MOUNTBATTEN LOUIS: (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II. A typed souvenir copy of the Instrument of Surrender of Japanese Forces under the Command or Control of the Supreme Commander, Japanese Expeditionary Forces, Southern Regions, within the Operational Theatre of the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, two pages, 4to, originally signed at Singapore, 12^th September 1945, this copy signed ('Louis Mountbatten, Admiral') by Mountbatten at the conclusion in black fountain pen ink and most likely dating from the 1970s. The document states, in part, that Field Marshal Count Terauchi 'does hereby surrender unconditionally to the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia (Admiral The Lord Louis Mountbatten) himself and all Japanese sea, ground, air and auxiliary forces under his command or control' and that Terauchi 'undertakes to ensure that all orders and instructions that may be issued from time to time by the Supreme Allied Commander…..are scrupulously and promptly obeyed by all Japanese sea, ground, air and auxiliary forces', further declaring that 'Any disobedience of, or delay or failure to comply with, orders or instructions issued by the Supreme Allied Commander….and any action which the Supreme Allied Commander…..may determine to be detrimental to the Allied Powers, will be dealt with as the Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia may decide'. Rare in this form. VG