September 15th, 1945 (SATURDAY)
FRENCH INDOCHINA: In Laos, Prince Phetsarath issues a proclamation unifying the Kingdom of Louangphrabang with the four southern provinces of Laos, declaring Vientiane the capital and announcing a forthcoming meeting of a Congress of People’s Representatives to decide the country’s social, economic and political direction.
BORNEO: In Jesselton, British North Borneo, Japanese Colonel IEMURA, commander of the 25th Mixed Regiment, surrenders to Brigadier Selwyn Porter, commander of the 24th Australian Brigade.
CANADA: Tugs
HMCS Glenora and Glencove towed 3
Fairmiles (HMC ML 104, HMC ML 105 and HMC ML 107) to Rimouski, Province of
Quebec for the Arts and Trade School
Submarine HMS Une arrived Digby, Nova Scotia for
ASW training.
U.S.A.: The USN begins Operation MAGIC CARPET, the transportation of American service personnel from Pacific locations back to the U.S.
The top songs on the pop music charts are "Till the End of Time" and "If I Loved You" by Perry Como, "On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer and "You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often" by Tex Ritter.
The Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee publishes a report: "The Intelligence Exploitation of Germany"
This 96 page report covers the:
Chapter 1 - Description of the CIOS,
Chapter 2 - Function of the CIOS,
Chapter 3 - Summary of significant Intelligence,
Appenddix A - List of Evaluation Reports.
Appendix B List of Final Field Team Reports
(William L. Howard)
Destroyer USS Orleck commissioned.