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• Du Yuming and Long Yun arrived at Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Du Yuming | Chongqing | CPC]

• He Yingqin arrived at Hanoi, French Indochina to meet with Lu Han. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | Hanoi, Tonkin | CPC]
• Prince Ratanavongsa Phetsarath of Luang Phrabang wrote a memorandum to the Chinese occupation authorities in Laos, stating that he rejected the resumption of French colonial rule. ww2dbase [Laos | 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 arrived at Buckner Bay (now Nakagusuku Wan), Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Cowpens | Hancock | Shangri-La | Nicholas | Okinawa | DS]
• At at a meeting between the Japanese cabinet and the Allied General Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Douglas MacArthur ordered the Japanese government to reconsider the Emperor's status, to release political prisoners, to disband the Special Police, and to repeal repressive laws. At the end of the meeting, Fumimaro Konoe asked MacArthur if the American general had thoughts on the the "constitution" (ie. the make-up) of the new Japanese government under Allied occupation. Imprecise translations at the meeting led Konoe to believe that MacArthur wished the Japanese "Constitution" (ie. the Meiji Constitution) to be reviewed and revised. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Tokyo | CPC]
• USS Shangri-La arrived at Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Shangri-La | Okinawa | CPC]

• Submarine USS Thresher arrived at San Francisco, California. ww2dbase [Thresher | San Francisco, California | DS]

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