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Src: The Asian Studies Monitor ISSN 1329-9778
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/asia-www-monitor.html
18 May 1999
The
Final Months of the War with Japan: Signals Intelligence,
U.S. Invasion Planning, and the A-Bomb Decision
Office of the Director of Central Intelligence, USA
Self-description:
"This monograph was produced under the auspices of CIA's
Center for the Study of Intelligence and the Harvard
University program for Studies of Intelligence and Policy.
The idea was to examine the role of signals intelligence in
US military planning during the final stages of the war with
Japan in 1945 - particularly its contribution to planning
for an Allied invasion of the Japanese homeland."
Site contents: Foreword; A Note About the Author; I. Setting
the Goals - Debating and Planning for a Ground Invasion
(Examining the Options, Invasion Preparations Begin,
Invasion Date Set, Commander Named); II. Assessing the
Opposing Forces (SIGINT Provides the Window, Evidence of
Japanese Preparations); III. President Truman Discusses
Invasion Plans With His Military Advisers (Centrality of the
Casualty Issue, Presenting the Case, President Gives the
Okay); IV. Tracking the Japanese Buildup As Allied Leaders
Meet at Potsdam (A Burst of Discoveries, SIGINT Picture
Raises Concerns for Invasion Plans); V. Top US Officials'
Views of the SIGINT Picture (What Did They Know and When Did
They Know It?, Did the SIGINT Picture Affect the Discussions
at Potsdam?); VI. The Decision To Use the Atomic Bomb; VII.
What If the A-Bomb Had Not Been Ready?, (Re-Evaluation of
the Casualty Estimates?, The Argument for Staying the
Course, Looking for a Middle-Ground Strategy, Implications
of Soviet Entry Into the Pacific War, Weighing Alternatives,
Japanese Perspectives); Appendix A: References, (Archival
Sources, Books, Articles); Appendix B: Data Annex; Appendix
C: Selected Archival Documents; Selective Documents (PDF).
[A study by Douglas J. MacEachin, who was the Deputy
Director for Intelligence at the CIA from March 1993 until
June 1995. A document 163KB long - ed.]
URL http://www.odci.gov/csi/monograph/japan/index.html
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