The jap ambassador was shopping around to use the Soviets to broker a peace. So yes, not a separate peace, I misspoke. The soviets shined them on (cancelled appointments, etc).
Separate from the normal process (contacting the US). Mea culpa.
Regardless, we knew what he was told from the home office because that code was broken as well. No peace until after invasion.
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