A ranar 12 ga Disamba, Sojojin ruwan Japan sun ba da shawarar cewa a yi watsi da Guadalcanal. A lokaci guda, da dama daga cikin jami'an sojojin a Babban Ofishin Jakadancin (IGH) sun kuma ba da shawarar cewa ba za a iya yin ƙarin ƙoƙari don sake dawo da Guadalcanal ba. Tawagar, karkashin jagorancin IJA Kanar Joichiro Sanada, shugaban sashen ayyukan IGH, ya ziyarci Rabaul a ranar 19 ga Disamba kuma ya tuntubi Imamura da ma'aikatansa. Bayan dawowar tawagar zuwa Tokyo, Sanada ya ba da shawarar cewa a yi watsi da Guadalcanal. Manyan shugabannin IGH sun amince da shawarar Sanada a ranar 26 ga Disamba kuma sun umarci ma'aikatan su su fara tsara tsare-tsaren janyewa daga Guadalcanal, kafa sabon layin tsaro a tsakiyar Solomons, da kuma sauya abubuwan fifiko da fifiko ga kamfen zuwa New Guinea.
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