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 earlier Japanese messages claim that Molotov told Eden that Russia would hold on to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and major parts of Poland after the war, which turns out to be true. “At the time,” Oshima tells Tokyo, “Britain agreed to the program but the U.S. refused. It is not known whether Molotov was successful in getting the U.S. to alter its attitude [on this trip].”