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Prime quarry of the undercover assassins was the 77-year-old Premier who led Japan into surrender, Admiral Kantaro Suzuki. For more than a month the Admiral had been a fugitive, his next hiding place unknown even to his family. Last week a group of U.S. and British correspondents had a rendezvous with Suzuki...
...Hunted. The correspondents were led to his hideout, a modest suburban house with a flagstone entryway. In the dimness of a tiny front room sat the hunted old man. There was no mistaking Admiral Suzuki, although he wore a commonplace green uniform with no medals or brass buttons. He was a tall, impressive figure, grey-haired, with a short-clipped mustache and a winning smile. His greeting was cordial, but he looked about him carefully when they entered...
...last Diet sessions before the surrender he expressed this view again, only to be vigorously opposed by members who replied: "Not we, but America will be punished by the heavens." But most of the Diet supported Suzuki and he received many unofficial suggestions that an attempt at peace be made...
...discussed peace with the Emperor, then on June 9 he extended the first peace feelers to the Soviet Union through diplomatic channels. Very few in Japan knew of the move. When Russia replied that they were sorry but they were occupied with the meeting with T. V. Soong, Suzuki knew it was too late. Then came the Potsdam Conference and the Soviet answer to the peace feeler: the declaration...
...Emperor. Suzuki was emphatic on the subject of the Emperor. Until just before he took office as Premier, the Emperor was uninformed about the disastrous trend of the war. Suzuki said firmly that the Emperor had been against the war, had repeatedly requested that some peaceful way out be found, that Admiral Nomura's task in Washington was to carry out the Emperor's wishes...