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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 9, 2016 | Bonhams | New York | The Summer Sale | 1133 | $****** - ****** | A file containing a Preparatory Unsigned Copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrrender |
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26.7 x 20.3 cm (10.5 x 8 in)
A typed and mimeographed copy of the full text of the Instrument of Surrender (signed formally on the Missouri, on September 2, 1945), 14pp comprising lettered appendices A-G:
A. Text of the Instrument of Surrender, 3pp, the first page replaced with a newly typed carbon of the opening text.
B. Proclamation by the Emperor of Japan, 1p mimeographed sheet, undated.
C. The Cairo Conference, December 1, 1943, 1p mimeographed, text relevant to the Japanese situation.
D. Potsdam Declaration. 26 July 1945. 3pp mimeographed, text relevant to the Japanese Surrender.
E. Japanese qualified acceptance through the Swiss Delegation, Washington, August 10, 1945, 2pp mimeographed, with:
F. the "reply by the Secretary of State to Japanese qualified acceptance," 2pp.
G. Final Japanese Acceptance, August 14, 1945, by the Secretary of State, 2pp, the file sheets stapled together and then stapled again to a black backing card.
A fascinating survival of a typed document, presumably filed, in imitation of the documents produced for the final signing ceremony on September 2nd. The Allies were very careful to prosecute the Surrender of Japan through a semi-legal framework, and particularly through the framework of the Potsdam conference that the Japanese attended. The Surrender Terms consistently reiterate the Potsdam terms. This document came to light through the descendants of a soldier who worked in Guam HQ.
