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Re: Annual attempt at correction
This is pure fiction.
See, e.g., the joint Japan/Canada documentary production "Hiroshima" to see
the Japanese side, by people involved, and dramatizing the events/positions
from the documented records of these last days.
The "peace feelers" by the Emperor and sympathizers in gov't were secret
from the military didn't, and weren't likely to, stop the military in the
short term. The military knew about the "peace feelers" and sabotaged them.
A key member of the group was even put on the radio to talk to the military
and the world to reject the US/Allies ultimatum to assure the war would go
on!
Stalin wouldn't even see their emissary, nor would others. The military also
were not stopped after the first bomb, and almost succeeded in defeating the
Emperor's surrender following the second. (In both cases they claimed that
the US had no more bombs.) It's highly enlightening compared to the naval
gazing here in the Technology Review article by revisionists.
See also books by Japanese who welcomed the bomb as the only way to stop the
war, who knew that conventional bombing was killing/would kill many more
people and destroy more the society and country than the a-bombs. "Barefoot
Gen" and several others, some in English. And talk to older knowledgeable
Japanese. They knew that the killers were the Japanese military that would
stop at nothing to sacrifice the country to their overweening arrogance and
"honor" and hari-kari
Note the error in your msg: Truman "the Japs will fold before Russia comes
in." THEY DIDN'T! And they didn't stop at the ultimatum. Truman's was WRONG
on July 18, so his statement was just a WISH / HOPE. He acted when he was
shown to have been wrong. Your "conclusion" is wrong in its own words! :-)
This kind of stuff is just recreational political breast-beating for fun.
Regards, Jim
on 8/7/02 11:34 AM, Michael Kay at makay43@attbi.com wrote:
> Quote from President Truman's Personal Journal July 18, 1945:
> "...Stalin had told P.M. of telegram from Jap Emperor asking for peace. Stalin
> also read his answer to me. It was satisfactory. Believe Japs will fold up
> before Russia comes in..."
>
> Photocopies of the journal pages are in Technology Review, August-September
> 1990.
>
> The use of the atomic bomb did not end the war! It was essentially over. There
> was not going to be an invasion of the Japanese Homeland.
>
> The purpose of Truman's using the atomic bomb was to avoid having to share
> hegemony after the war with Stalin.
>
> The arguments that the preparations for the invasion were still going on are
> correct. There is no need to stop the show until the papers are signed. This
> is good strategy.
>
> The dislike of Stalin by Truman is the reason he wanted to have control over
> Japan at the end of the war. The previous page in the journal talks of
> dividing up the colonies and mandates of Italy, which Truman would have to
> share with Stalin (and possibly the British).
>
> July 18, Truman told P.M. (Winston Churchill) of the success of "Manhattan".
> Truman was out to make certain that Japan surrendered to him before Russia
> attacked Japan from the Northwest.
>
> The above is not revisionist history. It is from Truman's own hand. The
> revisionist history is that it was necessary to drop the atomic bombs to avoid
> an invasion of Japan and end the war.
> ***********************************************************
>
> Personally, I also think that the "We have it so let's use it and see how it
> works." thoughts entered into the decision.
>
> Michael Kay
> makay@alum.mit.edu
>
>
>
>
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