§ 36. Mr. Zilliacusasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent Her Majesty's Government continue to regard as valid the recognition in the Cairo Declaration of 1943 and the Berlin Declaration of 1945 that Formosa and the Pescadores are Chinese territories forcibly separated from China by Japan, and the undertaking in these Declarations to restore these territories to China on the same footing as Manchuria, Quemoy, Matsu and other parts of China occupied at one time or another by Japan.
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreAs the hon. Member was informed in reply to a Question on 30th January, 1956, the Cairo Declaration contained merely a statement of common purpose. That is still the view of Her Majesty's Government.
§ Mr. ZilliacusDoes not the Cairo Declaration state that we recognise Formosa as being part of the territory of China, taken from her by Japan, which we are pledged to restore? That is what the Declaration says, in so many words. What do we propose to do about it?
§ Mr. Ormsby-GoreThere is a difference of opinion among certain States in the world about who now represents the Government of China. This has become an international problem which cannot be solved by reference to the Cairo Declaration.