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To: Brumar89 who wrote (963)7/8/2002 10:14:15 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3467
 
Furthermore, the decision to use the bomb came only after Japan had rejected the Potsdam Declaration.

Japan's final surrender came on the same terms as were being discussed in the Potsdam Declaration. The bombs changed absolutely nothing.

Furthermore:

<<< A panel set up by President Truman to study the Pacific war issued a report, the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, in July 1946, declaring, "Based on a detailed investigation of all the facts, and supported by the testimony of the surviving Japanese leaders involved, it is the Survey's opinion that certainly prior to 31 December 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated."

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