Ka kammala wannan magana: A ranar 15 ga Agusta, 1945, da tsakar rana, a lokacin Japan, Sarkin sarakuna Hirohito ya sanar wa mutanen Japan ta rediyo cewa sun amince da Yarjejeniyar Potsdam. Tun da farko a wannan rana, gwamnatin Japan ta watsa sanarwar a Radio Tokyo cewa "karɓar sanarwar Potsdam [zai] zo nan ba da daɗewa ba", kuma ya ba da shawara ga Allies na mika wuya ta hanyar aika da waya ga Shugaban Amurka Harry S Truman ta hanyar ofishin jakadancin Switzerland a Washington, D.C. An watsa watsa shirye-shiryen Truman a duk fadin kasar a karfe bakwai na yamma (lokacin rana a Washington, D.C.) a ranar Talata, 14 ga Agusta, yana sanar da sadarwa da kuma cewa an shirya taron na yau da kullun a ranar 2 ga Satumba. A cikin sanarwar da ya yi game da mika wuya na Japan a ranar 14 ga Agusta, Truman ya ce "sanarwar ranar V-J dole ne ta jira
sanya hannu bisa hukuma kan sharuddan mika wuya da Japan ta yi".