On Nov 4, 10:51 am, Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 3, 10:39?pm, Hiroshima Facts wrote:

On Nov 4, 1:12 am, Chuck Gould wrote:

Actually, the emperor *did* retain his throne as one of the terms of
surrender. The last paragraph of the surrender document reads, "The
authority of the Emperor and the Imperial Government to rule the state
shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces...."

That line is saying that the Supreme Commander for the Allied Forces
can depose the Emperor if he feels like it.

Which is fundamentally different than a treaty declaring that the
insitution of Emperor shall be definitely abolished. It's compromise
language in its purest form. :-)

The US was not trying to abolish the institution of the Emperor.

Japan was trying to get a guarantee that the Emperor could continue to
rule. They did not get any guarantee.