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2024-04-03 05:34:09 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 3FF85BFC72AC5B330048DB5F62A3E378D1DBB03A4C043D8C4D3C0A771A54B534
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On July 12, the Japanese emperor sent a telegram calling for peace negotiations to surrender to the Soviet Union. Truman wrote in his diary on July 18 that a telegram was sent from the Emperor. There was no need for an atomic bomb. https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB162/38.pdf (103/137) https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/annai/honsho/shiryo/archives/pdfs/taiheiyo3_04.pdf
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