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people, 'Now you decide what form of government you want in Germany. If you want to keep Naziism and Hitler, it's all right with us/ ... Of course we hope you'll see the light and won't be bad boys again."
That's what we've done in effect with the Japanese. And I believe we'll see within the next twenty-four hours acceptance of this offer like hot salci at a Sukyiaki dinner.
And there'll be celebrating at the Imperial Palace.
We have offered the Japanese a peace that is not un-conditional surrender. However, what's done is done . . . and there's no use crying over spilt milk . . . except to be alert to the new plan of Japanese block, stall and delay. And don't think for a moment that the Japs don't have a plan. They do.
The Japanese always have taken the attitude that the man, the nation, that has the greatest power should use it, and to that nation's best interests. That's what they have done. When we have the power, the Japs expect us to use it . . . and hold only contempt for us when we don't use it. Naturally, they aren't going to five up any more than they have to.
What is likely to happen in the next days . . .
V-J Day will not officially come
September, 1945
until the Japanese Chief of Staff flies probably to Okinawa and puts his red-ink chop on the document, the Imperial Peace Rescript already signed by Hirohito. Doubtless General MacArthur, and perhaps Admiral Nimitz and some high British admiral and a Chinese officer, will be present. That will be VJDay. But when the Japanese come back tomorrow or early Monday with the acceptance of the deal ... for it is a "deal" ... it isn't unconditional surrender in any sense of the word . . . when they report they have accepted it, that'll be the sign for the end of hostilities.
I know I'm probably in the minority. . . . But I've learned from some pretty grim personal experiences with the Japanese before the war in the Far East, during the v.'ar, too . . . and I'd go very easy on the "all out" celebration of victory. So much depends now upon how tough v.e are with the Japanese, and how severe we are in our occupation and how long we occupy Japan and upon how great a change we make in their educational system, and upon how thoroughly we go about debunking the Emperor System. It must be clear that most of Japan's 100-million population have suffered very little from the war. To be sure, a number of Japanese cities have been destroyed and life has been lost. But Jiro