TEXT OF THREE POWER PROCLAMATION TO JAPAN

BEGINS-
We, the President of the United States, the President of the
National Government of the Republic of China and the Prime
Minister of Great Britain, representing hundreds of millions of
our countrymen, have conferred and agree that Japan shall be given
an opportunity to end this war.

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
blow upon Japan. This Military Power is sustained and inspired by
the determination of all Allied Nations to prosecute the war
against Japan until she ceases to resist.

3. The result of the futile and senseless German resistance to the
might of the aroused free people 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 resisting Nazis, necessarily laid waste to the
lands, the industries and methods of life of the whole German
people. The full application of our military power backed by our
resolve will mean inevitable and complete destruction of 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 continue
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.

5. The following are our terms. We will not deviate from them.

There are no alternatives. We shall brook no delay.

6. There must be eliminated for all time the authority and
influence of those who have deceived and misled the people of
Japan into embarking on world conquest, for we insist that a new
order of peace, security and justice will be impossible until
irresponsible Militarism is driven from the world.

7. Until such a new order is established and until there is
convincing proof that Japan's warmaking power is destroyed, points
in Japanese territory to be designated by the Allies shall be
occupied to secure the achievement of the objectives we are
setting forth.

8. The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and
Japanese Sovereignty shall be limited to the Islands of Honshu,
Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor Islands as we determine.

9. The Japanese Military Forces, after being completely disarmed,
shall be permitted to return to their homes with the opportunity
to lead peaceful and productive lives.

10. We do not intend that Japan shall be enslaved as a race or
destroyed as a nation, but stern justice shall be meted out to all
war criminals including those who have visited cruelties upon our
prisoners. The Japanese Government shall remove all obstacles to
the revival and strengthening of democratic tendencies among the
Japanese people. Freedom of speech, of religion, and of thought,
as well as respect for fundamental human rights shall be
established.

11. Japan shall be permitted to maintain such industries as will
sustain her economy and permit the exaction of just reparations in
kind, but not those industries which would enable her to re-arm
for war. To this end, access to, as distinguished from control of,
raw materials shall be permitted. Eventually, Japanese
participation in world trade relations shall be permitted.

12. The occupation forces of the Allies shall be withdrawn from
Japan as soon as these objectives have been accomplished and there
has been established in accordance with the freely expressed will
of the Japanese people a peacefully inclined and responsible
Government. 13. We call upon the Government of Japan to proclaim
now unconditional surrender of all Japanese armed forces, and to
provide proper and adequate assurance of their good faith in such
action. The alternative for Japan is prompt and utter destruction.

Ends.