“Cairo Communiqué, December 1, 1943 This is known as the “Cairo Communiqué.”

“Cairo Communiqué, December 1, 1943 This is known as the “Cairo Communiqué.” 「開羅公報,1943 年 12 月 1 日 這就是所謂的「開羅公報」。

It was made public on December 1, as a result of the Cairo Conference from November 22 to discuss their policy on Japan, by the President of the U.S. Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister of the U.K. Winston Churchill, and President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek. In response to a question from President Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek said that it was the Japanese people themselves who should decide whether or not the Emperor system would be abolished. The declaration, which was drafted by the U.S. and amended by the U.K., mentioned the unconditional surrender of Japan, the restoring to China of Manchuria, Formosa and the Pescadores, and the freedom and independence of Korea. The policy toward Japan in the Cairo Declaration was accepted as a basic policy of the Allied Powers and carried over into the Potsdam Declaration.” 美國總統富蘭克林·羅斯福、英國首相溫斯頓·邱吉爾和中華民國總統蔣介石於 11 月 22 日召開開羅會議討論對日政策,並於 12 月 1 日公佈了這一結果。凱石. 蔣介石在回答羅斯福總統的提問時表示,是否廢除天皇制度應由日本人民自己決定。 這份由美國起草、英國修改的宣言提到了日本無條件投降、滿洲、台灣和澎湖列島回歸中國以及北韓的自由和獨立。 《開羅宣言》中的對日政策被接受為同盟國的基本政策,並延續到《波茨坦宣言》中。”


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