The Axis in Defeat
A Collection of Documents on American Policy
Toward Germany and Japan

 

Department of State
Publication 2423

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1946


CONTENTS

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GENERAL POLICY
Anglo-American Conference, 1941 [ARCADIA]  
      Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941 1
Anglo-Soviet-American Conference, Moscow, 1943  
      Declaration on General Security, Released November 1, 1943 2
      Declaration on German Atrocities, Released November 1, 1943 3
Anglo-Sino-American Conference, Cairo, 1943 [SEXTANT]  
      Declaration, Released December 1, 1943 4
Anglo-Soviet-American Conference, Tehran, 1943 [EUREKA]  
      Declaration, December 1, 1943 5
Anglo-Soviet-American Conference, Crimea, 1945 [ARGONAUT]  
      Joint Report (Excerpts), February 11, 1945 6
      President Roosevelt's Report (Excerpts), March 1, 1945 8
Anglo-Soviet-American Conference, Berlin, 1945 [TERMINAL]  
      Joint Report (Excerpts), Released August 2, 1945 10
      President Truman's Report (Excerpts), August 9, 1945 18
SURRENDER
Germany  
      Instrument of surrender of all German armed forces in Holland, in northwest Germany including all islands, and in Denmark, May 4, 1945 22
      Act of Military Surrender, May 7, 1945 23
      Act of Military Surrender, May 8, 1945 24
      President Truman's Radio Address and Proclamation, May 8, 1945
Japan  
      Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender (Potsdam Declaration), July 26, 1945 27
      Japanese Offer of Surrender, August 10, 1945 29
      Japanese Acceptance of Potsdam Declaration, August 14, 1945 31
      Japanese Surrender Documents, September 1-2, 1945 33
      President Truman's Radio Address, September 1, 1945 38
OCCUPATION
Germany  
      Directive to Commander in Chief of United States Forces of Occupation Regarding the Military Government of Germany, April 1945 (Released October 17, 1945) 40
      American Organizational Plans for Military Government of German, Released May 11, 1945 60
      Declaration Regarding Defeat of Germany and Assumption of Supreme Authority by Allied Powers, June 5, 1945 62
      Zones of Occupation 70
      Arrangements for Control of Germany by Allied Representatives, September 20, 1945 71
      Military Government in Germany: Employment of Nazis in United States Zone, September 26, 1945 82
      Displaced Persons in Germany  
            Present Operations, Released May 25, 1945 83
            Report of Earl G. Harrison, Released September 29, 1945 86
            Reply of General Eisenhower, October 8, 1945 100
      German Reparations: Statement by Edwin W. Pauley, Released August 30, 1945 103
Japan  
      United States Proposal for Establishment of Far Eastern Advisory Commission, August 21, 1945 (Released October 10, 1945) 106
      U.S. Initial Post-Surrender Policy for Japan, August 29, 1945 107
      Authority of General MacArthur as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, September 6, 1945 114
      Directive of General MacArthur to the Japanese Government, October 4, 1945 115

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