'was willing to advocate an immediate cessation of hostilities. They all knew that the war
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Konoje, prins Foemimaroe
Marianen
Marshall-eilanden
Nimitz, eh. W.
Roosevelt, F. D.
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Todjo, Hideki
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would have to be terminated sooner or later, but felt the conditions u/ere not ripe for establishing a peace cabinet. Only former prime minister Kaki Hirota I advocated a new cabinet headed by an imperial prince, presumably to end the war. The others present felt this should be reserved as a last resort and that in the meantime an interim government headed by a military person, should make one last attempt to improve the military situation. That would make it easier for the armed forces and the people to accept a ceasefire as something other than a humiliating surrender. Prince Konoje echoed the sentiment oj the jushin when he said he feared a leftist revolution more than defeat in the war, since we can preserve and maintain the imperial household and the emperor system after defeat, but not after a revolution." 2