1 Oct 1945
- The airline company TWA became the first commercial organization to operate a Constellation aircraft. ww2dbase [C-69 Constellation | CPC]
- Western Allies recognized Karl Renner's socialist government in Austria. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Ethnic Karens in Burma began a three-day meeting in Rangoon, proposing a separate state for their people. They were fearing their ethnic identity in the face of the majority Burmese, which historically viewed Karens with hostility. The meeting was largely attended by members of the Karen Central Organization (a umbrella organization which loosely encompasses the following groups), Karen National Association (Christians), Burma Karen National Association (Buddhist), and the newly formed Karen Youth Organization (socialists). ww2dbase [Rangoon | CPC]
- The Soviet ambassador in China announced that Soviet forces would pull out of northeastern China, and the withdraw would complete by the end of Nov 1945. The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded that a Chinese Nationalist force would be ferried by US transports to Dalian, Liaoning Province, China around 10 Oct 1945. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Mongolian separatists in Xing'an and Heilongjiang Provinces of China declared the independence of Hulunbuir. ww2dbase [Xing'an | CPC]
- Conrad Helfrich returned to the Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Conrad Helfrich | CPC]
- With British troops and Dutch Lieutenant Governor General Hubertus J. van Mook (who had recently boasted to his superiors "I will bring you Sukarno in a cage") all now in Jakarta, Indonesian leaders Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta grewed concerned. Distrustful of Europeans, they signed a political testament transferring their powers to communist leader Tan Malaka in the case that they would be detained by the Europeans in the near future. ww2dbase [CPC]
- US 1385th Army Air Force Base Unit was assigned to Bluie West Eight airfield in Greenland. ww2dbase [Bluie West Eight | South Greenland | CPC]
- Carriers USS Shangri-La, USS Hancock, USS Yorktown (Essex-class), USS Cowpens and cruisers USS Topeka, USS Duluth, and USS Oakland with a destroyer escort that included USS Nicholas departed Tokyo Bay, Japan bound for Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Cowpens | Hancock | Shangri-La | Tokyo | DS]
- USS Shangri-La departed Tokyo Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | Tokyo Bay | CPC]
- Joseph Rochefort was officially detached from the US Navy Office of Naval Operations in Washington DC, United States. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | Washington | CPC]
- Pope Pius XII met with Thomas Dodd between 1050 hours and 1130 hours; part of that time was spent discussion the trials of German leaders. ww2dbase [Pius XII | CPC]

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