Konoe also hoped for negotiations with the U.S. based on the draft of a mutual understanding plan but Yosuke MATSUOKA, who objected to the parts that watered down the tripartite alliance, proposed an amendment version which was sent to the United States of America, where it was ignored.
近衛らは日米諒解案による交渉を目指すも、この内容が三国同盟を骨抜きにする点に松岡洋右は反発し、松岡による修正案がアメリカ合衆国に送られたが、アメリカは修正案を黙殺した。