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[CODE R]
DEPARTMENTAL NO. 1
FROM FOREIGN OFFICE TO WASHINGTON
No. 8533
D. 6.20 p.m. 18th August 1945
18th August 1945
MOST IMMEDIATE
My telegram No. 8531 [acceptance of surrender at Hongkong] paragraph 8.
Please act accordingly.
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