Japanese Envoys To Guide British Fleet to Singapore -- Picture taken at Penang, when a Japanese Army and Naval envoys were received on board H.M.S. Nelson for preliminary surrender talks on August 29. It was arranged at this meeting that envoys would by sent up from Singapore to give information which would help the British East Indies Fleet units then at Penang and Sabang to make a safe passage down the Malacca Strait for the entry into Singapore after the signing of the surrender in Tokyo. The Preliminary conference on board the Nelson. At the far and of the table is the British Fleet Navigation officer, next to him, (R) is the British Commander (Minesweepers) looking at charts, then three Japanese naval envoys and two of the three military envoys. October 10, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph)