1 Sep 1945
French Indochina
French Indochina
- Prince Ratanavongsa Phetsarath again announced his rejection of the resumption of the French protectorate in Laos, calling for the United Nations to acknowledge Laotian independence. ww2dbase [Ratanavongsa Phetsarath | Laos | CPC]
- British colonial secretary Franklin Gimson established a temporary government in Hong Kong. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Saint Paul arrived in Tokyo Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Saint Paul | Tokyo | CPC]
- Onn bin Ja'afar negotiated an end to Malay-Chinese fighting in northern Johor, British Malaya. ww2dbase [Johor | CPC]
- USS Portland departed Guam en route Truk Atoll, Caroline Islands, to accept the surrender of Japanese forces there. ww2dbase [Portland | Guam | DS]
- Two US Marine Corps aircraft dropped surrender terms to the Japanese garrisons on Wotje and Maloelap Atolls in the Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | CPC]
- USS Menhaden departed Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Menhaden | Balboa | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw transited the Panama Canal and entered the Caribbean Sea. ww2dbase [Panama Canal | Shaw | Panama Canal | DS]
- US Army turned the civil administration of the Philippines to President Sergio Osmeña. Press and mail censorship in the Philippines also officially ended on this date. ww2dbase [Sergio Osmeña | CPC]
- The first Firebrand TF.IV aircraft, equipped with Bristol Centaurus IX engine, took its second flight. ww2dbase [Firebrand | AC]
- Camp Tonkawa in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States ceased operations. ww2dbase [Camp Tonkawa | Tonkawa, Oklahoma | CPC]
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