COM
CONFIDENTIAL.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENTS RELATIVE
TO JAPANESE SURRENDER AT HONGKONG
The following agreements have been reached,
with reference to the acceptance of surrender of the
Japanese forces at Hon kong by Rear Admiral Harcourt;
1. Time of Surrender. The surrender of
Japanese forces on Hongkong Island to Rear Admiral
Harcourt is to take place as soon as practicable follow-
ing the overall surrender at Nanking of Japanese forces
within the Generalissimo's areas of responsibility.
Date now estimated for the Hongkong surrender is the 10th
or 11th of September. The Chinese have no objection/
whatever to elements of the British fleet arriving at
Hongkong before the date for surrender, landing troops on
Hongkong Island, disarming Japanese, setting up Civil
Administration, and taking such precautions as Admiral
Harcourt considers necessary provided the surrender is
not signed until the agreed date.
2. Military Information.
The British
commander at Hongkong will furnish to General Chiang Kai-
shek, through General Fan, or other authorized representa-
tive all military information obtained from the Japanese
forces at Hongkong. Specifically, the British commander
in Hongkong will require the J panese commander at Hong
Kong to furnish in duplicate to the British commander, at
or immediately following the Hongkong surrender, all of
the information required by the terms of General Order
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