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The Japanese Attitude to Unconditional Surrender. Report by J.I.C.

1 May 1945

ANNEX (a) Could some modification of "unconditional surrender" he acceptable to the Japanese, and would this reduce the military measures required to achieve the end of the war with Japan? No properly constituted Japanese authority (i.e., the Emperor and Japanese leaders) would be likely to accept terms of surrender which in its Japanese conception could not be interpreted to the Japanese nation as capable of acceptance. The use of the phrase "unconditional surrender" at once makes it unlikely that any such surrender could be acceptable to them since the expression probably implies to the Japanese the overthrow of their "National Structure" by involving:(a) The overthrow of the Emperor and of the position of the Imperial House.
japan united nations russia diplomacy foreign policy international relations second world war bombing military intelligence japanese government morale blockades joint intelligence sub-committee chiefs of staff effects of bombing joint planning staff victor cavendish-bentinck john sinclair francis inglis surrender predicting enemy intentions peace proposals invasion preparations air raids pacific war allied strategy japanese army axis war aims
Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
Japan Russia
Document Reference
CAB 81/129/56
Document Types
Report
File Reference
CAB 81/129
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0129.056
Keywords
Pacific War Surrender Foreign Policy Predicting Enemy Intentions Peace Proposals Invasion Preparations Blockades Bombing Air Raids Japanese Army Morale Japanese Government Diplomacy Allied Strategy Axis War Aims Effects Of Bombing
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Joint Planning Staff United Nations
Pages
4
Persons Discussed
Victor Cavendish-Bentinck Francis Inglis John Sinclair
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. May - July 1945. Papers Numbers. JIC 151-215. Volume XXXIX
Themes
Military Intelligence International Relations

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