Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (322 page)

99.
Ike,
Japan's Decision for War
, p. 279; Sud
,
Haru n
to o kaita otoko
, p. 180.

100.
Ike,
Japan's Decision for War
, p. 279.

101.
Sud
,
Haru n
to o kaita otoko
, pp. 188–189. Japan's actions in Manchuria were an established fact neither Hull nor Roosevelt wanted to question for fear of immediately precipitating war.

102.
Sugiyama memo, j
, p. 542; Ike,
Japan's Decision for War
, p. 282. Here I have generally followed Ike's translation.

103.
Ike,
Japan's Decision for War
, p. 283. I have made slight alterations to Ike's translation; Tanaka,
Dokyumento Sh
wa tenn
dai nikan,
p. 287.

104.
Sugiyama memo, j
, p. 543; Ike,
Japan's Decision for War
, p. 283. Kido, in his diary entry, simply stated that, “At 2:00
P.M
. the imperial conference convened and war against the United States was finally decided upon by the emperor. At 4:30 the prime minister visited me and we conferred about the imperial rescript declaring war.”
Kido K
ichi nikki, ge
, p. 931.

105.
Tanaka,
Dokyumento Sh
wa tenn
dai nikan,
p. 291, citing
Rikugunbu kaisen keii 5
, p. 517.

106.
Inoue,
Tenn
no sens
sekinin
, p. 181.