After the 'February 26th Incident', when Hiroichiro ISHIHARA asked him to 'request SAIONJI the recommendation' of Duke KONOE, as 'there is no other person except for him,' he transferred this message to SAIONJI, and played an important role in issuing an Imperial command to appoint Fumimaro KONOE.
また「二・二六事件」後、石原廣一郎から後継首班には「近衛公ヲ措イテ人ガ無」く、「是非老公ニ御推薦願ヒ度イ」と依頼されるとこれを西園寺に伝え、近衛文麿への大命降下に一役買っている。