Cairo Declaration

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The Cairo Declaration was signed 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 ^[1]. The Cairo Communiqué was broadcasted through radio on December 1, 1943 ^[2]. The Cairo Declaration is cited in Clause Eight (8) of the Potsdam Declaration, which is referred by the Japanese Instrument of Surrender.

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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 fact that it is entered in the official treaty archives of both the United States^[3] and Japan^[4] demonstrates that is deemed to be a treaty by the involved parties.

The main points of the document are:

The Allies resolved to bring unrelenting military pressure against Japan until it agrees to unconditional surrender.
Japan should return all the territories stolen from the Chinese including Manchuria, Formosa, and the Pescadores.
Korea shall become free and independent.

^ "Text of Cairo Declaration in the Japanese National Diet Library", Japan National Diet Library, November 27, 1943.
^ "Cairo Communiquè received by the radio operators in USA", Japan National Diet Library, December 1, 1943.
^ Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949 III. Multilateral, 1931-1945 (Washington, D. C.: U.S. Goverment Printing Office, 1969), Pg 858
^ Nihon Gaiko Nenpyo Narabini Shuyo Bunsho : 1840-1945 vol.2, 1966