THE JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENTS - WWII:

TRANSLATION of Foreign Minister Shiegemitsu's credentials

TRANSLATION

H I R O H I T O ,

By the Grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the

Throne occupied by the same Dynasty changeless through ages

eternal,

To all who these Presents shall come, Greeting!

We do hereby authorise 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.

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