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Sugihara Seishiro
President
International Research Institute of Controversial Histories
Introduction
The 81st anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will soon arrive. Today, August 1, I wish to make it clear that Roosevelt bears ultimate responsibility for the war crime of dropping atomic bombs.
Roosevelt Knew About Pearl Harbor
Last December, a book titled Pearl Harbor Attack: Roosevelt Knew it—15 proofs that overturn the “Sneak Attack” theory (by Shiramatsu Shigeru) was published by Minerva Shobo in 2025.
This book conclusively answered the question of whether Roosevelt had foreseen the Imperial Japanese Navy’s attack on Pearl Harbor: he had indeed foreseen it.
In Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor, published in 2000, author Robert Stinnett stated that radio operator Robert Ogg had intercepted radio signals from the Japanese mobile task force, confirmed its position, and relayed that information to Washington, DC. The book includes a photograph of Ogg holding the original historical document, making it clear that military leaders in Washington, DC were aware of the Japanese Navy’s mobile fleet’s position.
In the aforementioned book by Shiramatsu Shigeru, the author conducted further documentation, scouring the relevant literature from around the world. He found that on December 4—three days before the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7 in the U.S.)—the Chicago Daily Tribune ran a front-page story about a war plan against Germany involving the mobilization of 10 million people. Although this article put Roosevelt in a dire predicament, Shiramatsu revealed that this was actually a deliberate leak orchestrated by Roosevelt in collusion with Churchill. For Roosevelt, who had successfully won a third term as president in 1940, pledging not to go to war, the very act of drafting such a war plan was a betrayal of the American people, and its exposure placed him in a truly dire predicament.
In works such as John Toland’s book, Roosevelt is depicted as panicking. However, Shiramatsu Shigeru’s book, he argues that this was a deliberate leak orchestrated by Churchill and Roosevelt, and that its purpose was to ensure that Germany—which was not obligated to enter war on Japan’s side following the Japanese Navy’s attack on Pearl Harbor—would take the step of declaring war on the United States. If Hitler learned of such a large-scale American war plan, he could only conclude that war with the United States was inevitable. After agonizing over the decision, Hitler declared war on the United States on December 11. Roosevelt’s calculation had thus entirely succeeded.
Roosevelt’s Declaration of War and Unconditional Surrender
The following day, December 8 (in the U.S.), Roosevelt delivered a speech before the House of Representatives:
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a day that will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.”
He went on to say:
“It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.”
Upon hearing Roosevelt’s speech, Americans were convinced that Japan had indeed carried out a “surprise attack” and were thus enraged.
As for Roosevelt, who read every single decrypted Japanese diplomatic cable, he knew that an “ultimatum” was supposed to be delivered 30 minutes before the Japanese Navy’s attack on Pearl Harbor began but its delivery had been delayed due to an administrative blunder at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, DC. He did not, of course, mention any of this in his speech. The American people were convinced that Japan had indeed carried out a “surprise attack.”
Then, a little over a year later, in January 1943, when Roosevelt met with Churchill in Casablanca, he pretended—as if he had simply let it slip—to declare at the final press conference: “The elimination of German, Japanese and Italian war power means the unconditional surrender by Germany, Italy, and Japan.” He believed that if he had consulted with Churchill beforehand, Churchill would have certainly objected, so he did not consult him and instead blurted it out at the conference, pretending that this had slipped out.
As a result, the losing side—even after realizing it had lost—could not enter into negotiations for surrender, which ultimately caused World War II to continue until the very end and escalated to the fullest extent. The American public, still angry over Japan’s “surprise attack” on Pearl Harbor, nevertheless supported unconditional surrender.
The Allies hoped to impose a fate on Japan even more brutal than the atomic bombings
The next issue concerns the Yalta Secret Pact. On February 8, 1945, Roosevelt and Stalin concluded the so-called Yalta Secret Pact, under which the Soviet Union would join the war against Japan within “two to three months” after Germany’s surrender. The next day, upon learning of this secret pact, Churchill told Roosevelt: “If Japan does not surrender at this point, the Soviet Union will enter the war. If we inform Japan of the Soviet Union’s impending entry and issue a warning, Japan might surrender and this war could end. Wouldn’t that save a great deal of blood and treasure involved in the war?” However, Roosevelt turned a deaf ear to this proposal.
The war between Japan and the United States was, basically, decided on July 7, 1944, with the fall of Saipan. This is because, with the fall of Saipan, the U.S. was able to launch B-29 bombers from Saipan for unlimited bombing raids against the Japanese mainland, which had already effectively lost air superiority. Had Japan been notified of this and made to recognize this, then it would have had no choice but to surrender.
Furthermore, if Japan—which was attempting to initiate peace negotiations via Soviet mediation—were informed of the Soviet Union’s plans to enter the war, it can be said with certainty that Japan would inevitably and absolutely surrender. Yet Roosevelt refused to grant Japan an opportunity to surrender, instead seeking to inflict maximal suffering upon the country.
At this point, it was still very unclear whether the development of the atomic bomb would succeed. While historians cannot definitively state how Roosevelt would have used the bomb he developed, it is clear that his objective was not merely to force Japan’s surrender. As noted above, his attempt to keep the plan to draw the Soviet Union into the war against Japan indicates that he intended to send Allied troops into Japan alongside the Soviets and divide the country, much like Germany had been. In short, it can be said emphatically that Roosevelt intended to annihilate Japan.
This was not a tragedy for Japan alone. The sacrifices of American soldiers and the American people, who were forced to participate in this war, would also increase. More than half of the American military death toll in the war against Japan occurred after the fall of Saipan, as mentioned earlier. In other words, had the war had ended with the fall of Saipan, total American military death toll in the war against Japan would have been half of what they actually were. Had an invasion of the Japanese mainland been carried out alongside Soviet troops, how many American soldiers would have been sacrificed? Roosevelt was the “Devil President” to Japan, but in fact, he was also a “Devil President” for Americans, who were made to endure rising casualties.
While Truman was the one who issued the direct, final order to drop the atomic bombs—in fact war crimes--applying this background to the dropping of the atomic bombs, it was Roosevelt who created the foundation of the end-of-war strategy that forced so many needless casualties and led to the atomic bombings. Since it was Roosevelt who actually brought about the atomic bombings, he is the one who bears ultimate responsibility for this war crime. Roosevelt was, of course, the “Devil President” to Japan, but it follows that he was also the “Devil President” to American soldiers and the American people.