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After MacArthur's signature as Supreme Commander, the following representatives signed the instrument of surrender on behalf of each of the Allied Powers:
* Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz for the United States (9:12 a.m.).[3]
* General Hsu Yung-Ch'ang for the Republic of China (9:13 a.m.).[4]
* Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser for the United Kingdom (9:14 a.m.).[5]
* Lieutenant General Kuzma Derevyanko for the Soviet Union (9:16 a.m.).[6]
* General Sir Thomas Blamey for Australia (9:17 a.m.).[7]
* Colonel Lawrence Moore Cosgrave for Canada (9:18 a.m.).[8]
* Général d'Armée Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque for France (9:20 a.m.).[9]
* Lieutenant Admiral C.E.L. Helfrich for the Netherlands (9:21 a.m.).[10]
* Air Vice-Marshal Leonard M. Isitt for New Zealand (9:22 a.m.).[11]
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