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真正的关键是为什么在华美军在二战结束之后仍然享受领事裁判权

1943年1月11日，中美签订《关于取消美国在华治外法权及其有关特权条约与换文》。1943年10月1日，经蒋介石签字而命令公布了关于《处理在华美军人员刑事案件条例》，规定：“对于美军人员在中国境内所犯之刑事案件，归美军事法庭及军事当局裁判”，空头支票的泡沫正式破灭。抗战后，美海军陆战队5-6万人驻扎我国。1946年9月20日，蒋介石致电司法行政部氏谢冠生，提议将治外法权有效期延长“至在华美军全部撤离后为止”。

In early 1943, when American extraterritoriality in China was repealed, the KMT concluded an agreement with the United States by which it surrendered to the US military authorities the adjudication of criminal offenses committed by US servicemen. After the war, as US troops remained in China, the KMT extended the agreement beyond its original date of expiration, 13 March 1946.

About the issue, Chao Ch'en, the head of the Nanking Supreme Court, explained:

The agreement has been extended by a specific government order. The rape case is under the US military jurisdiction. We may watch closely, and offer our opinion for their reference, but we ought not cause an international controversy on the legal issue. It is even more unacceptable if we should impair our relationship with the United States because of a few misbehaving US soldiers.