[ポツダムめいれい, potsudamu meirei] (n) (See ポツダム宣言) Potsdam Orders (commands made after the Japanese surrender based on the demands of the Potsdam Declaration)
[がっしょうれんこう, gasshourenkou] (n) (See 合従, 連衡) alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient