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Japanese Attitude to Surrender Report by the J.I.C.

1 Jul 1945

ANNEX JAPANESE ATTITUDE TO SURRENDER (Before 6th August, 1945) Situation Facing the Japanese 1. The Japanese Government now realise that their situation, both inside and outside Japan, is critical in the extreme. They appreciate that full scale invasion of their home-islands will be the next large Allied operation in the Pacific and that the time for this is not far distant. Despite hectic preparations to arm the population and a desperate build-up of the armed forces and despite incessant propaganda to stimulate morale and maintain production, they view the prospect with increasing gloom.
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Collection ID
CAB81
Conflict
Second World War
Countries
China Formosa Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Korea Nazi Germany Republic of China Russia Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 81/130/29
Document Types
Report Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 81/130
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab81.0130.029
Keywords
Pacific War Predicting Enemy Intentions Surrender Peace Proposals Japanese Government Potsdam Agreement Threat Of War With The Ussr Soviet-japanese Relations Japanese Foreign Policy Atomic Bombing Of Japan Atomic Warfare Assessing Enemy Strength Naval Strength Japanese Navy Red Army Public Opinion Public Morale Diplomatic Officials Public Statements Conferences Invasion Threat Invasion Preparations Japanese Army War Criminals Industry Propaganda
Languages
English
Organizations
Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee United Nations
Pages
12
Persons Discussed
Winston Churchill Franklin Delano Roosevelt John Sinclair Josef Stalin
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
War Cabinet Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Memoranda. July - September 1945. Papers Numbers. JIC 216-280. Volume XL
Themes
International Relations Military Intelligence

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