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Lot of 5 Naval Communications (approx. 7 x 8 in.). San Francisco 10th (10 August 1945): "Radio Tokyo Broadcasting Domei reported this morning said 'Japanese government are ready to accept terms of Potsdam Conference with understanding that said declaration does not compromise any demand which prejudices prerogatives of his Majesty as sovereign ruler.'" 15 August 1945 (Secret): "Cease offensive operations against Japanese forces. Continue searches and patrols. Maintain defensive and internal security measures at highest level and beware of treachery or last moment attacks by enemy forces or individuals." 15 August 1945 (Plain): "Japan has surrendered. Pending further orders all existing instructions regarding the defense security and control of merchant shipping are to remain in force. Merchant ships at sea whether in convoy or sailing independently are to continue their voyages unless otherwise specifically ordered." 15 August 1945: "Recommend following directive to Japanese Naval Headquarters and to all Japanese submarines... "The following special orders are to be complied with. All Japanese submarines at sea shall remain on surface. Fly a black flag or pennant. Show lights at night. Report position in plain language immediately to the nearest United State British or Soviet Station on 500 KCS (600 meters) and to the radio call sign NQO on 4235 or 8570 or 12705 KCS. They shall train all weapons fore and aft. "Unload all torpedo tubes. Remove all breech blocks from guns and proceed on surface to nearest of following ports - Agana Guam Midway Island Subic Bay PI. Upon arrival at point if miles from entrance to port communicate with port and lie to until boarded by allied naval forces." 16 August 1945 (Secret): "With the termination of hostilities against Japan it is incumbent on all officers to conduct themselves with dignity and decorum in their treatment of the Japanese and their public utterences in connection with the Japanese. The Japanese are still the same nation which initiated the war by a treacherous attack on the Pacific Fleet and which has subjected our brothers in arms who became prisoners to torture starvation and murder. However the use of insulting epithets in connection with the Japanese as a race or as individuals does not now become the officers of the Unites [sic] States Navy." "Officers of the Pacific Fleet will take steps to require of all personnel under their command an high standard of conduct in this matter. Neither familiarity and open forgiveness nor abuse and vituperation should be permitted." _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ World War II Dispatch Collection Lots 222-228 J. John Fox (1905-1999) was born in Paterson, NJ, but grew up in and worked most of his adult life in Boston, MA. He attended Boston University, then enrolled in Boston University Law School. It was there he acquired the nickname “Just John” Fox, his reply to a professor’s question about his name. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Fox enlisted in the Navy, despite being around 36 years old. Initially he served in the North Atlantic before being assigned to the amphibious forces in the Pacific Theater under Admiral Richmond “Kelly” Turner. Fox became an intelligence officer and was involved in the planning of the assaults on Kwajelein, the Marianas, Palau, Leyte, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. In late 1945 he was also deeply involved in planning the invasion of Japan itself. Had the invasion occurred, he was to have been in charge of prisoner interrogation and captured documents. He was awarded the bronze star for his service in the Pacific Theater. Before being discharged in 1946, he helped in preparation of amphibious operations training materials at the Naval War College in Newport, RI. After his discharge, he returned to his legal practice in Boston. Governor Dever appointed him as an associate judge in 1952. He then became a probate judge in Norfolk Pr