サンフランシスコ平和会議における吉田茂総理大臣の受諾演説（千島・樺太に関する部分の抜粋）

四島返還論にとって問題となるところを太字にした。

テキストが二種類存在し、若干、文言が異なる。異なる部分に下線を付した。

出典：外務省ホームページ（Japan's Northern Territories）

http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/europe/russia/territory/edition92/period4.html

With respect to the Kuriles and South Sakhalin, I cannot yield to the claim of the Soviet Delegate that Japan had grabbed them by aggression.

At the time of the opening of Japan, her ownership of two islands of Etorofu and Kunashiri of the South Kuriles was not questioned at all by the Czarist government. But the North Kuriles north of Urruppu and the southern half of Sakhalin were areas open to both Japanese and Russian settlers. On May 7, 1875 the Japanese and Russian Governments effected through peaceful negotiations an arrangement under which South Sakhalin was made Russian territory, and the North Kuriles were in exchange made Japanese territory.

But really, under the name of "exchange" Japan simply ceded South Sakhalin to Russia in order to settle the territorial dispute. It was under the Treaty of Portsmouth of September 5, 1905 concluded through the intermediary of President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States that South Sakhalin became also Japanese territory.

Both the Kuriles and South Sakhalin were taken unilaterally by the Soviet Union as of September 20, 1945, shortly after Japan's surrender.

Even the islands of Habomai and Shikotan, constituting part of Hokkaido, one of Japan's four main islands, are still being occupied by Soviet forces simply because they happened to be garrisoned by Japanese troops at the time when the war ended.

With respect to the Kuriles and South Sakhalin, I cannot yield to the cｌaim of the Soviet Delegate that Japan had grabbed them by aggression.

At the time of the opening of Japan, her ownership of two islands of Etoroff and Kunashiri of the South Kuriles was not questioned at all by the Czarist government. But the North Kuriles north of Urruppu and the southern half of Sakhalin were areas open to both Japanese and Russian settlers. On May 7, 1875 the Japanese and Russian Governments effected through peaceful negotiations an arrangement under which South Sakhalin was made Russian territory, and the North Kuriles were in exchange made Japanese territory.

But really, under the name of "exchange" Japan simply ceded South Sakhalin to Russia in order to settle the territorial dispute. It was under the Treaty of Portsmouth of 1905 concluded through the intermediary of President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States that South Sakhalin became also Japanese territory.

Both Sakhalin and the North and South Kuriles were taken unilaterally by Russia as of September 20, 1945, shortly after Japan's surrender.

Even the islands of Habomai and Shikotan, constituting part of Hokkaido, one of Japan's four main islands, are still being occupied by Soviet forces simply because they happened to be garrisoned by Japanese troops at the time when the war ended.

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（総理の受諾演説）九月十九日ワシントンに電報したる英文

（出典）外交記録公開文書　B'.4.0.0.9 サンフランシスコ対日講和会議　
　　　　　８．総理の対日平和条約受諾演説関係
　　　　　http://gaikokiroku.mofa.go.jp/djvu/B0010/index.djvu?djvuopts&page=3　（P42～P47)

With respect to the Kuriles and South Saghalien, I cannot yield to the cｌaim of the Soviet delegate that Japan had grabbed them by aggression.

At the time of the opening of Japan, she had ownership of two islands of Etoroff and Kunashiri of the South Kuriles was not questioned at all by the Tzarist government. But the North Kuriles north of Urruppu and the southern half of Saghalien were areas open to both Japanese and Russian settlers. On May 7, 1875 the Japanese and Russian Governments effected through peaceful negotiations an arrangement under which South Saghalien was made Russian territory, and the North Kuriles were in exchange made Japanese territory.

But really, under the name of "exchange" Japan simply ceded South Saghalien to Russia in order to settle the territorial dispute. It was under the Treaty of Portsmouth of 1905 concluded through the intermediary of President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States that South Saghalien became also Japanese territory.

Both Saghalien and the North and South Kuriles were taken unilaterally by Russia as of September 20, 1945, shortly after Japan's surrender.

Even the islands of Habomai and Shikotan, constituting part of Hokkaido, one of Japan's four main islands, are still being occupied by Soviet forces simply because they happened to be garrisoned by Japanese troops at the time when the war ended.