BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-09-03. A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS IN THE UPPER ...

BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO. 1945-09-03. A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE SEMOI RIVER BETWEEN CAPTAIN F. A. JACOBSEN, GENERAL STAFF OFFICER 3, HQ 7TH DIVISION AND REAR ADMIRAL NOMEJA, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AND HIS STAFF OFFICERS. THE OBJECT OF THE CONFERENCE WAS TO CONTACT THE JAPANESE FORCE COMMANDER TO ARRANGE ASSEMBLY AREAS AND METHODS OF SURRENDER OF ALL FORCES IN THE BALIKPAPAN AREA. SHOWN, THE CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS ON THE DECK OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED MOORED BELOW THE JAPANESE CAMP. THE JAPANESE PRESENT ARE JUNIOR OFFICERS WHO ARRIVED AT THE CONFERENCE BEFORE THEIR REAR ADMIRAL.