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2024-04-01 00:59:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 537E803ED93584DD18484D3FA64AFE45D11BC871AA2694E02A93A1139B96163A
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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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