the Cairo Declaration

(November 27,1943)

President Roosevelt, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, and Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, togeter with their respective military and diplomatic, advisers, have completed a conference in North Africa. The following general statement has been issued;-
"The several military missions have agreed upon future military operations against Japan.
"The three great allies expressed their resolve to bring unrelenting pressure against their brutal enemies by sea, land, and air. This pressure is already rising.
"The three great allies are fighting this war to restrain and punish the aggression of Japan. They covet no gain for themselves and have no thought of territorial expansion.
"It is their purpose that Japan shall be stripped of all the islands in the Pasific which are she seized or occupies since the biginning of the first world war in 1914, and that all the territories that Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa, and Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China.
"Japan will also be expelled from all other territories which sha has taken by violence and greed.
"The aforesaid three Great Powers, mindful of the enslavement of the people of Korea, are determined that in due cource Korea shall become free and independent. "With these objetives in view the three allies, in harmony with those of the United Nations at war with Japan, will continue to persevere in the serious and prolonged operation necessary to procure the unconditional surrender of Japan."

KAWHARA Kaztoshi