Article VI of the U.S. Constitution provides that:
美國憲法第六條規定：
| Article 25 第二十五條 |
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| For the purposes of the present Treaty the Allied Powers shall be the States at war with Japan, or any State which previously formed a part of the territory of a State named in Article 23, provided that in each case the State concerned has signed and ratified the Treaty. Subject to the provisions of Article 21, the present Treaty shall not confer any rights, titles or benefits on any State which is not an Allied Power as herein defined; nor shall any right, title or interest of Japan be deemed to be diminished or prejudiced by any provision of the Treaty in favour of a State which is not an Allied Power as so defined. 本和約所謂之聯盟國，謂與日本進行戰爭之國家，或依據第23條所列舉先前為該國一部分領土的國家，而此國家已經簽署並批准本和約者。依據第21條本和約不授與任何權利、所有權或利益予非前述聯盟國之任何國家。日本之任何權利、所有權或利益亦不得為非屬前述之聯盟國，而引用本和約之規定以致於有所減少、損害。 |
| ANNOTATIONS to Article 25 第二十五條注解 |
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| As non-signatories to the SFPT, neither the ROC nor the PRC are included in the meaning of the term "Allied Powers." 由於中華民國和中華人民共和國都不是舊金山和約的簽約國，因此，他們都不被包括在本和約所稱之“同盟國”中。 Some compelling reasons why the ROC was not invited to sign this treaty may be found by examining the historical record. One notable point is to recognize that Taiwan was sovereign Japanese territory before the coming into force of the SFPT on April 28, 1952. Hence, when the Republic of China moved its central government to occupied Taiwan in early December 1949, it immediately became a government in exile. 為什麼中華民國沒有被邀請簽署和約，可以從歷史記錄的檢視中找到令人信服的理由。一個值得注意的重點是要認清在1952年4月28日舊金山和約生效之前，台灣仍是日本的主權領土。因此，當中華民國在1949年12月初將其中央政府遷移到佔領中的台灣時，其實際上已經成為一個流亡政府。 In the early 1950s, the U.K., in particular, having already broken diplomatic relations with the ROC in Jan. 1950, could not agree that the ROC was still fulfilling the role of “the sole legitimate government of China.” As a leading member of the Allies, the U.K. strongly objected to the ROC being invited to participate in the San Francisco Peace Conference in Sept. 1951. Although the ROC officials spent much money lobbying with the officials of the major world nations to obtain an invitation to the Conference, in the end they were unsuccessful. 在1950年代初期，特別是英國，已經在1950年元月與中華民國中斷外交關係，不願同意中華民國仍履行著“中國唯一的合法政府”之角色與。作為同盟國的一個領導成員國，英國強烈反對邀請中華民國參加1951年9月的舊金山和平會議。儘管中華民國官員耗費大量金錢遊說世界主要國家之官員以求獲得參加會議的邀請，但最終還是失敗了。 |
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