INCOMING TELEGRAM

NO. TS-90979
DATE. 291400

 

TO. KYONG U ◆◆◆. FOREIGN ◆…◆.

 

I MET ◆…◆ ON PROPERTY CLAINS ISSUE. REPERING TO STATE ◆◆P◆RT◆ENT NOTE OF 1952 SENT TO OUR WASRIRUTUN ◆…◆ THIS ISSUE, I ASKED ALLISON WHAT HIS VIEW WAS, ALSO REQUESTING HIS SUPPORT OF OUR PROPETY CLAIMS AGAINST JAPAN. ALLISON REPLIED THAT FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS HE HAS BEEN ADVISING JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW ALLEGED PROPERTY CLAIMS TO KOREA ALONG THE LINE OF THE SAID NOTE. HE ADDED THAT THE NOTE WAS DEFINITELY GIVING KOREA A BARGÁING POINT AND THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE TO MAKE JAPAN ACCEPT THE NOTE AU PUBLICIZE THE WITHDRAW OF THE ALLEGED PROPERTY CLAIMS.
I GOT THE IMPRESSION GENERALLY THAT AMB. ALLISON WILL SUPPORT OUR CLAIMS AGAINST JAPAN. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT NOW THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT POSITION IS WEAK. THEREFORE I BELIEVE IF WE TACTFULLY CAPITALIZE THE SITUATION, WE CAN NOT ONLY MAKE JAPAN WITHDRAW ALLELED CLAIMS BUT ALSO HAVE HER TA KE UP OUR PROPERTY CLAIMS AGAINST HER. THIS WILL PUT JAPAN DEFINITELY ON THE DEFENSIVE. IN MY OBSERVATION IT IS A GOOD TO PUSH JAPAN NOW BECAUSE DUE TO CURRENT RUSSO JAPANESE TALKS WE HAVE BETTER CHANCE TO GET US SUPPORT OF OUR STAND. B◆◆◆◆ES THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT JAPANS IS ANXIOUS TO SEEK RETURN OF JAPANESE FISHERMEN FROM KOREA BEFORE WINTER COMES AND IT IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR US TO PUSH JAPAN HARD TO ACCEPT OUR TERMS ON OUR PROPERTY CLAIMS AGAINST HER. TWELVE.

 

MINISTER KIM IN KORDIPSION.