Allied Council (Twilight of a New Era)

Allied Council, formed in 1943, was the supreme political and military directing body of the Great Pacific War.

The ministers of foreign affairs of allied countries, meet in Bombay in 1943 to discuss ways to coordinate the military actions, present a common political front and prepare the terms of peace of Japan and its allies. From the reunion the Bombay Charter that approved the creation of a permanent body to consult and coordinate political and military direction of the war.

The basic bodies where the High Direction, the supreme directing body and forum of the Allied Council and the Allied Command Operations (in charge of military affairs). Under direction of the High Direction came a series of ad-hoc advisory councils and task committees.

Common agreements
The basics guidelines of the Bombay Charter where the following:
 * no territorial gains sought by the Allies
 * territorial adjustments must be in accord with wishes of the people
 * the right to self-determination of peoples
 * freedom of the seas
 * disarmament of aggressor nations
 * defeat of Japanese Empire and allies

Conferences and summits of the allied countries also agreed on complementary agreements
 * Form of administrating occupied territories. Legal framework for creating Joint Allies Administration for the Pacific (JAAP, 1945), Joint Allies Administration of Taiwan (JAAT, 1945), and Joint Allies Administration of Korea (JAAK, 1946).
 * Establishment of War Crimes tribunals
 * Terms of the Japanese Armistice and guarantee of territorial integrity of Japanese Islands (Homeland Islands) and special relationship of Japanese Islands in the Pacific. Legal framework for the creation of the Allied Control Commission for Japan and Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP).
 * Agreement of self-determination of China and its historical territories.
 * Terms of economic help for affected countries and territories
 * Agenda for a ways to promote and preserve world peace and security

Members
It consisted of the following states, that also where designated has members of the High Direction:
 * United States (plus one delegate from the Pan-American Union from 1944)
 * Federation of Socialist States (plus one delegate from the International Community of Socialist States from 1944)
 * United Kingdom and Imperial Commonwealth Federation
 * French Union
 * Republic of China
 * Commonwealth of States
 * Turkestan

It also consisted of other allied countries that participated only in the Allied Command Operations, advisory councils, task committes, and other tasks.
 * Mongolia
 * Turkestan
 * Manchuria
 * Xinjiang
 * Government in Exile of Korea
 * Delegate of the Pan-American Union