Yalta Agreement on the Far East

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World War II–era accord international agreement

The Yalta Agreement on the Far East was a World War II–era accord in which the Allied powers, particularly the United States and the United Kingdom, promised territorial and strategic concessions in East Asia to the Soviet Union in exchange for its entry into the war against Japan.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Yalta Agreement	3
Secret Yalta Agreement on the Far East	1
Yalta Agreement (1945)	1
Yalta Agreement on the Far East canonical	1
Yalta Agreement on the Far East Question	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10683280 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yalta Agreement on the Far East
Context triple: [Sino–Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (1945), relatedTo, Yalta Agreement on the Far East]

A. Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
The Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was a 1937 treaty between the Republic of China and the Soviet Union that secured Soviet military and material support for China against Japanese aggression during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
B. Japan–Soviet Joint Declaration of 1956
The Japan–Soviet Joint Declaration of 1956 is a post–World War II bilateral agreement that restored diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union and laid groundwork for resolving their territorial and peace treaty issues.
C. Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact was a 1941 non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Japan that temporarily ensured peace between the two powers during World War II until it was renounced by the USSR in 1945.
D. Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration was a 1945 statement by the Allied powers demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender and outlining the terms for ending World War II in the Pacific.
E. Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco was the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and most Allied nations that officially ended World War II hostilities with Japan and restored its sovereignty.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yalta Agreement on the Far East
Target entity description: The Yalta Agreement on the Far East was a World War II–era accord in which the Allied powers, particularly the United States and the United Kingdom, promised territorial and strategic concessions in East Asia to the Soviet Union in exchange for its entry into the war against Japan.

A. Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
The Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was a 1937 treaty between the Republic of China and the Soviet Union that secured Soviet military and material support for China against Japanese aggression during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
B. Japan–Soviet Joint Declaration of 1956
The Japan–Soviet Joint Declaration of 1956 is a post–World War II bilateral agreement that restored diplomatic relations between Japan and the Soviet Union and laid groundwork for resolving their territorial and peace treaty issues.
C. Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact
The Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact was a 1941 non-aggression treaty between the Soviet Union and Japan that temporarily ensured peace between the two powers during World War II until it was renounced by the USSR in 1945.
D. Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration was a 1945 statement by the Allied powers demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender and outlining the terms for ending World War II in the Pacific.
E. Treaty of San Francisco
The Treaty of San Francisco was the 1951 peace treaty between Japan and most Allied nations that officially ended World War II hostilities with Japan and restored its sovereignty.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II–era accord ⓘ international agreement ⓘ
affectedTerritory	Dalian ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ Port Arthur ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Secret Yalta Agreement on the Far East ⓘ linked to: Yalta Agreement on the Far East Yalta Agreement on the Far East Question ⓘ linked to: Yalta Agreement on the Far East
category	Allied conferences of World War II ⓘ Treaties involving territorial changes in Asia ⓘ World War II diplomacy ⓘ
condition	Soviet Union to enter war against Japan within three months after Germany’s surrender ⓘ
context	World War II ⓘ
countrySignedIn	Soviet Union ⓘ
criticizedBy	Japanese government ⓘ linked to: Government of Japan
criticizedFor	secretly disposing of Japanese territory without Japan’s participation ⓘ
dateSigned	1945-02-11 ⓘ
disclosedToPublic	post-World War II ⓘ
grantedTerritory	Kuril Islands ⓘ southern Sakhalin ⓘ linked to: Southern Sakhalin coast
historicalSignificance	basis for Soviet claims over the Kuril Islands ⓘ shaped Cold War boundaries in Northeast Asia ⓘ
influenced	Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin ⓘ Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands ⓘ postwar territorial settlement in Northeast Asia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Russian ⓘ possibly French ⓘ
legalStatus	secret agreement at the time of signing ⓘ
partOf	Yalta Conference agreements ⓘ
precondition	Allied victory in Europe ⓘ
principalNegotiator	Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph Stalin ⓘ Winston Churchill ⓘ
provided	strategic concessions in East Asia to the Soviet Union ⓘ territorial concessions in East Asia to the Soviet Union ⓘ
providedRights	Soviet lease of Port Arthur as a naval base ⓘ Soviet participation in operation of Manchurian railways ⓘ
purpose	to secure Soviet entry into the war against Japan ⓘ
relatedTo	Potsdam Declaration ⓘ San Francisco Peace Treaty ⓘ linked to: Treaty of San Francisco Soviet–Japanese War ⓘ linked to: Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
resultedIn	Soviet declaration of war on Japan in August 1945 ⓘ
signatory	Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
signedAt	Crimea ⓘ Yalta ⓘ

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