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The Soviet Embassy to the Department of State 28
The Soviet Government has instructed me to inform you that the negotiations which took place in Moscow in the period from June 30 until July 14 between the representative of the Executive Yuan of the Chinese Republic, Dr. T. V. Soong on the one hand and Generalissimo J. V. Stalin and People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR V. M. Molotov on the other, and continued after the end of the Berlin Conference, from August 7 until August 14 with the participation on the Chinese side also of the Minister for Foreign Affairs Wang Shih Chieh culminated in signing on August 14 of the Chinese-Soviet treaty of friendship and alliance and a number of agreements the contents of which corresponds to the agreement reached at the Crimea [Page 977] Conference in the negotiations between President Roosevelt, Prime-Minister W. Churchill and Premier J. V. Stalin.
The treaty of friendship and alliance provides the cooperation of the Soviet Union and China in the war against Japan and also the post-war cooperation so as to make impossible any repetition of aggression and violation of peace by Japan.
The agreement on the Chinese Eastern Railway and the Southern Manchurian Railway provides for the common ownership by the Soviet Union and China of these railways, united into one railway under the name of “The Chinese Changchun Railway” and mutual exploitation of this railway in the course of 30 years after which period the latter will gratis become the full property of China. Other agreements—about Port-Arthur and Dalny—provided for the mutual use by the Soviet Union and China of Port-Arthur as a naval base and the use by the Soviet Union under the rights of lease of a part of facilities and equipment of the port Dalny, which in accordance with the agreement, is proclaimed a free port, being provided that the administrator of the port Dalny is appointed by the manager of the Chinese Changchun railway from among Soviet citizens in agreement with the mayor of the city Dalny.
In the document about the Mongolian People’s Republic the Chinese Government has stated that, in view of the repeatedly expressed by the people of Outer Mongolia desire for independence, after the defeat of Japan, if the plebiscite of the people of Outer Mongolia will confirm this desire, the Chinese Government will recognize the independence of Outer Mongolia within her existing borders.
There was also signed an agreement about the relations between the Soviet Supreme Commander and the Chinese Administration after the entry of Soviet troops into Manchuria in connection with the common war against Japan. Under this agreement for the returned Manchurian territory will be appointed a representative of the National Government of China and a staff which will set up and direct, in accordance with the laws of China, the Administration on the territory cleared of the enemy. Besides, there will be established a Chinese military mission at the staff of the Soviet Supreme Command in Manchuria, which will provide consultation between the Soviet Supreme Command and the representative of the National Government of the Chinese Republic.
In the course of the negotiations the Soviet side gave assurances to China that the USSR will respect the sovereignty of China over Manchuria, will render moral support and aid to the Central Government of China and will not interfere in her internal affairs.
The treaty and agreements are signed for the period of 30 years and will be published in the nearest future after their ratification.
- Handed to the Secretary of State by the Soviet Chargé on August 17.↩