In his speech of 1921, Konoe had already talked about the danger of the likely split in the future between the military and the government because of the Emperor's supreme command, which is what happened, but such a situation was a difficult concept for the United States to understand.
近衛は、すでに1921年の演説で、統帥権によって将来軍部と政府が二元化しかねない危険性を説き、その後それは現実となったのだが、このような状況はアメリカ側には理解し難い内容であった。