Editing Cairo Conference (section)

{{Short description|1943 WWII strategy meeting between the US, UK, and China}}
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| image                    = Cairo conference.jpg
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| caption                  = [[Chiang Kai-shek]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and [[Winston Churchill]] at the conference on 25 November 1943
| date                     = {{start and end dates|1943|11|22|1943|11|26}}
| venue                    = Residence of [[Alexander Comstock Kirk]]
| location                 = [[Cairo]], [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]
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| also_known_as            = Sextant ([[codename]])
| participants             = {{ubl|[[Chiang Kai-shek]] ([[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]])|[[Winston Churchill]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]])|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] ([[United States|US]])}}
| outcome                  = Establishing the [[1943 Cairo Declaration|Cairo Declaration]]
}}

The '''Cairo Conference''' (codenamed '''Sextant'''<ref name="WSC_Closing the Ring">{{cite book|last=Churchill|first=Winston Spencer|title=The Second World War: Closing the Ring |year=1951|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston|pages=642}}</ref>), also known as the '''First Cairo Conference''', was one of [[List of Allied World War II conferences|14 summit meetings]] during [[World War II]], which took place on November 22–26, 1943. The Conference was held at [[Cairo]] in [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]] between China, the United Kingdom and the United States. Attended by Chairman [[Chiang Kai-shek]], British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] and US President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], it outlined the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] position against the [[Empire of Japan]] during World War II and made decisions about post-war [[Asia]].

The Conference agenda was to formulate a strategy to counterattack the [[Empire of Japan]], make arrangements for the post-war international situation and coordinate the counter-attack on [[British rule in Burma|Burma]] and the aid to [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]. The [[1943 Cairo Declaration|Cairo Declaration]], issued after the conference, demanded Japan's [[unconditional surrender]], the return to China of all occupied lands, and the shaping of a new post-war [[East Asia]].

The Cairo Conference established [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|China]]'s status as one of four world powers, which was of great political and strategic significance to China. Although many of the resolutions and promises made at the conference were not implemented, and the plan of action was repeatedly postponed and changed, the aim of a joint Chinese, British, and American [[Burma campaign (1944–1945)|counter-attack on Burma]] was eventually achieved.