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Originally Posted by Oberon
Sorry, bad phrasing, I meant what terms was Japan putting forward as conditions for its surrender?
Preservation of the Emperor and his role is obviously one (as well as his immunity from trial), but were there any others?  |
Their main priority seems to have been the preservation of their system of government, but besides that I don't think the Japanese ever laid out the terms under which they would be willing to surrender in detail. They were planning to send an envoy to the Soviet Union, as part of their attempts to get the Soviets to mediate peace with the Allies, which would have presumably issued such terms, but this obviously never happened.