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By the Grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the Throne occupied by
the same
Dynasty changeless through ages eternal,
To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting!
We do hereby authorize Mamoru Shigemitsu, Zyosanmi, First Class of the Imperial
Order
of the Rising Sun to attach his signature by command and in behalf of Ourselves
and Our
Government unto the Instrument of Surrender which is required by the Supreme
Commander
for the Allied Powers to be signed.
In witness whereof, We have hereunto set Our signature and caused the Great
Seal of the
Empire to be affixed.
Given at Our Palace in Tokyo, this first day of the ninth month of the twentieth
year of
Syowa, being the two thousand six hundred and fifth year from the Accession
of the Emperor
Zinmu.
Seal of and Empire
Signed: Hirohito
Emperor
Countersigned:
Naruhiko-o
Prime Minister
Accepting the terms set forth in Declaration issued by the heads of the Governments
of the United States, Great Britain, and China on July 26th, 1945 at Potsdam
and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, We have
commanded the Japanese Imperial Government and the Japanese Imperial General
Headquarters to sign on Our behalf the Instrument of Surrender presented by
the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers and to issue General Orders to the
Military and Naval Forces in accordance with the direction of the Supreme Commander
for the Allied Powers. We command Our people forthwith to cease hostilities,
to lay down their arms and faithfully to carry out all the provisions of Instrument
of Surrender and the General Orders issued by the Japanese Imperial Government
and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters hereunder.
This second day of the ninth month of the twentieth year of Syowa.
Seal of the Emperor
Signed; Hirohito
Countersigned; Naruhiko-o ....... Prime Minister
Mamoru Shigemitsu ................... Minister for Foreign Affairs
Iwao Yamazaki .......................... Minister for Home Affairs
Juichi Tsushima ......................... Minister of Finance
Sadamu Shimomura................... Minister of War
Mitsumasa Yonai ....................... Minister of Navy
Chuzo Iwata ............................... Minister of Justice
Tamon Maeda ............................ Minister of Education
Kenzo Matsumura...................... Minister of Welfare
Kotaro Sengoku ......................... Minister of Agriculture end Forestry
Chikuhei Nekajiaa ..................... Minister of Commerce and Industry
Naoto Kobiyama ........................ Minister of Transportation
Fumimaro Konoe ....................... Minister without Portfolio
Taketora Ogata ........................... Minister without Portfolio
Binshiro Obata ........................... Minister without Portfolio
Accepted at Tokyo Bay, Japan at 0809 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
Douglas MacArthur
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
C. W. Limits
United States Representative
Republic of China Representative
United Kingdom Representative
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Representative
Commonwealth of Australia Representative
Dominion of Canada Representative
Provisional Government of the French Republic Representative
Kingdom of the Netherlands Representative
Dominion of New Zealand Representative