The reality is, and we all know it, that nobody knew what the Japanese would do, or when they would do it. Every report, analysis, etc. was purely an opinion, no matter how you try to dress it up.
If you looked, you could almost certainly find a contemporaneous report or study which showed, conclusively and without any ifs, ands, or buts, that the Japanese would probably fight to the last man and never surrender until we had invaded and captured their entire empire at a cost of at least three million American lives.
So, assume you found it.
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