The front pages of newspapers all over the world were occupied by the news from Yidong, and even the bitter fighting of the American and British armies in Normandy was forgotten, and the Soviet offensive in the Far East was forgotten. Whole\Ben\Small\Say\Net

The Japanese government has strictly sealed off any reports about the troops in the country, but the news about this is secretly circulating in the press, but no one dares to penetrate a word in the newspaper, but in the face of such a turbulent world public opinion, Suzuki Kantaro could not help but react, he ordered the ambassador to Switzerland Hashimoto to come forward to issue a statement, declaring that Unit 731 was an epidemic prevention and water supply unit, Kitano Masaji was a doctor of medicine, Unit 73 was attacked by the ** team on the way home, and General Kitano Masaji was captured. His speech at the press conference was obviously coerced by the Chinese people and was not credible, and the Japanese Empire would never do such a tragic thing.

On the top of a beautiful mountain in the Alps, Switzerland, a Westerner in a hunting suit and a short, Oriental man in a sports shirt are standing side by side by the trees, looking at the beautiful scenery below, and not far behind them are four people in different clothes who are watching vigilantly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Little Nose, I received an order from Washington, which ordered me to terminate the negotiations." As soon as the words of the Westerners in the hunting suit came out, Kojima was very surprised.

"Why? Mr. Dulles, I think our negotiations are going well, and today I brought new directives from Tokyo, which will be very helpful in our negotiations. Xiao Dao's expression was very serious, and he spread his hands and made a very westernized movement.

"Reason: I think you should know that the Unit 731 incident has caused a lot of repercussions in the United States, and Washington believes that under these circumstances, it is inappropriate to have such negotiations with your country, and we must wait for the storm to pass before discussing this matter." Dulles's tone was similarly regretful, but as a U.S. government worker, he had to carry out the government's directives.

After obtaining the consent of Kantaro Suzuki, Shigetoku Togo immediately went into action, and he chose two neutral countries, Switzerland and Turkey, to carry out the peace talks. Swiss Ambassador Hashimoto once studied in France and was a European expert, after he received an order from Tokyo, Hashimoto launched an operation, and he handed over this task to the embassy secretary Kojima, who had studied in Switzerland and had a wide range of contacts in Switzerland.

Kojima lived up to his trust, and soon succeeded in contacting a Swedish businessman through a banker in Switzerland, and through this Swedish businessman, he got in touch with Dulles, the head of the Swiss station of the US War Intelligence Agency. The two sides began to make secret contacts, and during the meeting, Dulles suggested that the Japanese should surrender immediately, in order to avoid the complete destruction of the Japanese and to avoid the rise of GCISM in the Japanese after the war.

The entire operation was carried out under the direction of Foreign Minister Shigetoku Togo, who, after receiving Hashimoto's report, immediately decided to negotiate with Dulles on the basis of retaining the emperor system, not paying indemnities, not stationing troops, and trying war criminals himself, which broke through the bottom line given by the cabinet from the beginning.

After Washington received Dulles's report, he immediately made an assessment of the whole matter, and Donovan, Dulles's superior, director of the Strategic Intelligence Bureau, thought that he could contact the Japanese himself to test his attitude, and in particular, to pay attention to the forces of peace within the political circles of the Japanese and assess the magnitude of this force.

Dulles got orders from Washington and began to meet with the island from time to time. The two sides have different understandings of the meeting, which will inevitably lead to different attitudes in the conversation after the meeting.

After several meetings, Dulles keenly felt that Kojima was negotiating with Tokyo's conditions, and the conditions given by Nippon himself could be negotiated, so he immediately reported this discovery to Washington, and Donovan, after obtaining the consent of the White House, decided to let Dulles start secret negotiations with Kojima to test whether Hitomoto could surrender.

However, since Washington did not give conditions for negotiations, Dulles did not put forward conditions in the negotiations, and Kojima could only put forward Tokyo's conditions as a basis, which made Dulles conclude that Japan himself really wanted to sue for peace.

But at this time, the Battle of the Marianas ended, the Combined Fleet was defeated, and the American army captured Saipan and then launched an attack on Guam. This victory emboldened Washington to put aside the island's conditions, and Dulles told the island after the last meeting that there was only one condition for peace in Japan, unconditional surrender.

Hashimoto reluctantly reported to the country, and to his surprise, he received an order from Tokyo on the same day.

In a telegram, Togo Shigetoku lowered the conditions again: to retain the emperor's system. As long as this can be satisfied, Japan will be able to sign a peace agreement immediately. When Hashimoto received the telegram, his heart was extremely heavy, and it was very rare for Tokyo's order to come so quickly and give so much, and Tokyo showed such urgency, which further confirmed the rumor that the situation in the country was not good.

Due to the lack of transportation, diplomats in Europe rarely have direct access to domestic information, but this does not mean that they are not aware of the progress of the war, on the contrary, they are very aware of it. The situation of the Axis powers was very unfavorable, Italy had withdrawn from the war, Mussolini had reluctantly organized a puppet government in northern Italy with the support of Germany, the Allies landed in Normandy, forming a two-sided attack on Germany, and the Third Reich was shaking in the storm.

Among European diplomats, even the most resolute ambassador to Germany, Oshima, believed that a peace agreement with the allies should be reached as soon as possible, so that after the defeat of Germany, there would be no choice.

The verdict with Dulles was carried out in secret, sometimes twice a week, sometimes only once a week, and each time at a different place, all through an intermediary on short notice, it was clear that the Americans were in control of the negotiations, and Kojima waited anxiously for news from Dulles every time.

Today is the contact day set by the two, 1 Kojima came to the Alps to see Dulles with a heavy heart with the new conditions sent from Tokyo, but he did not expect to be hit head-on by Dulles, Dulles did not allow him to open his mouth and told him that Washington gave him instructions that it was not appropriate to start peace talks with Japan at present, and the negotiations would be terminated immediately.

Dulles is well aware that this is a side effect of the incident with Unit 731. The Unit 731 incident has aroused national outrage in the United States, and all parts of the United States are mourning the 160 Americans who died in Unit 1, and the US Congress has passed a resolution demanding that the president take more severe measures against Japan and strictly investigate the criminal responsibility of all those responsible for causing the deaths of these Americans.

The White House press secretary announced at a press conference that the US Government will list all officers and men of Unit 731 as war criminals, and at the same time list all the commanders, chiefs of staff, and military police commanders of the Kwantung Army, including Shigeru Honjo, as war criminals, and reserve the right to pursue the successive ministers of the army and prime ministers.

"Mr. Dulles, do you also believe the rumors created by the Chinese?" Kojima made a surprised expression, and in addition to the statement sent by Unit 731, Tokyo also specially sent rumors about the whole incident.

"It's not that I don't believe it, but Washington, the White House believes it" Dulles looked at the island calmly: "What's more, as far as I know, there are also General Merrill's commandos who participated in the operation, and General Stilwell reported to Washington that General Merrill and his team members had seen those bacteriological bombs with their own eyes, and the published materials were also captured by their own hands, and there is no doubt about this." ”

Kojima was stunned in disbelief, after the incident of Unit 731 was revealed, neither he, nor the embassy staff, nor the Japanese expatriates in Switzerland, believed that the Japanese could have done such a thing.

Dulles had no suspicion of Washington's briefing, and he looked at the island indifferently, and was now so disgusted by the humble man himself, who had once won his favor. Dulles was ready to turn his nose and go down the mountain, and what he had to do today was done.

Kojima suddenly realized that he had to keep the line of Dulles and leave a glimmer of hope for the future, and he immediately shouted: "Mr. Dulles, I don't know the details of Unit 731, but I don't think it should affect our negotiations. ”

Dulles turned around, and Kojima said sincerely: "The work we are doing can reduce many casualties among Americans and the Japanese themselves, and can shorten the course of the war, which is of great benefit to both of our countries, so why should we stop?" ”

Dulles frowned slightly, looked at the island with a sincere expression, thought for a while and said: "For us, this war is a tragedy, for the Western world, the real threat is Nazi Germany, and the future threat is Soviet Russia, Soviet Russia is the biggest threat to the post-war international order, and we must stop this polar bear." But this is not enough for us in the United States alone, we must unite all the free forces in order to stop him, you know, it is more powerful than Germany. ”

"Yes," 1 Kojima seized the opportunity and immediately nodded in agreement: "Hichimoto has always made the fight against GCISM our top priority, and this is the common denominator that we can achieve peace. I have brought with me today the latest directive from Tokyo, that as long as the emperor system is preserved, Japan could have laid down its arms and accepted the Tehran Declaration. ”

Dulles was thrilled when he heard this, and Tokyo's reaction was unexpected, and the preservation of the imperial system was debatable, in fact, like the abolition of the Hohenzollern dynasty after the last war, Washington and London had different opinions, and agreed with and opposed them.

Those who agree believe that the emperor system is the root cause of Japan's move toward militarism, and that the abolition of the emperor system can completely liquidate Japan's militarism.

Opponents argue that the imperial system should be preserved, and after the last war, the Hohenzollern dynasty was abolished, which eventually led to the Nazis coming to power and bringing even greater disasters to the world. We should learn a lesson, retain the emperor system, and use the emperor to manage the tens of millions of people after the war.

Dulles himself was in favor of retaining the imperial system, and in his view, the preservation of the imperial system was of vital importance to the post-war Japanese capital. After the war, with the decline of Japan, Soviet Russia was bound to further expand its power in Asia, and China was unable to assume the responsibility of restraining Soviet Russia for the time being due to internal problems, and it was of great importance for the United States to retain a certain strength of Japan and contain Soviet Russia and China.

"I will report to Washington on your terms, but that's all for today's meeting, and it's up to Washington to decide whether or when to meet again."

After Dulles finished speaking, he didn't stop any longer, turned around and walked down the mountain, and the three agents in charge of security on the periphery also followed him, leaving only the island and his attaché by the bushes, and the two of them stared blankly at Dulles's back.

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