Itagaki and Fukushima of Gaimukyo were initially opposed to the method and to the selection of Saigo, but they to Saigo's plan after talking together many times in beginning of August.
しかし、数度に及ぶ説得で、方法・人選で反対していた板垣と外務卿の副島が8月初めに西郷案に同意した。