"Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree"

This quote by Hideki Tojo is referring to the failure of Japan, England, the United States, and China to come to an agreement. Tojo is suggesting that in spite of Japan's desires and efforts, the various methods which each country understood the circumstances and the misunderstandings of attitudes between them made it difficult for them to reach an arrangement. This might be due to the various cultural and political backgrounds of each nation, as well as the various interests and goals that each nation had. Tojo is suggesting that the differences in between the countries were undue for them to come to a consensus. This quote highlights the trouble of international diplomacy and the importance of understanding the viewpoints of other countries in order to reach an arrangement.