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representative of his country in
stead of as an internee.
This would explain how Russia
"a power now at war with Japan
could receive a surrender offer di-
rectly.
Text of Broadcast.
The text of the Domei broadcast
as recorded by the Associated Press
follows:
Demarche first: Japanese govern
ment today addressed following COM
munications to Swiss and Swedish
governments, respectively, for trans
mission to the United States, Great
Britain, China and Soviet Union:
In obedience to the gracious COM
pressed wishes of the people con-
cerned, and stand for equal access
to all nations to trade and raw ma
terialS.
The Zacharias broadcast men,
tioning the Atlantic Charter was
made before the Potsdam ultima
tum. In this one of series of Owl
broadcasts beamed to the enemy
homeland. Capt. zacharias spoke
for the United States alone, not for
the four Allied governments now
mand of his majesty, the Emperor
who ever anxious to enhance the
cause of world peace desires earn
estly to bring about an early ter
mination of hostilitieS with a view
to saving mankind from the calami-
ties to be imposed upon them by
further continuation of the war,
the Japanese government asked sew
eral weeks ago the Soviet govern
ment with which neutral relations
then prevailed. to render good Of
flee in restoring peace vis-a-vis the
enemy powers. Unfortunately, these
efforts in the interest of peace hav-
ing failed, the japanese government,
in conformity with the august wish
of his majesty to restore the gen.
eral peace and desiring to put an
end to the untold sufferings en-
tailed by war as quickly as possible,
have decided upon the following:
The Japanese government are
ready to accept the terms enum-
Grated in the joint declaration which
was issued at Potsdam on July 26,
1945 (by) the heads of the gov
ernment of the United States, Great
Britain and China and later SUBJ
scribed (to) by the Soviet govern
ment with the understanding that
the said declaration does not COM
prise any demand which prejudices
the prerogatives of his majesty as
a sovereign ruler the Japanese gov
ernment hopes sincerely that
Cat this point the Japanese sta
ton went off the air. A later
broadcast completed the sentence
thus:)
The Japanese government hope
sincerely that this understanding is
warranted and desire keenly that
an explicit indication to that ef-
feet will be speedily forthcoming.
Declaration Issued by 3 Powers.
The Potsdam declaration was is
sued by President Truman, Prime
Minister Churchill and President
Chang Kai-shek. Soviet Russia as
sociated herself with the declaration
when she declared war on Japan two
days ago.
The declaration, telling Japan she
must surrender Internationally or
be utterly destroyed, was reinforced
by President Truman last night in
radio broadcast to the people OF the
United States.
After the second Domei broad
cast at 7:51 an, FEC monitors
said, Domei began the following:
Acceptance of the Potsdam proc
lanation as communicated to these
governments through the Swiss and
Swedish governments was expressed
by authoritative quarters here to-
day. These quarters recalled
broadcast addressed to Japan on
July q by Capt. zacharias, who
professed to be the spokesman for
the Washington Government, in
which he said that Japan's accept
ance of Allied peace terms will make
it possible to apply the Atlantic
Charter to Japan and, therefore, the
Japanese nation will be free to
adopt form of government of their
own choosing.
"The same quarters stressed that
the decision by the Japanese gov
ernment to accept the peace terms
as set forth in the Potsdam procla-
nation, under extremely difficult
circumstances, has been due to the
august wish of His Majesty the En-
peror, who was anxious to forward
the cause of world peace as well as
the welfare of his majesty's sub
jects.
These quarters further stressed
that, whether in war or in peace,
it is the, immutable conviction of the
entire Japanese nation firmly to up
hold Japan's national"
FEC said that this transmission
then broke of.
In a broadcast of Capt. zacharias,
the Japanese people were told July
81 Gully 20, Japanese time):
The Japanese leaders face two
alternatives. One is the virtual de-