WORLD WAR II.

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Archive relating to Major-General Horace Hayes Fuller (Deputy Chief of Staff, South East Asia Command) and his participation in the Japanese surrender of Singapore. A collection reflecting Fuller's important role in South East Asia Command, including proof copy number 142 of Mountbatten of Burma's post-war official report, inscribed by Mountbatten to Fuller, as well as a short snorter signed by General Raymond Wheeler and other members of the US delegation to the Japanese surrender of Singapore. Also present is Fuller's copy of a photographic portfolio documenting the ceremony.A member of West Point's class of 1909, Fuller (1886-1966) gained command of the 41st Infantry Division in 1941 and was promoted to the temporary rank of major-general in December. In late 1944, he succeeded Wedemeyer as deputy chief of staff at SEAC under Mountbatten, holding the position during the crucial closing period of the war in Asia. The proof copy of Mountbatten's report is inscribed on the inner front cover, "To Horace Fuller, Deputy Chief of Staff, SEAC, in gratitude and appreciation of his loyal support and friendship, from Mountbatten of Burma." An accompanying letter from Mountbatten to the general addresses the recent publication of a book mentioning differences between Mountbatten and Stilwell. "I discussed this matter with General of the Army Eisenhower when he was in London in 1946, and he agreed that I should not now omit reference in my Report to any controversial matter published..

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