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When Japan unconditionally surrendered, it provisionally accepted in its [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender|Instrument of Surrender]] the terms of the Potsdam Declaration. The representatives of the Supreme Allied Commander in the China Theater, [[Chiang Kai-shek]] (i.e. the Republic of China military forces), were directed to go to Taiwan and accept the surrender of Japanese troops according to the directions of General [[Douglas MacArthur]], head of the United States Military Government, in [[General Order No. 1]], which was issued September 2, 1945. The Japanese troops there subsequently surrendered to ROC military forces as directed, and Chief Executive [[Chen Yi (Kuomintang)|Chen Yi]] soon proclaimed "Taiwan Retrocession Day" on October 25, 1945 (7 years before Japan formally relinquished its legal right and title over Taiwan).
When the [[228 Incident]] erupted in 1947, the U.S. Consulate-General in Taipei proposed a report calling for an immediate intervention in the name of the U.S. or the United Nations since Japan still retains Taiwan’s sovereignty before any Peace Treaty was signed and a direct intervention was appropriate for a territory with an undetermined status.[http://www.gwytb.gov.cn:8088/detail.asp?table=OneCP&title=One-China+Principle&m_id=13]
After the outbreak of the [[Korean War]], U.S. President Truman decided to "neutralize" Taiwan for the fear of a ourbreak of another world war. In June of 1950, President Truman issued the following statement[http://www.geocities.com/taiwanstatus/taiwanstatus]:
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