Taft–Katsura agreement
The Taft–Katsura Agreement (桂・タフト協定, Katsura–Tafuto Kyōtei), also known as the Taft–Katsura Memorandum, was a 1905 discussion between senior leaders of Japan and the United States regarding the positions of the two nations in greater East Asian affairs, especially regarding the status of Korea and the Philippines in the aftermath of Japan's victory during the Russo-Japanese War. The memorandum was not classified as a secret, but no scholar noticed it in the archives until 1924.