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At this point in the discussion Prime : Minister
Churchill joined the group and the conversation
was apparently terminated. Later, however, Ambassador
Harriman had an opportunity to ask Marshal Stalin
whether he would draft the agreement in amended form,
to which the latter replied in the affirmative
(Doc. H, p. E-34)
The agreement containing the political condi- -
tions under which the Soviet Union would enter the
war against Japan was signed by the three Heads of
Government on February 11, 1945. It provided that
the southern half of Sakhalin was to be 'returned"
and that the Kurile Islands were to be "handed over"
to the Soviet Union. With respect to China, the
agreement provided that the status quo in Outer
Mongolia was to be "preserved"; Dairen was to: be
"internationalized, the preeminent interests of the
Soviet Union in this port being safeguarded". the
lease of Port Arthur as a Soviet naval base was to
be "restored"; and the Chinese Eastern and South-
Manchurian Railroads were to be jointly operated
by a joint Soviet-Chinese company which was to be
established. The President undertook to obtain the
concurrence of Generalissimo Chiang to these con-
cessions to the Soviet Union. In return for these
considerations the Soviet Union agreed to enter
the war against Japan in "two or three months
after the surrender of Germany and the termination
of the war in Europe. The Soviet Union also expressed
its readiness to conclude. a "pact of friendship and
alliance" with the National Government of the Republic
of China (Doc. J, p. E-39)
2. Situation in China
The role of China in the war and the question of
unity between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communists
were very much in the minds of United States and
British delegations to the Crimea Conference. At
the meeting at Malta on February 1, 1945 Secretary
Stettinius mentioned to Anthony Eden that President
Roosevelt had some doubts that the British desired
unity between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Commu-
nists. The British Foreign Secretary stated that
the United Kingdom was "most anxious that unity
should be secured". Mr. Stettinius urged that the
British, Soviet, and United States Governments "make
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