Yalta Agreement on the Far East

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World War II–era accord international agreement

The Yalta Agreement on the Far East was a World War II–era accord in which the Allied powers, particularly the United States and the United Kingdom, promised territorial and strategic concessions in East Asia to the Soviet Union in exchange for its entry into the war against Japan.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Yalta Agreement	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II–era accord ⓘ international agreement ⓘ
affectedTerritory	Dalian NERFINISHED ⓘ Manchuria NERFINISHED ⓘ Port Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Secret Yalta Agreement on the Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ Yalta Agreement on the Far East Question NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Allied conferences of World War II ⓘ Treaties involving territorial changes in Asia ⓘ World War II diplomacy ⓘ
condition	Soviet Union to enter war against Japan within three months after Germany’s surrender ⓘ
context	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
countrySignedIn	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedBy	Japanese government NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedFor	secretly disposing of Japanese territory without Japan’s participation ⓘ
dateSigned	1945-02-11 ⓘ
disclosedToPublic	post-World War II ⓘ
grantedTerritory	Kuril Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Sakhalin NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	basis for Soviet claims over the Kuril Islands ⓘ shaped Cold War boundaries in Northeast Asia ⓘ
influenced	Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands ⓘ postwar territorial settlement in Northeast Asia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ possibly French ⓘ
legalStatus	secret agreement at the time of signing ⓘ
partOf	Yalta Conference agreements ⓘ
precondition	Allied victory in Europe ⓘ
principalNegotiator	Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ Winston Churchill NERFINISHED ⓘ
provided	strategic concessions in East Asia to the Soviet Union ⓘ territorial concessions in East Asia to the Soviet Union ⓘ
providedRights	Soviet lease of Port Arthur as a naval base ⓘ Soviet participation in operation of Manchurian railways ⓘ
purpose	to secure Soviet entry into the war against Japan ⓘ
relatedTo	Potsdam Declaration NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco Peace Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet–Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
resultedIn	Soviet declaration of war on Japan in August 1945 ⓘ
signatory	Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedAt	Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ Yalta NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Sino–Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (1945) → relatedTo → Yalta Agreement on the Far East ⓘ

Northern Territories → relatedTreaty → Yalta Agreement on the Far East ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yalta Agreement