"weary" wrote:

"Greg Hennessy" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 02:32:04 GMT, "weary"
wrote:


That would be Stimson who claimed that
Nagasaki was picked as the
primary
target for Fatman, when it clearly wasnt.

Even if this is true it says nothing about
Stimson except he was
confused on that point.

It clearly does.

And?


Of course you will give us the precise
quote detailing when exactly
*when*
this would have happened and you also tell
us how this information was
beamed back in time to allied planners
taking tough decisions.

The US was well aware of peace feelers being
put out by Japan at least
two months before the bombs were dropped..

Not by any japanese in any position to deliver
on a peace offer.

We don't know what would have happened if there
had been a
response to the feelers.


Nevermind Leahy whose own briefing to
truman put allied casualities
at
30-35% within 30 days of invasion.

But Leahy didn't think the landings would
be necessary.

Leahy wasnt sat in a foxhole in Okinawa.

Irrelevant as to what he thought, but introducing
irrelevancy
is your trademark, isn't it.

Not surprising, the allied butcher bill is
irrelevant to types like you.

He didn't think it would be necessary so his
estimate is irrelevant.



Weary, the peace feelers were mostly freelancing by Japanese diplomats
and military attaches in Sweden and Switzerland-when the Japanese in Switzerland
met with OSS Director Allen Dulles, he tread cautiously-as thanks to MAGIC
intercepts of their communications, he knew that they did not have the full
approval of the Japanese Government. They had the support of the peace faction
(PM, FM, Navy Minister), and the unspoken support of the Emperor himself,
but no full cabinet approval. If word had gotten out in Tokyo about the peace
faction's efforts, well,can you say "Government by assassination"?
(a common practice in Japan in the 1920s and 30s) Which means a military
government dedicated to continuing the war.

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