Evening star., 1945-08-19


IE SHIMA, Sunday, Aug. 49,
Japan's surrender ENJOYS ar.
rived by air from Tokyo at thi.
tiny island west of Okinawa thi.
afternoon and within As minutes
were transferred to an Amer.
lean C-54 transport plane ane
took off for Manila to receive
their orders from Gen. Mac
Arthur.
The two japanese surrender
planes, white-painted with greer
crosses, as ordered, made the TRIP
from Tokyo in hours and 27 min
utes. The flight to Manila requires
about six hours more, so that the
Tokyo party should arrive there
early tonight
The surrender party numbered la
men, mostly military, but evidently
including secretaries and interpre-
tiers.
Upon landing at the new BIS
strip here at Las pm. Q1:45 pm
Saturday, Eastern War Time) the
Japanese planes TAXED up along
side two C-54s, and the occupants
lined up under wing.
There 1t. Gen. Ennis C. White
head. commanding the United
States Army 5th Air Force, and
Brig. Gen. Frederic H. Smith, jr., of
Washington, D. c., commanding the
5th Fighter Command, gave them
brief instructions and they stepped
into one of the two American trans
ports. The other was spare"
Servicemen Shout Happily.
The plane with the japanese
aboard started its engines immedi-
ately and after a short warm-up
took off for Manila.
The Japanese pilots remained
here with their planes, which were
',arked on the edge of the airstrir
10 await the ENJOYS return after
Gen. Macarthur has dictated his
Instructions
Several hundred American serv-
icemen, shouting happily, watched
he arrival and departure from be-
lind barbed-wire fences which hao
'oeen erected 200 yards from the
"trip.
The Japanese, f1anked by B-25s
and with Lightning fighters circling
overhead, started to land on the
glistening coral strip at 1:35 pm
out at that moment lost contact
With the control tower. They
climbed again and circled the field
i've times.
The first plane to land was one
OF the B-25s. The others circled
the field again with the japanese
planes, then one by one they touched
down on the air strip on this little
isle $50 miles from Tokyo.
The japanese planes after short
delay TAXED up to the American
transport plane and stopped theil
engines while American military
police struggled to hold back the
curious knot of privileged spectators
'. >ar Service Decorations.
The door of the first plane opened
and Japanese wearing plain brown
civilian clothing and holding his hat
stepped out.
He was followed by four others
some of them military men.
The Japanese service personnel
wore their decorations, and gold
braid was in evidence as they strobe
from the planes in their leather
boots.
The top-ranking japanese envoy
was 1t. Gen. Takashiro Tanabe
vice chief of the imperial Japanese
staff. Others included a rear ad.
miral of the navy general staff, the
secretary of the foreign office, the
chief of the first section of thu
army general staff, several colonels
lieutenant colonies, a naval com.
mander and other naval representa-.
tives.
The rear admiral was identified
as Shiro Yokugawa. Mai. Gen
Morkugo Amamato and Tatsurt
Okuzaki, chief of research in tht
foreign Office, also were aboard.
Awaiting them on the C-54 WERE
jelly, meat and cheese sandwiches
tea, cocoa, coffee or pineapple juice
the standard lunch kit aboare
these big transportation no time
was allowed for feeding them at Ie