MLSs, MSs, Chinese Gen Hsiao Yi Hsu, Chief of Staff of All Chinese Forces, Gen LinShin, Col Wong, interpreter for Chinese, and Brig Gen Hayden L Boatner, representing the US, seated at table. CUs, hands of Lt Col Hasijima holding his cap as he sits at table. MSs, Chinese newsreel photographers and Sig C photographers await arrival of Japanese emissaries. LSs, Follow shots, Gen Imia, followed by his staff, entering conference bldg. Ints, CUs, Gen Imia at conference table. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 5142 SOURCE: AFCF (C-332) Card 2 of 3 111 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 976 ea Silent ADC 5142-2 JAPANESE SURRENDER PRELIMINARIES IN CHINA, (Cont'd) Chihkiang, China 22 Aug 1945 (Cont'd) Seq: Japanese surrender documents are handed to Gen Hsiao, examined by the Gen and returned to Gen Imia who then signs receipt for their delivery. The Japanese emissaries then leave the conference room. (A portrait of Dr Sun Yat-Sen hangs behind table at which the Chinese delegates and Brig Gen Boatner are seated.) Seq: Japanese plane lands at airfield. Envoys get out and enter jeeps. Ints of conference hall, Jap Gen Imia enters folowed by staff. He bows to Chinese and Gen Boatner. The Japanese group sits down. CU, one of the Japanese officers wipes his face with handkerchief. MS, Japanese interpreter speaks to Chinese staff. Chinese interpreter answers. Seq: Japanese officials presenting credentials which the Chinese examine. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es RecordGroup 111 Accession III-NAV-210 Signal Corps ADC 5142 SOURCE: AFCF (C-332) Card 3 of 3 DC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 976' ea Silent 142-3 JAPANESE SURRENDER PRELIMINARIES IN CHINA, (Cont'd) Chihkiang, China 22 Aug 1945 (Cont'd) Seq: Japanese delegation produces map showing disposition of Japanese armies in China. Gen Hsiao and others examine map. Japanese delegation signs acknowledgment that they understand surrender terms. MS, Gen Boatner shakes hands with Gen Hsiao. ARMY P ICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities