Cairo Declaration

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The Cairo Declaration was a World War II Allied statement issued in 1943 that outlined the terms for Japan’s surrender and pledged the return of territories seized by Japan to China and other countries.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied wartime communiqué
World War II diplomatic declaration
international agreement
aimedAt Empire of Japan
concernsTerritory Formosa
Korea
Manchuria
Pacific islands occupied by Japan
Pescadores Islands
context World War II
countryOfIssue Egypt
date 1943-12-01
declaredObjective unconditional surrender of Japan
declaredPolicyToward Japan
followedBy Potsdam Declaration
historicalSignificance basis for Chinese claims to territories taken by Japan
foundation for Allied demands in the Potsdam Declaration
influenced postwar territorial settlements in East Asia
issuedBy Allied powers
Republic of China
United Kingdom
United States
language English
legalStatus political statement of intent
opposedTo Axis powers
Empire of Japan
participantCountry Republic of China
United Kingdom
United States
placeOfIssue Cairo
precededBy Atlantic Charter
relatedToConference Cairo Conference
signedBy Chiang Kai-shek
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
statedThat Japan must be stripped of all territories seized since the beginning of the First World War in 1914
Japan shall be expelled from all territories it had taken by violence and greed
Japan shall lose all Pacific islands it had seized or occupied since 1914
Japan shall restore all territories taken from China
Japan shall return Formosa to China
Japan shall return Manchuria to China
Japan shall return the Pescadores to China
Korea shall become free and independent in due course
subjectMatter postwar territorial arrangements in Asia
terms of Japanese surrender
warTheater Asia-Pacific War
year 1943


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