The Treaty of San Francisco was signed on April 19th 1938 between the combatants of the Global War in the Pacific. While later historians consider this treaty to have been too lenient with the Japanese the delegates present had to consider the situation in Europe at the time, the war weariness of the Central Powers and the real possibility of renew combat in the area if the terms were too harsh. The Chinese gained the former Japanese territory of Shantung. They also annexed the former French colony of Tonkin and created a protectorate over Laos and Annam. The Siamese annexed their territorial claims in the Malayan and Cambodian borders and created a puppet nation of Cambodia. The Germans gained a protectorate over the area of Cochinchina. Australia gained the former French colonies of New Caledonia and Vanuatu. The United States acquired French Polynesia and the Marshall Islands from Japan. A neutral nation of Manchuria is created as a buffer zone between China and Japan. The Japanese agreed to withdrew back to their pre-war borders except for the mentioned territorial changes to their Empire. The British, German, Portuguese, Americans, Chinese and Australians regained all pre-war colonies and territories captured during the war. Japan was forced to pay reparations for damages incurred during their occupation of Central Power territory. The reparations were later ammended to the Central Powers war debt to the United States been transfered to Japan. Japan was prohibited of the use of poison gas and atomic weapons plus their naval and land forces were reduced in size. The Japanese ground army was reduced to ten infantry divisions and twenty reserve ones. The Navy was ordered to reduce their battleship fleet to nine and their carriers to three, with the excess being given as reparations to some of the victorious nations. They also were prohibited to build new battlecruisers or battleships for twenty years, except to replace allowed ships and to build new carriers for a period of ten years.