Just as he dithered over going to war with the US, Hirohito was hopelessly ambivalent about how to end it. The new record reports that Hirohito told his closest adviser, Privy Seal Kōichi Kido, on September 26, 1944: “If one could come to a peace without the question of disarmament or war responsibility, I don’t care [if] our conquered territories [are taken away].”
正如他在与美国开战问题上犹豫不决，裕仁在如何休战的问题上也陷入了绝望的矛盾。新实录披露，1944年9月26日，裕仁对最紧密的亲信、掌玺官木户幸一说：“如果可以实现和平并且不必背负裁军和战争责任，我才不在乎我们所征服的领土（被收回）。”据说这是新实录中第一个裕仁渴望结束战争的迹象。