[It has been suggested] that we should not order a fight to the bitter end [in the Philippines] because that would mean the Japanese would massacre everyone there. McCloy, Eisenhower, and I in thinking it over agreed that . .. even if such a bitter end had to be, it would be probably better for the cause of the country in the end than would surrender.
Henry Stimson
(September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) lawyer, colonial official, statesman. Governor-General of the Philippines, 1927-29; Secretary of State and Secretary of War in various administrations.
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