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A COPY OF THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, SIGNED BY LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN - A COPY OF THE SURRENDER OF THE JAPANESE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, SIGNED BY LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN On September 12, 1945, Japanese General Itagaki signed a total of eleven surrender documents, one for each of the Allied nations, in the Municipal Hall in Singapore. Signing of behalf of the Allies was Admiral LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN (1900-1979) who had arrived in Singapore expecting resistance from the entrenched Japanese defenders. However, prior to his arrival, Field Marshall Hisaichi Terauchi prevailed and a peaceful surrender proceeded. Offered here is a two-page 8.5 x 11 inch typed copy of the text of the surrender document, signed by Mountbatten as ”Louis Mountbatten, Admiral” The text reads, in small part: ”�Supreme Commander, Japanese Expeditionary Forces, Southern Regions (Field Marshall Count Terauchi) does hereby surrender unconditionally to the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia (Admiral The Lord Louis Mountbatten) himself and all Japanese sea, ground, air and auxiliary forces under his command or control�he undertakes to ensure that all orders and instructions�are scrupulously and promptly obeyed by all Japanese sea, ground, air and auxiliary forces�Any disobedience of, or delay or failure to comply with, orders or instructions issued by the Supreme Allied Commander�may determine to be detrimental to the Allied Powers, will be dealt with as the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia may decide�” Fine condition. Photographs for illustrative purposes only and not included.