out the pre-printed name titles of the Allied nations and rewrote by hand the titles in their correct relative positions. The Japanese initially found this alteration unacceptable--until Sutherland initialed (as an abbreviated signature) each alteration. The Japanese representatives did not complain further.

Archiving and artifacts

On 6 September, Colonel Bernard Theilen arrived in Washington, D.C. with the Allied copy of the Instrument and other documents, including a copy of Hirohito's 15 August rescript

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