Introduction to Japan's surrender document: Five-star General MacArthur, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Japan, Five-star Navy Admiral Nimitz represented by the United States, General Xu Yongchang, China's Minister of Military Command, Admiral Bruce Fraser of the United Kingdom, Delivi of the Soviet Union Army Lieutenant General Anko Purkaev, Australian General Thomas Bremen, Canadian Colonel Moore-Cosgrave, French General Jacobs Leclerc, and Dutch Konrad Helfer General Ritchie and Major General Leonard Isid of New Zealand signed on behalf of their respective countries in turn. Japanese Foreign Minister Aoi Shigemitsu and Chief of Army Staff General Yoshijiro Umezu signed on behalf of Japan.

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