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Japan asks for peace
Roosevelt agreed that the Kurile Islands would be handed to [[Russia]], as well as southern Sakhalin Island, internationalization of the Port of Dairen (Dalian), the lease of Port Arthur (Lushun) as a naval base and joint operation of the Chinese Eastern Railway and South Manchuria Railway. <ref>Byrnes, op.cit., p. 32. pg. 43.</ref>
Roosevelt agreed that the Kurile Islands would be handed to [[Russia]], as well as southern Sakhalin Island, internationalization of the Port of Dairen (Dalian), the lease of Port Arthur (Lushun) as a naval base and joint operation of the Chinese Eastern Railway and South Manchuria Railway. <ref>Byrnes, op.cit., p. 32. pg. 43.</ref>
==Japan asks for peace==
On the eve of [[Yalta conference]] the Japanese Foreign Minister asked the Russian Ambassador in Tokyo about the possibility of arranging for a settlement. Stalin did not communicate this to either Roosevelt of Churchill.<ref>''While You Slept: Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It'', John T. Flynn, New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1951, [http://www.mises.org/books/whileyouslept.pdf pg. 168] pdf.</ref>
==Operation Keelhaul==
==Operation Keelhaul==