Foreign Relations of the United States, 1951, Korea and China, Volume VII, Part 2

Editorial Note

On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of Peace with Japan was signed at San Francisco by representatives of the United States, 47 other Allied Powers, and Japan. Neither the Republic of China nor the People’s Republic of China was a participant. Chapter II, Article 2 (b) of the treaty provided that Japan renounce “all right, title and claim to Formosa and the Pescadores” without specifying any recipient of that territory. For the text of the treaty, see 3 UST (pt. 3), 3169–3328; for related documentation, see volume VI, Part 1, pages 777 ff.