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Surrenderers reach Manila |MANILA. Aug. W. — ™ — TheJapaneaa surrender mission headedby LA. Omn. Torashiro Kawabelanded At Nichols airfield at 5:54p.m. (1:64 a.m. PWT) today andthe squat and rotund general kept a curious crowd of 5000 O.Ls waiting a full five minute* before he decided that everything was on the up and up and that he could disembark.Kawabe. vice chief of the imperial staff, apparently became suspicious when Ool. Lw J. Dawson, commanding officer of the 5th airforce service area at Nichols field, instructed him to disembark first. Dawson had boarded the plane to Instruct its occupants in prococol that ranking officers oould proceed first to the waiting motor caravan.Through an Interpreter. Kawabe pointed out that he occupied thefront seat of the plane and therefore ordinarily would be the last to leave. Dawson explained this satisfactorily and Kawabe then wanted to know (1) how many people were meeting him at the field and (2) where the mission was going first.Kawabe. apparently convinced that no trickery was involved, stepped haltingly through the door of the plane and down the gangplank, where he stopped and looked inquiringly at Dawson. Dawson directed him to CoL S. F. Mashbir. coordinator for the Allied translator-Interrogation section, who was standing stiffly at attention severalpaces ahead of the American reception party.
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Los Angeles Southern California University Daily Trojan
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