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Declaration and the reply of the Govern-
ments of the United States, Great Britain,
the Soviet Union, and China sent by American
Secretary of State Byrnes under the date of
August 11, the Japanese Government have the
honor to communicate to the Governments of
the four powers as follows:
"l. His Majesty the Emperor has issued
an Imperial recript regarding Japan's accept-
ance of the provisions of the Potsdam declara-
tion.
"2. His Majesty the Emperor is prepared to
authorize and ensure the signature by his
Government and the Imperial General Head-
quarters of the necessary terms for carrying
out the provisions of the Potsdam declara-
tion. His Majesty is also prepared to issue
his commands to all the military, naval, and
air authorities of Japan and all the forces
under their control wherever located to
cease active operations, to surrender arms
and to issue such other orders as may be
required by the Supreme Commander of the
Allied Forces for the execution of the
above-mentioned terms. 11
AND
to
Accept,
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