End of the War In the Pacific: Surrender Documents in Facsimile

First in a new series (manuals & historical documents, rather than aerospace stuff) of downloadable/CD-ROM documents is “End of the War In the Pacific: Surrender Documents in Facsimile,” put out by the National Archives in 1945. This 28-page PDF document includes:

Radio script of ceremonies opening the the exhibit of Japanese surrender documents at the National Archives

Foreign Minister Shigemitsu’s credentials authorizing him to sign the surrender docs (Japanese and English)

General Umezu’s credentials authorizing him to sign the surrender docs (Japanese and English)

Instrument of surrender signed at Tokyo Bay

Emperor Hirohito’s rescript announcing the surrender and ordering the people to carry out the provisions of the instrument of surrender (Japanese and English)

Instrument of surrender of Japanese forces in the Phillipines

Instrument of surrender of Japanese forces in southern Korea
Instrument of surrender of Japanese forces in southeast Asia

“Surrender Documents” can be downloaded for $5.50.