Editing Cairo Conference (section)

=== Cairo Declaration ===
{{Main article|1943 Cairo Declaration}}
On December 1, the United States, Britain, and the Republic of China issued the Cairo Declaration. It was released in a ''Cairo Communiqué'' through [[radio]] on 1 December 1943.<ref name="cairo_communique">{{cite news |date=December 1, 1943 |title=Cairo Communique, December 1, 1943 |publisher=Japan National Diet Library |url=http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/shiryo/01/002_46shoshi.html}}</ref>

The declaration was drafted by Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt's special secretary, amended by Roosevelt and revised by Churchill before being decided upon.<ref name=":2"/> The Cairo Declaration stated that the purpose of the war was to stop and punish Japanese aggression<ref name=":5"/> and reaffirm China's status as one of the four powers, stating that "the territories occupied by the Empire of Japan from the Republic of China after the September 18 Incident (including the Lushun and Dalian leases), such as [[Manchuria]], [[Taiwan|Formosa]], and the [[Penghu|Pescadores]], shall be restored to the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]", "Japan will also be expelled from all other territories which she has taken by violence and greed", and that "Japanese public and private industries in China, as well as Japanese merchant ships, should be fully received by the government of the Republic of China".

The Declaration stated that "in due course [[Korea]] shall become free and independent", supporting Korean independence after the war.

The Cairo Declaration demanded for the first time that Japan must "surrender unconditionally" and return to the Japanese home islands.

In the Roosevelt draft, in the sentence "Plan of attack on Japan", it mentions the "attack from China and Southeast Asia" route. Churchill's revised draft deleted this figure. Churchill explained that the landings in the Bay of Bengal would require the mobilisation of landing ships and would hinder the Normandy landings.<ref name=":2"/>