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9 o'clock in the morning of September 2, 1945, the Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay. On September 7, the surrender document was presented to President Truman at White House. After the exhibition, the document was formally received (accessioned) into the holdings of the National Archives on October 1, 1945.
Source

Japan Surrender Document ARC# 521009, Record Group 80-G Japanese Surrender Ceremonies Aboard USS Missouri
Date

Sep.2, 1945
Author

Prepared by the War Department. Approved by President Truman.
Signed by

Mamoru Shigemitsu (By command und in behalf of the Emporer of Japan and of the Japanese Government)
Yoshijiro Umezu (By command und in behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters)
Douglas Mac Arthur (Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers)
  • C. W. Nimitz (United States Representative)
  • Hau Yung-Ch'ang (Republic of China Representative)
  • Bruce Fraser (United Kingdom Representative)
  • Lieutenant General K. Dekevyanko (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Representative)
  • T. A. Blamey (Commonwealth of Australia Representative)
  • Moore Cosgrove (Dominion of Canada Representative)
  • Le Clerc (Provisional Government of the French Repulic Representative)
  • C. E. L. Helfrich (Kingdom of the Netherlands Representative)
  • Leonard M. Issitt (Dominion of New Zealand Representative)
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