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Title: Proclamation No. 2...To the People of Korea Author: MacArthur, Douglas Place: [Yokohama, Japan] Publisher: General Headquarters, United States Army Forces, Pacific Date: September 7, 1945 Description: Broadside, text in English and Korean. Approximately 21¼x15". Five days after the formal surrender of Japan, General MacArthur, as Allied commander in the Pacific Theater, issued two Proclamations from his Japanese Headquarters to govern American occupation of Korea, which had been under Japanese control for over 30 years. Proclamation No.1 formalized the diplomatic arrangement by which Soviet Russian troops occupied the northern part of the Korean Peninsula while the Americans occupied the south, the temporary US military government intending to insure eventual creation of a "free and independent" Korean nation. Proclamation No. 2, of which this is an original copy, intended to be posted by the US forces who were just arriving in the Korean capital of Seoul, warned the Korean People that "any person who....does any act to the prejudice of good order or the life, safety, or security of the persons or property of the United States or its Allies, or does any act calculated to disturb public peace and order, or prevent the administration of justice, or willfully does any act hostile to the Allied Forces" might, if convicted by a Military Court, "suffer death". A rare and historic imprint. Lot Amendments Condition: Creased, wrinkled and with a 1/2x2" hole (not affecting text, piece still attached), writing on rear; good. Item number: 222502