General Order No. 1

General Order No. 1 for the surrender of Japan, was prepared by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of U.S. military forces and approved by President Harry Truman on 17 August 1945.

It was issued by the U.S. General Douglas MacArthur to the representative of the Empire of Japan following the surrender of Japan, and then issued by Japanese Imperial General Headquarters to the forces of the Empire of Japan on 2 September 1945.^[1] It instructed Japanese forces to surrender to designated Allied commanders, reveal all current military deployments, and preserve military equipment for later disarmament.^[2]

It also had the effect of leading to the eventual division of Korea at the 38th Parallel in that Japanese forces surrendered to the Soviet commander and to the American commander north and south of the 38th parallel respectively.

See also

• Cairo Declaration (27 November 1943)
• Potsdam Declaration (26 July 1945)
• Gwangbokjeol (15 August 1945)
• Japanese Instrument of Surrender (2 September 1945)
• Retrocession Day (25 October 1945)
• Treaty of San Francisco (8 September 1951)

References

1. Joint Chiefs of Staff (August 17, 1945).  General Order No. 1. Wikisource. "General order No.1 (Enclosure), as approved by the President for issue by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters by direction of the Emperor, is circulated for information." 
2. "Tokyo Bay: The Formal Surrender of the Empire of Japan on Board USS Missouri, 2 September 1945". www.history.navy.mil.

Bibliography

• United States Department of State (1945). "Foreign relations of the United States : diplomatic papers, 1945. The British Commonwealth, the Far East". Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS). United States Government Printing Office. pp. 658–9.

External links

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers General Order No. One at TaiwanAdvice.com