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.