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E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
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Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
BYNITH4 NARS Date 7:375
6. We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese Government
and their successors to carry out the provisions of the Potsdam
Declaration in good faith, and to issue whatever orders and take whatever
action may be required by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers or
by any other designated representative of the Allied Powers for the purpose
of giving effect to that Declaration.
7. We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Government and the
Japanese Imperial General Headquarters at once to liberate all allied
prisoners of war and civilian internees now under Japanese control and
to provide for their protection, care, maintenance and immediate trans-
"NATIONAL
portation to places as directed, by the Suprome Commander for the Allied
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8. The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government to
rule the state shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for the Allied
Powers who will take such steps as he deems proper to effectuate these
terms of surrender.
Signed at
at
on the
day of
, 1945.
By Command and in behalf of the Emperor
of Japan and the Japanese Government.
By Command and in behalf of the Japanese
Imperial General Headquarters.
Accepted at
at
on the
day of
, 1945, for the
United States, Great Britain, Republic of China and the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, and in the interests of the other United Nations at
war with Japan.
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
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