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THE JAPANESE SURRENDER DOCUMENTS - WWII:
TRANSLATION of Foreign Minister Shiegemitsu's credentials
TRANSLATION

    H I R O H I T O ,
By the Grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the
Throne occupied by the same Dynasty changeless through ages
eternal,

To all who these Presents shall come, Greeting!

We do hereby authorise Mamoru Shigemitsu, Zyosanmi, First
Class of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun to attach his
signature by command and in behalf of Ourselves and Our
Government unto the Instrument of Surrender which is required
by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be signed.

In witness whereof, We have hereunto set Our signature and
caused the Great Seal of the Empire to be affixed.

Given at Our Palace in Tokyo, this first day of the ninth
month of the twentieth year of Syowa, being the two thousand
six hundred and fifth year from the Accession of the Emperor
Zinmu.

| Seal of | |  the    |   | Empire |	Signed: H I R O H I T O
	Countersigned: Naruhiko-o Prime Minister