{"id":889,"date":"2017-01-13T20:46:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T20:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathwise.net\/?p=889"},"modified":"2017-01-13T20:46:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T20:46:35","slug":"surrender-of-japan-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mathwise.net\/?p=889","title":{"rendered":"Surrender of Japan (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Surrender of Japan (1945)<\/span><\/h1>\n

On September 2, 1945, Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender, prepared by the War Department and approved by President Harry S. Truman. It set out in eight short paragraphs the complete capitulation of Japan. The opening words, “We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan,” signified the importance attached to the Emperor’s role by the Americans who drafted the document. The short second paragraph went straight to the heart of the matter: “We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under Japanese control wherever situated.”<\/span><\/p>\n

That morning, on the deck of the USS Missouri<\/i> in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed their names on the Instrument of Surrender. The time was recorded as 4 minutes past 9 o’clock. Afterward, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Commander in the Southwest Pacific and Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, also signed. He accepted the Japanese surrender “for the United States, Republic of China, United Kingdom, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the other United Nations at war with Japan.”<\/span><\/p>\n

On September 6, Col. Bernard Thielen brought the surrender document and a second imperial rescript back to Washington, DC. The following day, Thielen presented the documents to President Truman in a formal White House ceremony. The documents were then exhibited at the National Archives after a dignified ceremony led by Gen. Jonathan Wainwright. Finally, on October 1, 1945, they were formally received (accessioned) into the holdings of the National Archives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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INSTRUMENT OF SURRENDER<\/span><\/p>\n

We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, hereby accept the provisions set forth in the declaration issued by the heads of the Governments of the United States, China, and Great Britain on 26 July 1945 at Potsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied Powers. <\/span><\/p>\n

We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under the Japanese control wherever situated. <\/span><\/p>\n

We hereby command all Japanese forces wherever situated and the Japanese people to cease hostilites forthwith, to preserve and save from damage all ships, aircraft, and military and civil property and to comply with all requirements which my be imposed by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers or by agencies of the Japanese Government at his direction. <\/span><\/p>\n

We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Headquarters to issue at once orders to the Commanders of all Japanese forces and all forces under Japanese control wherever situated to surrender unconditionally themselves and all forces under their control. <\/span><\/p>\n

We hereby command all civil, military and naval officials to obey and enforce all proclamations, and orders and directives deemed by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be proper to effectuate this surrender and issued by him or under his authority and we direct all such officials to remain at their posts and to continue to perform their non-combatant duties unless specifically relieved by him or under his authority. <\/span><\/p>\n

We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese Government and their successors to carry out the provisions of the Potsdam Declaration in good faith, and to issue whatever orders and take whatever actions may be required by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Poers or by any other designated representative of the Allied Powers for the purpose of giving effect to that Declaration. <\/span><\/p>\n

We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters at once to liberate all allied prisoners of war and civilian internees now under Japanese control and to provide for their protection, care, maintenance and immediate transportation to places as directed. <\/span><\/p>\n

The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government to rule the state shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers who will take such steps as he deems proper to effectuate these terms of surrender. <\/span><\/p>\n

Signed at TOKYO BAY, JAPAN at 0904 I on the SECOND day of SEPTEMBER, 1945<\/span><\/p>\n

MAMORU SHIGMITSU
\nBy Command and in behalf of the Emperor
\nof Japan and the Japanese Government <\/span><\/p>\n

YOSHIJIRO UMEZU
\nBy Command and in behalf of the Japanese
\nImperial General Headquarters <\/span><\/p>\n

Accepted at TOKYO BAY, JAPAN at 0903 I on the SECOND day of SEPTEMBER, 1945, for the United States, Republic of China, United Kingdom and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the other United Nations at war with Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR
\nSupreme Commander for the Allied Powers <\/span><\/p>\n

C.W. NIMITZ
\nUnited States Representative <\/span><\/p>\n

HSU YUNG-CH’ANG
\nRepublic of China Representative <\/span><\/p>\n

BRUCE FRASER
\nUnited Kingdom Representative <\/span><\/p>\n

KUZMA DEREVYANKO
\nUnion of Soviet Socialist
\nRepublics Representative <\/span><\/p>\n

THOMAS BLAMEY
\nCommonwealth of Australia
\nRepresentative <\/span><\/p>\n

L. MOORE COSGRAVE
\nDominion of Canada Representative <\/span><\/p>\n

JACQUES LE CLERC
\nProvisional Government of the French
\nRepublic Representative <\/span><\/p>\n

C.E.L. HELFRICH
\nKingdom of the Netherlands
\nRepresentative <\/span><\/p>\n

LEONARD M. ISITT
\nDominion of New Zealand Representative <\/span><\/p>\n

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