7月28日下午,首相鈴木貫太郎召開記者招待會。以中文翻譯而言,鈴木在會上的講話有多個版本。當時,日本官方通訊社--同盟通訊社發表鈴木聲明的英文譯本是:“I consider the Joint Proclamation a rehash of the Declaration at the Cairo Conference. As for the Government, it does not find any important value in it, and there is no other recourse but to ignore it entirely, and resolutely fight for the successful conclusion of the war.” ”
英文重寫版本如下:“I consider the Joint Proclamation a rehash of the Declaration at the Cairo Conference. As for the Government, it does not attach any important value to it at all. The only thing to do is to reject it. We will do nothing but press on to the bitter end to bring about a successful completion of the war.”