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Powerful forces are ranged along the border. At peak strength the Russians probably had 800,000 trained troops, with modern armor and planes, in Siberia. The Japs' crack Kwantung army, which holds its mandate direct from the Emperor and runs Manchuria like a private estate, may have 1,000,000 men. The Red Army took many of its best Siberian divisions west to fight the Germans in the last three years; they may or may not have been replaced. On the other hand, six Jap divisions from Manchuria were chopped up in the Philippines...
...political agility of Premier General Kuniaki Koiso were of any avail. Four times in eight months of office he had staved off the inevitable by reshuffling his cabinet. Now he shuffled across the ancient moat to the Imperial Palace. Be hind the unmortared walls he bowed before Emperor Hirohito, confessed his failures, offered his apologies and the collective resignation of his cabinet...
...hapless Tsarist Navy (1904-5). Before his retirement in 1927, he rose to the Navy's supreme command. Then he joined the inner circle of the Court. As Grand Chamberlain he walked a few respectful paces behind Hirohito at public functions (see cut), helped name the Emperor's first born son. Most important, he served as the door through which the warlords had access to the throne...
...Soong, China's Foreign Minister, was asked whether U.S. planes should bomb Emperor Hirohito's unbombed palace in Tokyo. Replied Dr. Soong: "By all means. That would make one less embarrassing problem to deal with later...
...front gate. It is indeed the gravest moment in the history of our nation. . . . We must either win . . . or we shall all die. . . . The time is here for the . . . people of Japan to man their posts . . . and make secure the divine country of his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor...