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1884- 1972
East Asia
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August 19, 1945
Responding to a message from Stalin, Truman agrees to allow Soviet control of the Kurile Islands, but stresses that all islands of Japan proper, including Hokkaido, are to be surrendered to US forces.
August 17, 1945
Stalin requests that the Soviet Union gain possession of the Kurile Islands and the northern half of the island of Hokkaido, Japan.
The plan of operation for a Soviet invasion of the island of Hokkaido and the Kurile Islands.
August 18, 1945
Vasilevsky reports on the progress of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and planning for invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido and other islands in the Pacific.
Novikov gives orders for air support in preparation for a Soviet invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.