Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (357 page)

58.
Sait
, pp. 49, 52. In May 1943 Stalin had declared: “Only when it is facing grave danger does the fascist camp talk about peace.” On Nov. 6, 1944, he called Japan an “aggressor state.”

59.
STD
, p. 121.

60.
Arita concluded his memorial with the words: “Your majesty confronts this crisis with his inherent wisdom. I humbly ask your majesty to view the trend of the war and resolutely act to save the imperial nation at its critical moment. I am respectfully reporting this with utter trepidation and awe.” See Gaimush
, ed.,
Sh
sen shiroku 3
, p. 208.

61.
Sat
to T
g
, June 8, 1945, in ibid., p. 191.

62.
Sat
to T
g
, Moscow, July 13, 1945, in
FRUS, Diplomatic Papers: The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945
, vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: USGPO, 1960), p. 881.

63.
Sat
to T
g
, no. 1227, Moscow, July 19, and no. 1228, Moscow, July 20, 1945, in
FRUS, Diplomatic Papers: The Conference of Berlin (The Potsdam Conference), 1945,
vol. 2 (Washington, D.C.: USGPO, 1960), pp. 1251 and 1256. For the Japanese original see Gaimush
, ed.,
Sh
sen shiroku 3
(Hokuy
sha, 1977), p. 199.