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2024-04-28 04:35:10 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8BB340C658395F114F46ED5109FF9C8C906C4FFD9E9F70A539B5255CB03E7913
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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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