Roosevelt's Policies Prior To Pearl Harbor

"This was done to undermine the Japanese peace party that was still
in office, and to strengthen the war party. This aim was fully
accomplished when Roosevelt and Hull unceremoniously brushed off the
impressive effort of Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoye of Japan to reach a
final peaceful adjustment with the United States, including meeting
Roosevelt at any reasonable designated spot and accepting in advance
the four principles that Hull had announced in April, 1941, as the
required basis of a peaceful settlement of Far Eastern problems with
Japan."