Key Information
Reference code
PENNEY 5/17
Title
Letter from Japanese Field Marshal Count Terauchi to Admiral Lord Mountbatten, [Aug 1945], about peace negotiations
Date(s)
- [1945 Aug] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2 copies, 4pp
Scope and content
Typescript letter [by Japanese FM Count Hisachi Terauchi] to Supreme Allied Commander, Adm Lord Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, discussing the peace procedures, including an outline of Japanese disarmament, the treatment and contact of Allied POWs, and the suggestion of a joint Japanese and Allied post-surrender organisation, to prevent any resumption of hostilities. 2 copies. 4pp.