From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner
Newsgroups: net.politics
Title: Re: Re colon First Use Pledge - (nf)
Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.1243
Posted: Wed Dec 15 20:27:54 1982
Received: Fri Dec 17 05:57:31 1982

#R:floyd:-95800:uiucdcs:29200007:000:304
uiucdcs!renner    Dec 15 20:16:00 1982

     Thereby providing the Japanese Emperor with the means of
convincing his military to accept unconditional surrender, saving
the lives of roughly 2 million American soldiers and millions of
Japanese who would have undoubtedly died in the invasion of the mainland.

Scott Renner	University of Illinois