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I thought the US allowed one condition, that Emperor Hirohito be kept as a figurehead? From what I read, the US felt they had no time to reject that condition because the Soviets were cutting through Korea like butter, after having conquered Manchuria in less than a week.
They required and accepted unconditional surrender and then, later decided to allow him as a figurehead. Which is to say: if they knew they were going to do that (it isn't clear they did), they COULD have offered conditional surrender (and maybe gotten it sooner), but didn't.
My understanding was that Byrnes Note comment about ultimate form of Japanese gov being chosen by Japanese was nod to keeping emperor as Japanese were unlikely to dump Him?
Truman and Byrnes deliberately didn't offer the one condition that they knew (and that Stimson and Churchill and others urged them to offer) was going to make it easier for the Japanese to accept surrender. But in the end, they allowed the Japanese it anyway, after surrender.
Ah ok, thanks! That’s very interesting
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