Anniversary of Japan鈥檚 surrender celebrated
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YESTERDAY marked the 69th anniversary of the Potsdam Proclamation, signed on July 26, 1945 demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender to the Allies at the end of World War II.
The ultimatum, issued by China, the United States and Great Britain in the German city of Potsdam, warned Japan that if it failed to surrender it would face “prompt and utter destruction.” Among the terms of the surrender were the following:
Firstly: “There must be eliminated for all time the authority and influence of those who have deceived and misled the people of Japan into embarking on world conquest.”
Secondly: “points in Japanese territory to be designated by the Allies should be occupied to secure the achievement of the basic objectives” set forth by then top US, Chinese and British leaders, until the establishment of a new order and destruction of Japan’s war-making power.
Thirdly: the terms of the 1943 Cairo Declaration setting the goals for the post-war order “shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we (the Allied leaders) determine.”
Fourthly, the proclamation said: “stern justice shall be meted out to all war criminals, including those who have visited cruelties upon our prisoners.”
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