Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te ahiahi tonu o te ra 15 o Akuhata 1945, i tukuna e te Emepara Hirohito te whakapuakitanga o te whakaaetanga a Hapani ki nga tikanga o te Whakapuakanga o Potsdam ki te iwi Hapani i runga i te reo irirangi. I mua ake i taua ra ano, i tukuna e te kawanatanga o Hapanihi he panui i runga i te Radio Tokyo e "te whakaaetanga o te Whakapuakanga Potsdam [ka] tata mai", a kua whakatupatohia nga Allies o te tuku ma te tuku i tetahi waea ki te Perehitini o Amerika a Harry S Truman ma te tari tari tari a Switzerland i Washington, DC. I tukuna he whakaaturanga a Truman puta noa i te motu i te whitu karaka (te wa marama i Washington, DC) i te Turei, Akuhata 14, e kii ana i te korero me te huihuinga whaimana i whakaritea mo te Mahuru 2. I tana whakapuakitanga mo te hekenga mai o Hapani i te 14 o Akuhata, ka mea a Truman "ko te whakapuakitanga o te V-J Day me tatari ki
te hainatanga ā-ture o ngā tikanga tuku iho a Hapani".