The formal surrender of the Japanese garrison on Bali last week was one of those ceremonies the British always carry off so well.
His Majesty's Major General Eric Mansergh had flown into Den Pasar from his Surabaya headquarters. The Netherlands' towheaded Colonel Fritz ter Meulen had arrived with his two-battalion Dutch occupation force. Japanese Army Colonel Kobungo Tsunuka and his naval sidekick, Captain Shizuo Okuyama, gravely waddled across Den Pasar's village square and presented their swords to the British commander. But only 300 Balinese solemnly watched the surrender. Exclaimed an officer who had...
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