The framework of this national policy was based on military deployment on two fronts: an advance to the south advocated by the Navy, and preparation for war against the Soviet Union advocated by the Army and Foreign Minister Matsuoka.
この国策の骨格は海軍が主張した南方進出と、松岡外相と陸軍が主張した対ソ戦の準備という二正面での作戦展開にあった。