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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.
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