Proclamation by the Heads of Governments of the United States, United Kingdom, and China

P R o C L A M A I I 0 N BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, AND CHINA Thomas : SERVICE" RECORDS "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND (1) We, - The President of the United States the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and X Generalissimo Chieng Koi chok, of the and the President of the National governoncest representing the hundreds of millions of our countrymen, have conferred and agree that Republic Japan shall be given an opportunity to end this war. ofchina (2) The prodigious land, sea and air forces of the United States, the British Empire and of China, many times reinforced by their armies and air fleets from the west are poised to strike the final blows upon Japan. This military power is sustained and inspired by the determina- tion of all the Allied nations to prosecute the war against Japen until she ceases to resist. (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 exemple 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 con- tinue to be controlled by those self-willed militaristic advisers whose unintelligent calculations have brought the Empire of Japan to the threshold of annihilation, or whether she will follow the path of reason. -1-