Japanese surrender instruction telegrams, 1945.

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Japanese surrender instruction telegrams, 1945.

This is a typed copy of a telegram from General Douglas MacArthur to the Japanese government with detailed instructions regarding how surrender negotiations were to be conducted. Other telegrams relate to the acceptance of terms by the Japanese and are copies of messages monitored by an unspecified relay station.

5 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6960046

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...