| In Occupied Germany... The Potsdam Conference continues. Churchill, Truman and Stalin confer on politics and strategy, in a town near Berlin.
Although very little information about the progress of the Big Three
Conference is being made public, it is reported that much has been done.
The leaders have spent an average of almost 3 hours together since their
first meeting on Tuesday and there are also frequent and lengthy
meetings between the foreign affairs ministers (Eden, Byrnes and
Molotov), committees and subcommittees of experts. In a private meeting
Truman and Churchill agree to drop the atomic bomb on Japan if it fails
to surrender unconditionally. Meanwhile, Allied representatives select
Nuremberg as the location of the trial of the main Nazi war leaders.
From the United States... American radio broadcasts call on
Japan to surrender or face destruction.
In China... Authorities in Chungking say that Chinese forces
are closing in on Kweilin, the largest Japanese airbase and capital of
the south China province of Kwangsi.
In Burma... Heavy fighting took place along the Sittang river
as the Japanese continued their counterthrusts.
In the Greater Sunda Islands... On Borneo, Dutch and native
troops are reported to be advancing northeast from Balikpapan. Allied
motor torpedo boats operating on the northwest coast have shelled the
Jesselton area and caused heavy explosions and fires ashore.
In the Tsushima Strait... US Navy aircraft attack shipping. |
