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Japanese Instrument of Surrender, 1945
After six years of brutal global conflict, this document marked the end of the Second World War.
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Catalogue reference: WO 32/11148
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944
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This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings, and details of this file, are as follows:
OVERSEAS: Far East (Code (0/AT)): Far East: numbers of prisoner of war and civilian Internees.
PRISONERS OF WAR: General (Code 91(A)): Number of prisoners of war and civilian internees in the Far East.
INTERNEES: General (Code 92(A)): Numbers of prisoners of war and civilian interns in the Far East
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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War Office and successors: Registered Files (General Series)
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