25 Nov 1945
- The US Congress again voiced its opinion to withdraw US Marines from China. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Soviet SMERSH operatives arrested Captain Yutaka Takeoka who had previously killed Russian defector Genrikh Lyushkov in Dalian, Liaoning, China (Lyushkov had refused to commit suicide in the face of defeat). ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Miami received orders to return to the United States. ww2dbase [Miami | CPC]
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