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Documents Relating To Terms Of Japanese Surrender

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09930.09.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Monterey, California Type: Typed document Date: 19 September 1945 Pagination: 4 p. ; Order a Copy

One document entitled Documents Relating To Terms Of Japanese Surrender dated September 19, 1945. A timeline of the documents and declarations leading up to the surrender of Japan. Includes a description and summery of; the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Declaration, the Japanese offer of surrender on August 10, 1945, the response to the offer on August 11, 1945, and The Surrender Instrument from September 2, 1945,

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