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starfield
starfield

Does anyone have information on the authorship of this document? Who were the team of people who wrote the English and Japanese versions? I have heard some evidence that Donald Roy Gillespie, Ensign, US Navy, a Japanese code breaker during the war, played a part.

kwright
kwright

It is interesting to note the Japanese considered their powers as "Allied," when their enemies shared the same title.

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Surrender of Japan
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1945
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Instrument of Surrender; September 2, 1945; Records of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; Record Group 218; National Archives.
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Surrender of Japan
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