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Skriven 2006-08-26 16:10:00 av LEE LOFASO (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ROY WITT
Ärende: CELEBRATION!
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Hello Roy,

>RW>Since they spoke for the Emporer, he was spared the humility,
>RW>but was demoted to just Emperor, rather than Emperor God. Not to
>RW>mention that his 'government' ties were severed under their new
>RW>post war constitution.

>LL>The fate of the Emperor was decided long before anybody was put on
>LL>trial, the product of a "secret deal" personally arranged by
>LL>President Harry S Truman.

RW>Wrong. That's merely political hearsay on your part.

Since the Japanese surrendered to the Americans, it was an unconditional
surrender as defined by President Harry S Truman.  Not necessarily as
defined by the Potsdam Declaration.  IOW, what the allies had agreed
upon in the Potsdam Declaration in regards to the status of the Emperor
was "on the understanding that the Allied proclamation would not
comprise any demand which would prejudice the prerogatives of His
Majesty as a Sovereign Ruler."

You see, on August 10, Tokyo broadcast Japan's surrender terms.
And among those terms included Japan's condition to recognize the
sovereignty of the Emperor as coming under the terms of the Postdam
Declaration.

President Truman decided to make a "secret deal" with Hirohito because
he did not like the provision in the Postdam Declaration which permitted
the continuance of the dynasty with certain conditions.  IOW, Truman
wanted to set the conditions.

>LL>As for Japan's new constitution, we wrote it.  And forced
>LL>it upon the Japanese people.

RW>Wrong. There wasn't anything forced.

We occupied Japan for five years following WWII.  We were not about to
leave Japan until we got what we wanted.  And what we wanted was a
Japanese constitution written by us for the Japanese.  Of course, we
allowed the Japanese to write it, with our help.  But it amounts to
the same thing.  We wrote it.

RW>Through a complex interaction of diverse political, social, and
RW>other forces (GHQ), both domestically and abroad working together
RW>throughout two major phases of the reformation of the Meiji
RW>Constitution, is what lead to the creation of the Constitution
RW>of Japan.

Then why were we there, holding their hand, every step of the way?

--Lee


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