THIS IS A COPY. THE ORIGINAL IS RETAINED UNDER SECTION 3 (4) OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT Yomiuri in an article attacking this attitude stated that "that recent grave Japanese reverses cannot be explained away by reference to the material superiority of the Americans, for the Japanese Government have long been fully aware of the great United States potential and should have rockoned with it." 6. There seems to be little doubt that the Japanese people as a whole have by now reached the conclusion that the war is lost.