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First Steps. Sporadic shooting went on. Untidy odds & ends of combat took Allied lives, even in the Tokyo area where the orders of Imperial Headquarters could have been transmitted and should have been enforced most quickly. By the Japs' own admission, their planes attacked twelve Allied transports cruising near...
In the newly painted crimson-&-gold state coach drawn by the famed Windsor greys, Their Majesties-the King in naval uniform, the Queen in a turquoise blue suit with feathered hat to match-smiled and bowed toward the tumult. Ahead of the postilions, a State Guard of Household Cavalry clop...
Leader of the Opposition Churchill added: "The King is the embodiment of the national will. . . . Monstrous tyrannies which menaced our life have been beaten to the ground in ruin, and a brighter radiance illuminates the Imperial Crown than any which our annals recall."
Domei described the scene at which Emperor Hirohito decided to surrender to the Allies: "On the personal initiative of His Majesty, an historical conference was held before the Throne at the Imperial Palace. . . . The conference was attended by Premier Baron Kantaro Suzuki and all other ministers. . . .
Self-Reproach. Next day Hirohito broadcast an Imperial Rescript to his nation: "Despite the best that has been done by everyone . . . the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage. . . . Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb. . . . We have resolved to...