9 Nov 1945
Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
- The Labour Party was found in Indonesia six days after Vice President Mohammad Hatta allowed the formation of opposition parties. ww2dbase [CPC]
- General Robert Mansergh of Indian 5th Division demanded Indonesian Communist fighters to surrender and called for all women and children to leave Surabaya; the message was delivered via airdropped leaflets. ww2dbase [Surabaya, Java | CPC]
- The Democratic Republic of Vietnam provisional government released a draft of the constitution that it had been working on. Many newspapers would publish its content in the following few weeks. ww2dbase [Tonkin | CPC]
- USS Marlin was decommissioned from service at the Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [Boston Navy Yard | Marlin | Boston, Massachusetts | CPC]
- USS St. Louis arrived at San Francisco, California. ww2dbase [St. Louis | San Francisco, California | DS]
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