Officially, yes. But we also wanted to keep Russia in check by keeping them from gaining footholds into other countries. Which, in hindsight, has been a VERY bad idea.
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Wanna give me a source? I've given you plenty.
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The issue is that the military officially stated a reason. The other reasons are hearsay or undocumented rumors, but look at our actions surrounding Russia/USSR activity. We never liked them, were determined to "stop communism", etc. If we hadn't decisively cut the war short, the Russia would have gone into Indo-China first, and that would give them a majority of Asia. Fun Fact: The Emperor of Japan was against the war from day 1.
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So all of what your saying is all in your opinion what happend and has no actual documentation to stand on?