Japanese copy of the Instrument of Surrender signed aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 Sep 1945. Note General Richard Sutherland’s handwritten corrections after Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave of Canada signed on the wrong line

Caption     Japanese copy of the Instrument of Surrender signed aboard USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 Sep 1945. Note General Richard Sutherland’s handwritten corrections after Colonel Lawrence Cosgrave of Canada signed on the wrong line ww2dbase
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
25 May 2015 10:49:08 PM

The Japanese copy of the Instrument of Surrender is currently housed in the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, Japan

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