1943 Cairo Conference Declaration
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 mounting.
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 form 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.
Source: US Department of State Bulletin, Vol. IX, p.
393
