Cairo Conference - A Statement Regarding War Against
Japan
(November 1943)
Released December 1, 1943
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 Pacific which she has seized
or occupied since the beginning of the first World War in 1914, and
that all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as
Manchuria, Formosa, and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic
of China. Japan will also be expelled from all other territories which
she 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 course Korea shall become free and independent.
With these objects 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 operations necessary to procure the unconditional
surrender of Japan.
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