Higashi-Maizuru City accepted these conditions and, given the situation prevailing at that time and the request to build a large naval port, both cities left the decision to the governor of Kyoto Prefecture.
東舞鶴市も了承したことから、「時局ノ要請二応ジ大軍港都市建設ノ為」すべて京都府知事に一任した。