 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuguma kweHondo Yenyika II, pana 17 August 1945 Indonesia yakazivisarusununguko rwayo; Moestopo akaramba achidzora mauto akanga achangotanga kuumbwa muSurabaya uye akarwisa mauto eJapan nechisimba achishandisa mapfumo emishenjere. Muna October wegore iroro akazvizivisa amene kuva Gurukota Rokudzivirira. Musi wa 25 Gumiguru wegore iroro, 49th Indian Infantry Brigade pasi pekutungamirirwa naBrigadier Aubertin Walter Sothern Mallaby, vakasvika muguta; Mallaby akatumira mukuru wake wezvekuchenjera Captain Macdonald kuti asangane naMoestopo. Maererano nomushumo waMacdonald, Moestopo akanga achishora kusvika kwemauto eBritain. 