Khrushchev remembers the signing of peace agreement with Japan and the exclusion of the Soviet Union from it. He criticizes the politics of Adenauer and warns about the destructive effects of potential world war. Khrushchev suggests signing the peace agreement to avoid the possibility of a nuclear war against the US and its allies

A group of staff members from the Soviet Embassy in Tokyo interviewed Japanese witnesses of the atomic bomb explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They found that the two bombs wreaked havoc on the bodies of those within a small radius of the explosion; most survivors exhibited severe burns, a decreased white blood cell count, and injuries from broken glass. Witnesses from outside this radius faced less severe injuries, and the Embassy staff note that the Japanese press has been exaggerating the effects of the atomic bomb in order to justify the nation’s unconditional surrender.

Brezhnev and Tanaka discuss the dispute over the Kuril Islands as well as opportunities for Japan-Soviet economic cooperation.

Brezhnev and Tanaka discuss Soviet-Japan relations since World War II.

Report concerning the division of occupied territory in the Pacific between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Report on the surrender of Japanese forces on the Kurile Islands.

Drafted response from Stalin to Truman regarding Hokkaido and Kurile Islands.

Orders for preparations for a planned invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the southern Kurile Islands. Operations are not to begin "until special instructions from the Headquarters."

Information related to a planned invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Orders for preparations for a planned invasion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido and the southern Kurile Islands.