The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-14
Expect Surrender Sometime Today
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 patched their reply to the Japanese surrender offer made Friday.
 Rosss statement did not mean that the waiting was entirely
 It did mean that VI would not be official until the in struments of surrender signed And did build the hope that World War -after nearly six bloody years would end some time this week.
 There has been official speculation here and in LOnd0n that the formal surrender ceremonies would be carried out aboard U S. batteshp in Tokyo bay London also heard they might take place bloody Oinawa the American capture of which doomed Japan-even without the atom bomb.
 ALLIES CONSULT
 Ross said this government consulting with Moscow, London and Chungking concerning the simultaneous lease of the Japanese note"
 "When will the fire order be given' he asked
 The president will that in his statement to the Ross replied without indicating when the statement might be forthcoming
 Ross explained that there would be delay before the Japanese communication reached here via the Swiss ega tiOn.
 The Japanese reply" he said lis now in the hands of the Swiss where received at Bern It has had to be deoded and again coded for transmission to the Swiss ega tion here.
 "That may take several hours It then will be delivered to the secretary of state and then to the president
 Earlier President Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes conferred briefly at the White House.
 TRUMAN ON SCHEDULE
 The president rose early usual and breakfasted at 715 with his naval aide Commodore James K Vardaman
 vardaman had kept watch all night and was able to informed by it's that the note was In Bern
 First word of the probable content of the Japanese reply reported in the :49 Domei broadcast
 The agency interrupted routine broadcast the cure for chbans to send the flash message twice First word of the surrender dispatch from the United Press listen ing post San Francisco.
 Federal Communications Commission monitors reported long code messages moving Tokyo radio to the station in Geneva, Switzerland
 dispatch from Bern Switzerland, reported that the Japanese legation had advised the Swiss 9 that pOintment with the Swiss foreign minister Dr. water Stucki, later today. SWISS MEDIATE
 Switzerland is the diplomatic go-between &n surrender negotiations Attaches of the Swiss legation in Washington sat all night ready to relay any message as soon as it arrives.
 More than 600 Superforts and fighter planes blasted central Japan with reminder that time wasting today as the world waited mpatienty for surrender The attackers dropped 3200 tons of bombs may be their rad than hour after the last of the bOmbers returned DOmei flashed its statement that the Imperial ready to surrender the empire and Emperor HirOhtO.
 The Jap arforce was striking back with suicide plane attack on Admiral William F. Halseys Third Fleet Hasey cruising off Tokyo itself Tokyo reported that the sui eide attack continuing late as II 30 EWT Mon day-a little than two hours before the surrender flash broadcast.
 crowd of 200 persons gathering in the park in front of the White within hour of circulation here of the Domei broadcast President Truman up and around the White House at 7:15 m, EWT.
 Presidential Secretary Charles ROss arriving at 7O5 m reported that MT. Truman had been filled in all of the nights events He has explained that the president will not proclaim VJ Day unt Japanese nave signed the surrender agreement
 London dispatches reported that the signing would take place either Allied warshp the hardwon island of Okinawa. General Douglas MacArthur still was first choice speculation concerning the identity of the Allied commander. But it believed officer off, cers of lesser rank might meet he Japanese and sign for the Allies.
 LONG JAP COMMUNICATION
 Reports came from Bern that the Japanese communca ton quite long, There cautious suggestions that n might contain reservations suggest conditions despite the unqualified nature of the D0mei announcement