6. It is premature to speculate whether the new Cabinet has been charged with the task of seeking peace. There must be many of the wiser heads in Japan who realise very clearly that she made a fatal mistake in going to war and that defeat is inevitable. But even they would choose to continue fighting rather than accept unconditional surrender which included the occupation of Japan itself. The Allies have made no secret of their intention to occupy Germany and the Japanese must conclude that there is a similar intention to occupy Japan.
- Collection ID
- CAB81
- Conflict
- Second World War
- Countries
- Burma Germany Japan
- Document Reference
- CAB 81/128/47
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 81/128
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab81.0128.047
- Keywords
- Japanese Government Japanese Politics Politics Japanese War Effort Soviet-japanese Relations Politicians Defence
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 3
- Persons Discussed
- Edward King-Salter
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
