26 Dec 1941, Andrew Salmon Personal Diary Pacific 1939-1945

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About midday on the 26th, the Japanese Commander with a large escort entered the Fort, and conferences took place with Brigadier Wallis, for the signing of the capitulation terms. One of the conditions was that all guns, munitions, and stores must be handed over intact or else the whole of the garrison would suffer death.

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