Not that the Allies had forgotten Asia. From November 22-26, 1943, days before the celebrated Tehran Conference, US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill met at the First Cairo Conference, talks to which Roosevelt had also invited Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek. Aware of Roosevelt’s anticolonial penchant, Churchill was not pleased with the inclusion of Chiang, fearing Roosevelt might make commitments to the Chinese leader to the detriment of British interests. By including it in the Four-Power Declaration, the Americans helped elevate China to the status of a major world power.