1860 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [59 STAT. ACT OP MIIITARY SIURENDER 1. We the undersigned, acting by authority of the German High Comaand, hereby surrender unoonditionally to the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force and simultaneously to the Supreme High Comnand of the Red Army all forces on land, at sea, and in the air who are at this date under German control. 2. The German High Cammand will at once issue orders to all German military, naval and air authorities and to all forces under German control to cease active operations at 2301 hours Central European time on 8th May 1945, to remain in the positions occupied at that time and to disarm oompletely, handing over their weapons and equipment to the local allied ommanders or officers designated by Representatives of the Allied Supreme Commands. No ship, vessel, or aircraft is to be scuttled, or any damage done to their hull, machinery or equipment, and also to machines of all kinds, armament, apparatus, and all the techhical means of prosecution of war in general. -1 -
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