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There is no chance whatsoever of victory; therefore I agree with the foreign minister that the Potsdam declaration should be accepted at once, with only that one condition about retaining the Emperor.
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Quoted in "Behind Japan's Surrender: The Secret Struggle that Ended an Empire" - Page 66 - by Lester Brooks - 1968

 

Mitsumasa Yonai

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