faces ▁from ▁time ▁to ▁time . ▁ ▁The ▁cons ensus ▁of ▁modern ▁histor ians ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁Al lies ▁had ▁understood ▁the ▁word ▁correctly . ▁Chal mers ▁Johnson ▁wrote ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 : ▁' Since ▁the ▁characters ▁for ▁m ok us ats u ▁mean ▁' sil ent ▁kill ,' ▁most ▁informed ▁comment ators ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁Al lies ▁did ▁not ▁m istr ans late ▁Su zu ki . ▁If ▁he ▁really ▁meant ▁' no ▁comment ,' ▁that ▁is ▁not ▁what ▁he ▁said ▁- and ▁m ok us ats u ▁does ▁not ▁imply ▁it , ▁even ▁ob liqu ely . ▁However , ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁the ▁Japanese ▁and ▁Em m erson ▁maintain ▁that ▁Su zu ki ' s ▁nu ance ▁was ▁misunder stood ▁illustr ates ▁the ▁t endency ▁of ▁the ▁Japanese ▁to ▁take ▁refuge ▁in ▁alleg ed ▁m istr ans l ations .' ▁▁▁▁ ▁Like ▁Herbert ▁B ix ▁concluded : ▁' “ No ▁need ▁to ▁r ush ” ▁directly ▁contra ven ed ▁Article ▁ 5 ▁of ▁the ▁P ots dam ▁Dec laration ▁( “ We ▁shall ▁bro ok ▁no ▁delay ” ) ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁position ▁that ▁further ▁strength ened ▁the ▁contemporary ▁Western ▁analysis ▁that , ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 8 ▁July , ▁the ▁Japanese , ▁following ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁their ▁em peror , ▁had ▁neither ▁revers ed ▁their ▁decision , ▁nor ▁lo os ened ▁their ▁will ▁to ▁fight ▁to ▁the ▁finish , ▁while ▁making ▁vague ▁over t ures ▁for ▁peace ▁on ▁a ▁separate ▁track . ▁Su zu ki ’ s