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