Not often you find the CIA talking about psycological warfare, especially the events involving warfare. But on this page is the CIA's version of the surrender of Japan in 1945, due in part it seems to Psy-ops.
On 26 July 1945, the heads of state of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, meeting in Potsdam, Germany, agreed to give Japan an opportunity to end the war. The CIA has put up a page looking at the important of Psy-ops radio in getting that message across to Japan.
By 7:00 p.m. on the same day of the Potsdam Proclamation, US Office of War Information station KSAI on Saipan began broadcasting the surrender terms to the Japanese nation at regular intervals. US Office of War Information personnel adjusted the KSAI radio transmitter to new frequencies to avoid jamming by Japan.
OWI also printed the full text of the offer in the Japanese language and dropped over 3 million leaflets by B-29 aircraft. Thus Japanese officials learned of the Potsdam conditions a day ahead of the official communication sent through diplomatic channels
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