The leaders of the Patriotic Burmese Forces, while disbanded, were offered positions in the Burma Army under British command according to the Kandy conference agreement with Lord Louis Mountbatten in Ceylon in September 1945. The delegates agreed that the new Burmese army would be composed of 5,000 of Aung San's Japanese-trained Bamar soldiers, and 5,000 British-trained soldiers, most of whom were either Chin, Kachin, or Karen. The army was to be led by two inspectors-general, one who would be Bamar and a second who would be from an ethnic minority. Montbatten met with Aung San on 6 September, but their discussions were confined to the disbandment of Aung San's forces and their reorganization within the new Burmese army. The agreements made at the conference were signed by Montbatten, Than Tun, and Aung San. Following the conference, on 25 September 1945, Aung San resigned from the military with the intention of re-entering civilian politics.