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Treaty between Japan and Thailand Concerning the Territories of Thailand in the Malay and Shan Regions, August 20, 1943

Type
Treaty
Date
20 August 1943
Parties
Japan · Thailand
Printed in
Contemporary Japan, September, 1943, p. 1210
Section
Documentary Material - Thailand Acquires New Territories

The Government of the Empire of Japan and the Royal Government of Thailand,

Being unshakably determined, in close co-operation between the two countries, to prosecute the common war against the United States of America and the British Empire to its successful conclusion and to establish a greater East Asia based on justice, have agreed upon the following articles:

Article 1. Japan recognizes the incorporation into the territories of Thailand of the States of Kelantan, Trengganu, Kedah and Perlis and the islands belonging to those States.

Article 2. Japan recognizes the incorporation into the territories of Thailand of the States of Kentung and Mong Pan in the Shan region.

Article 3. Japan will cease the administration which it at present exercises in the territories specified in the two foregoing articles within sixty days from the date of coming into force of the present treaty.

Article 4. The frontiers of the territories specified in the Articles 1 and 2 shall be in accordance with the boundaries of the States as at the date of the signing of the present treaty.

Article 5. The matters of detail for the execution of the present treaty shall be decided through consultations between the authorities concerned of the two countries.

Article 6. The present treaty shall come into force on the date of its signature.

Transcription note

Printed within the Board of Information announcement; no separate title for the treaty. Signed at Bangkok by Teiji Tsubokami and Field Marshal P. Phibul Songgram.

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