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monsantobreath t1_iy3qyhk wrote

Reply to comment by danteheehaw in On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction” by marketrent

>But they would most certainly demand they keep what they conquered in mainland Asia.

By the end actually they were basically down to "don't kill the emperor" and the US still pressed.

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Seienchin88 t1_iyc4upq wrote

And then the US spared the Emperor and even kept him...

Prince Konoe (who was briefly a major part in the discussions between the government and the occupational force) said he was shocked when he heard from MacArthur that he intended to keep the Tenno... The Japanese had the plan to offer the abdication of the Tenno but pleading for his life, instead they were casually told - yeah he can stay.

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