Why did Prime Minister Konoye of Japan want to hold talks with the United States?

The U.S. and Japan began negotiations to end sanctions and make peace  President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoye (at in Yokohama to carry him and his associates to the meeting place.The Embassy did not know that we had broken the Japanese codes.

Explanation:

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