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 GHQ PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE UNITED STATES ARMY FORCES, PACIFIC PRESS SECTION

GENERAL ORDER NO. 1

I. The Imperial General Headquarters by direction of the Emperor, and pursuant to the surrender to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers of all Japanese Armed Forces by the Emperor, hereby orders all of its Commanders in Japan and abroad to cause the Japanese Armed Forces and Japanese-Controlled Forces under their command to cease hostilities at once, to lay down their claims, to remain in their present locations and to surrender unconditionally to Commanders acting on behalf of the United States, The Republic of China, the United Kingdom and The British Empire, and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as indicated hereafter or as may be further directed by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Immediate contact will be made with the indicated Commanders, or their designated representatives, subject to any changes in detail prescribed by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and their instructions will be completely and immediately carried out.


 * a. The senior Japanese Commanders and all ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces within China, (excluding Manchuria), Formosa and French Indo-China North of 16 degrees North latitude shall surrender to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek.


 * b. The senior Japanese Commanders and all ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces within Manchuria, Korea North of 38 degrees North Latitude and Karafuto shall surrender to the Commander-in-Chief of Soviet Forces in the Far East.


 * c. The senior Japanese Commanders and all ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces within the Andamans, Nicobars, Burma, Thailand, French Indo-China South of 16 degrees North latitude, Malaya, Borneo, Netherlands Indies, New Guinea, Bismarks, and the Solomons, shall surrender (to the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command or the Commanding General, Australian Forces - the exact breakdown between Mountbatten and the Australians to be arranged between them and the details of this paragraph then prepared by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers).


 * d. The senior Japanese Commanders and all ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces in the Japanese mandated Islands, Ryukus, Bonins, and other Pacific Islands shall surrender to the Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet.


 * e. To the Imperial General Headquarters, its Senior Commanders, and all ground, sea, air and auxiliary forces in the main Islands of Japan, minor Islands adjacent thereto, Korea South of 38 degrees North Latitude, and the Philippines shall surrender to the Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Army Forces in the Pacific.