| Item title: | Proclamation by Gen Sir Thomas Albert Blamey |
| Title (romaji): | Gôshûgun Sôshireikan Tomasu Bureimi Taishô fukoku |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (7/9/26 MXJ34) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial leaflets |
| AJRP series: | Far Eastern Liaison Office propaganda leaflets |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | 7/9/26 MXJ34 |
| Inst. series: | Various |
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| Item: | MXJ34 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages, mimeographed |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Leaflet |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/9/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | LEAFLET DROPPING, PACIFIC WAR, SURRENDER |
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| Names: | Blamey, Gen Sir Thomas Albert |
| Languages: | Dutch, English, Japanese, Indomesian |
| Area: | Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands) Central Pacific Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) |
| Content: | This Japanese-language propaganda leaflet was produced by the Far Eastern Liaison Office at the end of the Pacific War. An English translation of the text is attached. It is the proclamation by General Blamey about the surrender of Japanese troops to the Allies. It states that General Blamey is designated to accept Japanese surrender and that all Japanese troops should lay down their arms. The pamphlet was translated into Dutch and Indonesian as well as Japanese. The English version of the leaflet includes a section to prisoners of war and civilians assuring them that they will soon be liberated. |
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| Last modified: | 07/08/2002 10:15:37 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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