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The Cairo Declaration was released, albeit unsigned, at Cairo, Egypt on November 27, 1943 by President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China . The Cairo Communiqué was broadcasted through radio on December 1, 1943 . The Cairo Declaration is cited in Clause Eight (8) of the Potsdam Declaration, which is referred by the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
Summary
The Cairo Declaration is a legal document that is part of the official records of Japan and the United States. While proponents for Taiwan Independence argue that the document is simply a statement of intent and non-binding as it is not signed, the Cairo Declaration provides important insights into the intentions of the parties that signed the Potsdam Declaration, the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, and the Treaty of Peace between Japan and China. The main points of the document are:
- The Allies insisted the deployment of brutal military force until unconditional surrender of Japan.
- Japan should return all the territories stolen from the Chinese since the beginning of the first World War in 1914.
- Manchuria, Formosa, and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China.
- Korea shall become free and independent.
References
See also
- Cairo Conference
- Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- Potsdam Declaration (1945)
- Japanese Instrument of Surrender (1945)
- Treaty of San Francisco (1951)
- Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam, U.N. GAOR(1990)
External links
"Cairo Declaration"