Marching Orders: The Untold Story of How the American Breaking of the Japanese Secret Codes Led to the Defeat of Nazi Germany and Japan

by Bruce Lee

The first question Sato asks is the same as the one he asked earlier in April: Is Russia going to “transfer, sell, lease or lend any of its territory to the U.S. for military bases to attack Japan?” Molotov replies, “Why, we never even discussed anything like that [with the Americans].… I am telling the truth when I say we never discussed the subject.”