Then Prime Minister Kinmochi SAIONJI was permitted only to give advice on the policy for national defense and to access the required military force, and for the tactics manifesto, his involvement was blocked on the strength of the supreme command.
当時の西園寺公望内閣総理大臣は、国防方針への意見と所要兵力の閲覧のみが許され、用兵綱領に関しては統帥権を盾に関与が阻まれた。