Anami told the other cabinet ministers that, under torture, a captured American P-51 Mustang fighter pilot had told his interrogators that the United States possessed 100 atom bombs and that Tokyo and Kyoto would be bombed "in the next few days".
Anami mengatakan kepada menteri kabinet yang lain bahwa, sewaktu disiksa, seorang pilot B-29 Amerika Serikat yang tertangkap mengatakan kepada para interogator bahwa Amerika Serikat memiliki 100 bom atom dan Tokyo serta Kyoto akan dijatuhi bom "dalam beberapa hari berikut".