Inducement to Surrender of Japanese Forces. Report

3. In approaching this admittedly difficult task it must nevertheless be realised that the Japanese do not differ from other races in their primary instincts. Where the Japanese differs is in the way in which his life has been controlled by higher authority to divert his impulses into channels which will produce the maximum result in the national effort. There is nothing extraordinary or supernatural about this. The average British or United States citizen accepts regimentation as a necessary evil of war and the personal sacrifices which this entails, whereas the average Japanese has been so long conditioned that he has got to the stage where he would feel real fear if he were not regimented and were faced with the responsibility of personal decisions on the moral issues involved.