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[Annex 1 to the Directive of the Terms of Surrender, September 3, 1945]

Summary of Directive Number 2 giving the key points of the terms of actions needed to be taken immediately following Japanese surrender.

Date: September 3, 1945

Creator: Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Item Type: Text

[Annex 2 to the Directive of the Terms of Surrender, September 3, 1945]

Annex 2 to Directive Number 2 to be presented to the Commanding General of the First Japanese General Army providing more detailed instructions for initiating the provisions required by the Directive regarding Armed Forces organization and transportation.

Date: September 3, 1945

Creator: Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Item Type: Text

[Christmas Program for the Eighth Army Staff Officer's Mess, December 25, 1945]

Program and menu for the Eighth Army Staff Officer's Mess at the Helm House in Yokohama, Japan on Christmas Day, 1945. The front of the program features an illustration of a Christmas tree.

Date: 1945-12~

Creator: Eighth Army

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Directive From Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces]

A directive from the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces on the surrender of Japan.

Date: September 2, 1945

Item Type: Text

[Directive on the Terms of Surrender, September 3, 1945]

Directive outlining the terms for Japanese surrender and all the steps to be taken for the transfer of power from the Imperial Japanese government to the Allied occupational government.

Date: September 3, 1945

Creator: Office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers

Item Type: Text

[Extract of Letter from Naoyoshi Kuchinaka to Oliver Trechter, Unknown Date]

Extract of a letter from Naoyoshi Kuchinaka to Colonel Oliver Trechter originally written on behalf of a Japanese Army soldier, Tatsuo Tsuchiya. The unnamed writer of the letter says that Tsuchiya should not be found guilty as he was only following the orders of his superior officers. He goes on to say that newspapers and journalists aided in polluting the minds of the people through propaganda. He asks that Tsuchiya be given thorough consideration. The original letter in Japanese and its envel… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Letter

[Imperial Rescript]

An Imperial Rescript of the Declaration of War on the United States and Great Britain.

Date: December 8, 1941

Item Type: Text

Information Education Bulletin No. 21, October 4, 1945

Bulletin providing information on Japanese customs, including the Japanese life cycle from birth until death and Japanese education, religion, family structures, clothing, and food culture.

Date: October 4, 1945

Creator: 27th Infantry Division

Item Type: Text

Information Education Bulletin No. 26, October 14, 1945

Outline for the Information & Education Conference on October 20, 1945 regarding the odds of another war occurring following World War II, based on an article by John Fischer titled "Odds Against Another War" published in Harper's Magazine of which a copy is furnished. The outline and article discuss how the two world Super Powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, are the only nations capable of waging a global war and how their mutual desire to build a security sphere orbiting around ea… more

Date: October 14, 1945

Creator: 27th Infantry Division

Item Type: Text

[Invitation from K. N. Derevyanko to Oliver Trechter, February 21, 1946]

Invitation from Lieutenant General K. N. Derevyanko to Colonel Oliver Trechter to a reception for the 28th anniversary of the Red Army on February 23, 1946 at the Soviet Embassy in Tokyo.

Date: February 21, 1946

Creator: Derevyanko, K. N.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Cordell Hull to the American Legation, December 18, 1941]

Letter from Secretary of State Cordell Hull to the American Legation in Bern, Switzerland asking them to request the Swiss Government pass along a message to the Japanese Government stating their intentions to apply the Geneva Red Cross and Geneva Prisoner of War Conventions and requesting Japan do the same.

Date: December 18, 1941

Creator: Hull, Cordell

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Mr. Huddle to Cordell Hull, February 4, 1942]

Letter from Chargé D’Affaires Huddle to Secretary of State Cordell Hull informing him that the Japanese Government intends on observing the Geneva Red Cross Convention as a signatory state and will apply mutatis mutandis provisions of the Geneva Prisoners of War Convention despite not being bound by it.

Date: February 4, 1942

Creator: Huddle, Mr.

Item Type: Letter

[Midnight Christmas Mass Program for the 391st Infantry, December 25, 1944]

Program for Midnight Mass held for the 391st Infantry on the night of Christmas Eve, 1944. The program contains the schedule for the night, verses from the Gospel of Luke, and a message from the 391st Infantry's Catholic Chaplain Ernest P. Pearsall.

Date: December 25, 1944

Creator: 391st Infantry

Item Type: Pamphlet

Pacific Stars and Stripes, Occupation Forces Souvenir Edition, Tuesday, December 25, 1945

Souvenir edition of a magazine providing news and information to occupation forces in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Also included in this edition are Christmas messages from service members and information about Christmas celebrations in Japan and Korea.

Date: December 25, 1945

Creator: United States. Army. Forces, Pacific

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

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[Annex 1 to the Directive of the Terms of Surrender, September 3, 1945]

[Annex 2 to the Directive of the Terms of Surrender, September 3, 1945]

[Christmas Program for the Eighth Army Staff Officer's Mess, December 25, 1945]

[Directive From Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces]

[Directive on the Terms of Surrender, September 3, 1945]

[Extract of Letter from Naoyoshi Kuchinaka to Oliver Trechter, Unknown Date]

[Imperial Rescript]

Information Education Bulletin No. 21, October 4, 1945

Information Education Bulletin No. 26, October 14, 1945

[Invitation from K. N. Derevyanko to Oliver Trechter, February 21, 1946]

[Letter from Cordell Hull to the American Legation, December 18, 1941]

[Letter from Mr. Huddle to Cordell Hull, February 4, 1942]

[Midnight Christmas Mass Program for the 391st Infantry, December 25, 1944]

Pacific Stars and Stripes, Occupation Forces Souvenir Edition, Tuesday, December 25, 1945