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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
btw, it didn't matter what the emperor was offering through diplomatic channels in July because the military was still running the show. Some of them even had the Emporer in "protective custody", for a while, so he couldn't speak to the Japanese people.
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For awhile? He was seized for a few hours on August 14. Didn't take him long to get back in the saddle, so to speak. He was detained for less time than Gorbachev in 1991.
The peace terms offered in June and July 1945, at any rate, were proffered by Foreign Minister Togo by way of Japanese Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. Sato. Even if you buy the idea of an impotent Emperor, Togo, presumably, had full credentials to speak for his government.