Original photograph of the Japanese Peace Envoy, August 1945

Taken at Mingaladon Airfield (Rangoon) and showing Esler Dening, Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata and Rear Admiral Kaigun Chujo Chudo

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This is an original snapshot of the Japanese Peace Envoy arriving at Mingaladon Airfield in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma, around August 26–27, 1945. It is a small candid photograph, measuring 11.5 × 7cm. "Arrival Jap Peace Envoy" is written in pencil to the reverse.

This photograph records of the Japanese "Preliminary Surrender" delegation sent to meet with the British South East Asia Command (SEAC) after having landed at Mingaladon Airfield in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma in August 1945.

The Japanese officer in salute is Lieutenant-General Takazo Numata, Chief of Staff of the Southern Army. He was the personal representative of Field Marshal Count Terauchi, who was too ill to attend and was a lead delegate sent to Rangoon to arrange the local surrender of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia. Rear Admiral Kaigun Chujo Chudo, the senior Naval representative for the Southern Force can be seen walking next to the gentleman in the white suit.

The uniforms of the Allied soldiers look to be members of the 12th Army and SEAC staff acted as the escort.

The man in the white suit to the left of the photograph is thought to be Esler Dening, the Chief Political Adviser to Lord Mountbatten.

This would have been one of the prelimary "Green Cross" meetings at regional airfields like Mingaladon, so called as the planes the Japanese were flown in on were painted with a green cross to indicate the surrender.

The identity of the photographer is unknown, but this image aligns closely with similar images held by the Imperial War Museum.

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The photograph is in good condition and remains a rare historical document as it shows the first time these enemies met face-to-face to discuss peace terms after years of brutal jungle warfare.

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