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• USS Blackfin arrived at Apra, Guam, Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Blackfin | CPC]
• USS Missouri was relieved of duty as Admiral William Halsey's flagship. ww2dbase [Missouri | CPC]
• Soviet Politburo approved the formation of "The Commission on the Guidance of Preparation of Indictment Materials and Activity of Soviet Representatives at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg", or "Governmental Commission on Nuremberg Trials" for short, with foreign ministry deputy commissar Andrei Vyshinsky at its helm, to provide direction to the Soviet prosecutors. The members of the commission included Vsevolod Merkulov, Bogdan Kobulov, Viktor Abakumov, Konstantin Gorshenin, Ivan Golyakov, and Nikolai Safonov. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | CPC]

• Destroyer HMAS Vendetta entered Simpson Harbor, New Britain in preparation of the surrender ceremony. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]

• Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX of Yogyakarta in central Java declared support for the newly declared Republic of Indonesia. ww2dbase [Yogyakarta, Java | CPC]

• Prince Souphanouvong, a civil engineer working in Vietnam since 1929, offered his Vietnamese connections in support of Laotian independence. Viceroy and Prime Minister Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa rejected the offer, fearing Vietnamese influence in Laotian affairs. ww2dbase [Laos | CPC]
• Prime Minister Son Ngoc Thanh of Cambodia announced the results of a ficticious referendum, which claimed 540,999 votes for independence and 2 votes against. ww2dbase [Cambodia | CPC]

• Iva Toguri was arrested in Yokohama, Japan. ww2dbase [Iva Toguri | Yokohama, Kanagawa | CPC]
• Nobutake Kondo was transferred to the Japanese Navy Reserve. ww2dbase [Nobutake Kondo | CPC]
• USS Wisconsin arrived in Tokyo Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Wisconsin | CPC]
• USS Alabama entered Tokyo Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Alabama | Tokyo Bay | CPC]
• Marquis Hironobu was promoted to the rank of captain. ww2dbase [Hironobu | CPC]

• USS Boarfish departed Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Boarfish | CPC]

• Governor Manuel de Abreu Ferreira de Carvalho received the transfer of power over Portuguese Timor from Japan. Commanding officer of Japanese troops in East Timor, Colonel Yoshioka, and Consul Yoshitano Suzuki confirmed the "end of hostilities" between Japanese and Portuguese personal on the island. ww2dbase [CPC]

• British and Indian troops entered Singapore where they liberated 33,000 prisoners of war. Japanese civilian administration leaders gathered at the City Hall to present them the extensive briefings they had prepared in the last two weeks to assist in a smooth transition of power, but the British refused to acknowledge them. ww2dbase [Singapore | AC, CPC]

• USMC Major Dick Johnson, flying a TBM-3 Avenger aircraft, landed at Matsuyama Airfield in Taihoku (now Taipei), Taiwan. He was the first US airman to arrive on Taiwan after the cease of hostilities. ww2dbase [Matsuyama Airfield | Taihoku | CPC]

• The London-based newspaper Daily Express published Wilfred Burchett's account of post-atomic-bombing Hiroshima, Japan under the title "The Atomic Plague". ww2dbase [London, England | CPC]

• USS Blenny arrived at San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Blenny | San Diego, California | CPC]
• USS Macabi arrived at San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Macabi | San Francisco, California | CPC]
• USS Pintado arrived at San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Pintado | San Francisco, California | CPC]
• USS Springer arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States. ww2dbase [Springer | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | CPC]
• USS Sunfish arrived at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | Mare Island Navy Yard | Vallejo, California | CPC]

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