In Manchuria. The Japanese Kwantung Army surrenders to Soviet
forces at Harbin. Some fighting continues, however, because
Japanese headquarters have been unable to contact all the
divisions retreating in disorder before the Soviet ground
forces. In the continuing advance, Soviet forces reach Port
Arthur and Dairen. Soviet forces also capture 39 year old
Pu Yi, the nominal head of the Japanese sponsored state of
Manchukuo (Manchuria) who held the title Emperor Kang Teh.
In Japan. Tokyo radio announces that the Japanese government
has officially disbanded the People's Volunteer Corps, the
Japanese equivalent to the British Home Guard. The Japanese
official news agency reports that over 70,000 people are so
far known to have died and 120,000 injured in the two atomic
bomb attacks.
In the Marshal Islands. The Japanese garrison on Mili Atoll
capitulated in a ceremony on an American destroyer escort.
This is the first time a Japanese force surrenders en masse.
In London. Prime Minister Atlee says that the atomic bomb
means a naked choice between world cooperation and world destruction.
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