NO.T.S.90413
DATE.101800
TO. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. FOREIGN MINISTER.
I MET FOREIGN MINISTER SHIGEMITSU TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TALKED FOR ABOUT FORTYFIVE MINUTES AT HIS OFFICE. I TOLD HIM THAT THOUGH AGREEMENT ON DETAINEE ISSUE HAS BEEN REACHED LAST WEEK NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN IN THIS REGARD YET. MR SHIGEMITSU ASSURED ME THAT HE WANTED TO START A MEETING OF WORKING COMMITTEE IMMEDIATELY TO CARRY OUT THE AGREEMENT. HE ALSO STATED THAT THOUGH OFFICIALS OF JUSTICE MINISTRY WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SAID AGREEMENT HE SUCCESSFULLY PERSUADED THEM TO ACCEPT IT THEREFORE THE AGREEMENT IS NOW THE DECISION OF JAPANESE CABINET
AND THE RELEASE OF DETAINEES WILL TAKE PLACE AS SOON AS PROCEDURAL MATTERS ARE WORKED OUT AT THE WORKING COMMITTEE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR EXCELLENCYS GUIDING PRINCIPLES CONTAINED IN LAST WEEKS LETTERS AND WE WILL PRESS OUR DEMANDS TO JAPANESE SIDE AT THE WORKING COMMITTEE. REGARDING SHIGEMITSU'S WAY OF THINKING ON THE PENDING ISSUES I WILL REPORT IN DETAIL BY CONFIDENTIAL LETTER VIA POUCH. MINISTER KIM.
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