(1) Text of the Declaration, Domei Despatch, January 9, 1943
Upon the outbreak of the war of greater East Asia on December 8, the year before last, the National Government on the basis of the spirit of the Sino-Japanese Basic Treaty, announced its readiness to share happiness and hardships with Japan.
Ever since, the National Government has been endeavouring to help Japan prosecute the war of greater East Asia by starting a new national movement and enhancing peace in its territory, thereby fostering China's national power.
However, the Anglo-American nations, still adhering to their century old policy of splitting asunder East Asia, instigated the Chungking elements to participate in the Anglo-American camp and send their troops to Burma and India, with the result of Asiatics murdering Asiatics.
Recently, Japan's land, sea and air forces steadily have destroyed Anglo-American violence. Having lost the bases in East Asia of their aggression, the two powers increased their subversive plots, and jealous of the progress of the peace measures in the areas under control of the National Government, have been continually instigating Chungking elements to obstruct the progress of various construction works in this part of China.
The enemy Powers also sent their Chungking-based airplanes bombing Wuhan, Canton and other sectors and killed Chinese nationals.
The Chungking elements, unquestionably are shameful traitors of East Asia for serving the Anglo-American cause. But the United States and Britain, which with an unsatiated ambition, are resorting to all means of provocation and estrangement to East Asia, for the ultimate aim of annexing this part of the world, deserve the name of common enemies of the East Asiatic races.
We, therefore, declare that the National Government has today entered into a state of war with the United States and Britain. We expect to extend co-operation with all China's power to exterminate Anglo-American tyranny, to reconstruct China and to liberate East Asia.
Relations with Manchoukuo and Thailand further will be made cordial, since they are bound by the common ideal of co-prosperity of East Asia, and together with these powers China will proceed to the construction of a new Asiatic order based on the common moral basis.
Other friendly Powers including Germany and Italy, since a few years ago, have been achieving brilliant victories against Britain and the United States in the West.
China today participates in the war of greater East Asia, and expects to contribute to the fair new order of the world, hand in hand with its friendly Powers.
All Chinese nationals, with awareness that the present war offers the sole opportunity to realize the ideal of greater Asia conceived by China's National Father, to rehabilitate the Chinese Republic and to create a sphere of greater East Asiatic prosperity, as well as to ensure justice and peace for the entire world, must unite for this cause and carry out their great mission at this great moment of history.
January 9, 32nd year of the foundation of the Chinese Republic.