Cairo Declaration
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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 <ref name="cairo_declaration">Template:Cite news </ref>. The Cairo Communiqué was broadcasted through radio on December 1, 1943 <ref name="cairo_communique">Template:Cite news </ref>. The Cairo Declaration is cited in the clause eight (8) of the Potsdam Declaration, which is referred by the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.
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Summary
Cairo document was simply a statement of intent and non-binding since it lacked the signatories as required by international treaties.
- 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
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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)
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