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i TOP SECRET F-5 a political one. The Combined Chiefs of Staff in- vited the British Chiefs of Staff "to consider the possibility of asking the Prime Minister to raise with the President the matter of unconditional surrender of Japan" (Doc. C, p. F-20). At the Conference the question of calling upon Japan to surrender unconditionally was dealt with away from the Conference table. Secretary Byrnes relates that at the Conference he and the President worked on the text of such a message to Japan, using as a basis a memorandum which Secretary of War Stimson had submitted to the President on July 2, 1945. 1 The matter was also discussed with Prime Minister Churchill; 2 who on July 25, 1945 indicated his willingness to sign the proclamation (Doc. o, p. F-50). Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek concurred in the issuance of the proclamation and suggested a minor change in wording on July 26. The Generalissimo suggested that the opening para- graph be revised to begin: "We, the President of the United States, the President of the National Govern- ment of the Republic of China and the Prime Minister of Great Britain", thus reversing the order in which the Generalissimo and the Prime Minister had been named in the draft. He explained that this wording would be helpful to his position in China and that he considered President Truman and himself as "supreme heads of nations" and the Prime Minister as a "secondary official" (Docs. P and Q, pp. F-51, F-52). Upon receipt of Generalissimo Chiang's concurrence the proclamation (Doc. R, p.F-53) was released as a three-nation declara- tion for publication the next morning, and Secretary Byrnes sent a copy by special messenger to the Soviet Foreign Minister, for his information, on the same day (Doc. S, p. F-56). This memorandum, entitled "Proposed Program for Japan", is reproduced in Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and War (New York, 1948), , pp. 620-624. James F. Byrnes, Speaking Frankly (New York, 1947), p. 206. 3Ibid. p. 207. TOP SECRET

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