[Buddha-l] Re: Greetings from Oviedo

[Dan Lusthaus]

> The claim about peace overtures was actually made by the Japanese
> leadership in 1945. See their letter of August 10th, offering to
> surrender: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/war.term/093_03.html . My
> understanding is that this is confirmed from Allied sources.

Lance,

Hiroshima was bombed on Aug 6th, Nagasaki on the 9th. That Japan surrendered
on the 10th is not a revelation.

Dan Lusthaus