Draft of the Potsdam Declaration from President Harry S. Truman to Ambassador Patrick J. Hurley for Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
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E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
July 23, 1945
NL MEMO 4-12-73
Dept. of State letter, Aug.
By
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628.26 10, 1072 Bedin to Washington for
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Date
From:
The President
forwarding at 240730 7
To:
Ambassador Hurley
hims.
Please inform Chiang Kai-shek that we propose to issue in the
near future the following message to Japan in regard to surrender,
and request the Generalissimo to inform us without delay of his
concurrence.
Quote: Proclamation by the Heads of Governments, United States,
United Kingdom, and China.
(1) We, - The President of the United States, and the Prime
Minister 'Great the of
of hundreds chain y millions Rai-shek
of our countrymen, have conferred and agree that Japan shall be
given an opportunity to end this war.
TRUMAN
(2) The prodigious land, sea and air forces of the United
States, the British Empire and of China, many times reinforced by
TARKY U.S. ARCHIVES "NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE" AND
their armies and air fleets from the west are poised to strike the
final blows upon Japan. This military power is sustained and in-
B. TRUMAN
spired by the determination of all the Allied nations to prosecute
"NATIONAL
ARCHIVES AND
RECORDS
the war against Japan until she ceases to resist.
SERVICE
GOVERNMENT
(3) The result of the futile and senseless German resistance
to the might of the aroused free peoples of the world stands forth
in awful clarity as an example to the people of Japan. The might
that now converges on Japan is immeasurably greater than that which,
when applied to the resisting Nazis, necessarily laid waste to the
lands, the industry and the method of life of the whole German
people. The full application of our military power, backed by our
resolve, will mean the inevitable and complete destruction of the
Japanese armed forces and just as inevitably the utter devastation
of the Japanese homeland.
(4) The time has come for Japan to decide whether she will
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