SINGAPORE, 1945-09-12. THE JAPANESE PARTY LEAVING THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SINGAPORE, ON THE ...

SINGAPORE, 1945-09-12. THE JAPANESE PARTY LEAVING THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SINGAPORE, ON THE 1945-09-12, AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER UNDER WHICH ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN ACCEPTED THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE FORCES IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND AREA. IN THE ABSENCE OF COUNT TERAUCHI, JAPANESE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE SOUTHERN REGIONS, GENERAL ITAGAKI, SENIOR GENERAL IN THE JAPANESE ARMIES, SIGNED THE DOCUMENT ON HIS BEHALF.