CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. COLONEL SUGIYAMA, SENIOR JAPANESE OFFICER LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ...

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Accession Number 096426
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Place made New Guinea1: Cape Wom
Date made 13 September 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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CAPE WOM, NEW GUINEA, 1945-09-13. COLONEL SUGIYAMA, SENIOR JAPANESE OFFICER LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ADACHI'S CHIEF OF STAFF, AND JAPANESE STAFF OFFICERS OF 18 JAPANESE ARMY, ARRIVING AT THE BATTLE ROOM, HQ 6 DIVISION, FOR A CONFERENCE WITH STAFF OFFICERS OF 6 DIVISION, HEADED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. BISHOP, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER I. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE IS TO DISCUSS THE SURRENDER OF ARMS AND THE MOVEMENT OF JAPANESE TROOPS TO CONCENTRATION AREAS ON MUSCHU ISLAND.