Key Information
Reference code
PENNEY 5/18
Title
Letter from SEAC Headquarters to the Foreign Office, 31 Aug 1945, about the peace negotiations and formal surrender
Date(s)
- 1945 Aug 31 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
6pp
Scope and content
Typescript letter from M Esler Denning, Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia to John Cecil Sterndale-Bennett, Foreign Office, London, giving an account of the events of 26-28 Aug 1945, describing the negotiations and signature of Japanese instrument of surrender. 6pp.