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Here's the full sentence from [this Wikipedia
article](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%99%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E6%8A%91%E7%95%99):

> また同日には「大陸方面二於テハ在留邦人及武裝解除後ノ軍人ハ『ソ』聯
> ノ庇護下二滿鮮二土著セシメテ生活ヲ營ム如ク『ソ』聯側二依賴スルヲ可トス」ことを記した「關東軍方面停戰狀況二關スル實狀報告」が作成されソ連側に送付された。

Here's how I understand it:

> Also, on the same day, the “Current State Report Regarding the Armistice
> Situation in the Kwantung Army Area” was produced and sent to the Soviet
> side. It stated: “The Japanese expatriates and the disarmed soldiers in the
> continent area are put under the protection of the Soviet Union, and the
> native population living in Manchukuo and Korea are to be treated as the
> Soviet side desires.”

I was fumbling for meaning in that old cited sentence and suspect that the
translation is somewhat (or completely) off. Any help in deciphering it is
much appreciated.
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Having trouble understanding a sentence from 1945. Especially 滿鮮二土著セシメテ生活ヲ營ム
土著 is a rare word, but in Chinese it seems to mean "native" as in "native
American", so I guess this 土著せしむ means "naturalize" (or more literally,
"nativize"). Note that せしむ is an (old) causative form (=させる). Assuming this is
true, the basic structure of the sentence is:

> 大陸方面二於テハ在留邦人及武裝解除後ノ軍人ハ **(☆)** 如ク『ソ』聯側二依賴スルヲ可トス。
>
> = 大陸方面においては、在留邦人および武装解除後の軍人は **(☆)** よう、ソ連側に依頼してよい。
>
> On the (Asian) continent, the Japanese expatriates and the disarmed soldiers
> can ask the Soviet Union to **(☆)**.

Where **(☆)** is:

> 『ソ』聯 ノ庇護下二滿鮮二土著セシメテ生活ヲ營ム
>
> = ソ連の庇護下に満鮮に土著させて生活を営む
>
> to naturalize themselves in Manchukuo/Korea and lead lives under the
> protection of the Soviet Union

So the sentence says the expatriates and the disarmed soldiers can stay in 満鮮
and live there forever _if they desire to do so_.
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