79th Congress                   Senate                  Document No. 93
1st Session                 (Serial 10949)              DOC Y1.1/2 10949

INSTRUMENTS OF SURRENDER * PUBLIC PAPERS
AND ADDRESSES OF THE PRESIDENT
AND OF THE
SUPREME COMMANDERS

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Table of Contents

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PART I. SURRENDER OF ITALY ......................................   3-35
  Instrument of Armistice and Surrender, September 3, 1943 ......      3
  Eisenhower (General), Italian surrender announcement, 
    September 8, 1943 ...........................................      6
  Badoglio (Marshal), surrender announcement, September 8, 1943 .      7
  Fleet surrender instructions, September 8, 1943 ...............      7
    Disposition agreement, fleet and merchant marine,
      September 23, November 17, 1943 (footnote) ................      9
    Statement of DeCourten (Admiral), November 17, 1943 (footnote)     9
    Commentary on the Cunningham-DeCourten agreement, 
      November 6, 1945 (footnote) ................................     9
    Middle East surrender instructions, September 8, 1943 ........     9
  Roosevelt (President), Churchill (Prime Minister), joint
    message to Italy, September 10, 1943 .........................    11
  Additional Armistice conditions, September 29, November 9, 1943     12
  Eisenhower (General), letter to Marshal Badoglio on signing the 
    additional Armistice conditions, September 29, 1943 ..........    27
  Relaxation of Armistice terms, Aide-Mémoire from the Allied 
    Commission, February 24, 1945 ................................    29

PART II. SURRENDER OF GERMANY .................................... 39-67
  Instrument of Surrender:
    Holland, Denmark, May 4, 1945 ................................    39
    Allies, Soviet High Command, May 7, 1945 .....................    41
    Allies, Red Army, May 8, 1945 ................................    42
  Eisenhower (General), Proclamation on German surrender, 
    May 8, 1945 ..................................................    44

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PART II. SURRENDER OF GERMANY-Continued                             Page
  Truman (President):
    Statement, May 8, 1945 .......................................    45
    Address (radio), on German surrender, May 8, 1945 ............    46
    Proclamation, May 8, 1945 ....................................    48
  Eisenhower (General), Order of the Day, May 8, 1945 ............    50
  Doenitz (Admiral), address to German people (radio), 
    May 8, 1945 ..................................................    52
  Occupation Terms for Germany, June 5, 1945 .....................    54

PART III. SURRENDER OF JAPAN .....................................71-111
  Potsdam Declaration, July 26, 1945 .............................    71
  Swiss Chargé d'Affaires, notes relating to Japanese 
    surrender, August 10, 14, 1945 ...............................74, 78
  Byrnes (Secretary of State), notes relating to Japanese
    surrender, August 11, 14, 1945 ...............................76, 79
  Truman (President), Statement on Japanese acceptance
    of Potsdam Declaration, August 14, 1945 ......................    81
  MacArthur (General), Statement on meeting surrender
    emissaries, Manila, August 20, 1945 ..........................    83
  Occupation and Surrender Terms, August 23, 1945 ................    84
  Instrument of Surrender, September 2, 1945 .....................    89
  Surrender in other areas (footnote) ............................    90
  MacArthur (General), Statement before signing 
    Surrender Instrument, September 2, 1945 ......................    92
  Nimitz (Admiral), Statement on signing the Surrender
    Instrument, September 2, 1945 ................................    94
  MacArthur (General), Address after signing the 
    Surrender Instrument, September 2, 1945 ......................    96
  Hirohito (Emperor of Japan), Imperial Rescript on Surrender,
    September 2, 1945 ............................................    99
  Imperial General Headquarters (Japan), Order of 
    Surrender, September 2, 1945 .................................   100
  Truman (President), Address on Japanese surrender,
    September 1, 1945 ............................................   107