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Surrender of Italy, Germany and Japan, World War II
(1946)
Part III. Surrender of Japan, pp. [69]-111 ff.
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black flag or pennant and show lights at night. They will report their positions in accordance with the next preceding paragraph and will proceed on the surface to the nearest of the following ports: Agana, Guam; Midway Island or Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. Upon arrival at a point ten miles from entrance to port, communicate with port and lie to until boarded by Allied naval forces. Safety and well-being of all United Nations prisoners of war and civilian internees will be scrupu- lously preserved to include the administrative and supply services essential to provide adequate food, shelter, clothing and medical care until such respon- sibility is undertaken by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Local delivery of supplies dropped for United Nations prisoners of war and internees will be insured. Each camp or place of detention of United Nations prisoners of war and civilian internees will be marked with letters PW twenty feet in height in yellow on black background, reading south to north. (2) The Japanese Imperial Government and Japanese Imperial Headquarters will require execu- tion of the following requirements effective 1800 hours Aug. 25: (a) All mines, minefields and other obstacles to safe movement by land, sea and air into the Tokyo Bay area will be removed and, pending such action, all safety lanes will be kept open and clearly marked. (b) All aids to navigation will be re-established and, pending the accomplishment of this task, the existing war system of navigational lighting will be maintained except that all dimmed lights will be shown at full brilliancy. 86
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