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CONFIDENTIAL
TOKYO
INCOMING ◆…◆
January 20, 1957
TO : KYUNG ◆…◆
I WISH TO ◆…◆ RECEPT OF YOUR EXCELLENCYS LETTER NUMBER FIFTYFIVE OF JAN ◆…◆. IN REPLY TO MY INSISTENCE TO PUT DOWN THEIR COMMITMENT IN ◆…◆. THE JAPANESE SIDE TODAY ON IN INFOR◆◆L BASIS SHOWED FOR OUR CONSIDERATION A DRAFT MEMORANDUM CONSISTING OF TWO PARTS.CONTENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS COLON PART ON QUOTE THE STATEMENT MADE BY DELEGATE KUBOTA IN OCT. FIFTYTHREE AGAINST WHICH THE KOREAN DELEGATE PROTESTED IN NO WAY REPRESENTS OFFICIAL VIEW OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. THEREFORE JAP GOVERNMENT HEREBY RETRACTS THE STATEMENT MADE BY MR. KUBOTA. FURTHER IN FUTURE KOREA JAPAN TALKS.
>REGARDING INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE FOUR OF SAN FRANCISCO PEACE TREATY JAP GOVERNMENT WILL ADHERE TO THE INTERPRETATION GIVEN BY THE US GOVERNMENT UNDER ITS NOTE OF ETC,. ACCORDINGLY JAP GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS ITS CLAIM TO FORMER JAPAN SE PROPERTY IN KOREA WHICH WAS MADE AT THE KOREA JAPAN CONFERENCE IN MARCH FIFTYTHREE. UNQUOTE IN THIS REGARD JAP GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO SUBMIT TO OUR SIDE KN OFFICIAL NOTE AS QUOTED ABOVE AND THEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE IT.
FURTHER THE JAPANESE SIDE IS PREPARED TOPUT DOWN WRITING THE DATE OF RESUMPTION OF THE TALKS AT THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR SIDE.
THEY INDICATED THAT ◆…◆PART TWO QUOTO ◆…◆ JAP GOVERNMENT WILL COLON ◆…◆THE ABOVE RELEASE CONSIDERATION ◆…◆IN THERE ◆ WILL SEND BACK TO JAPAN JAPANESE ◆…◆ THEIR SENTEKGES BY EARLIEST PRACTICABLE ◆…◆THE COMING INTO EFFECT OF THIS MEMORANDUM AND WILL RECEIVES KOREAN ILLEGAL ◆…◆TO BE EXPORTED BY JAP GOVERNMENT PD UNQUOTE DRAFT ANNEX MEMORANDUM OF WHICH THE CONTENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS COLON QUOTE THE ◆…◆ KOREA JAPAN CONFERENCE WILL BE RESUMED ON SUCH AND SUCH DATE PD JAPANESE GOVERNMENT CMA EXPECTING THAT THE PROBLEM ON THE TREATMENT OF THE KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN INCLUDING DEPORTATION ◆…◆ WILL BE SETTLED AT THE CONFERENCE CMA WILL REFRAIN FROM ◆…◆ KOREAN RESIDENTS FOR DEPORTATION UNTILL THE SETTLEMENT OF THIS PROBLEM UNQUOTE IN COMPLIANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN LETTER NUMBER FIFTYFIVE I AGAIN PRESS THE JAPANESE TO TURN OVER CERTAIN PERSONS IN QUESTION CMA HOWEVER OMA THEY PARTICULARLY JUSTICE MINISTRY ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO SUCH RETURN ON THE GROUND THAT THERE IS NO TREATY OF EXTRADITION AND HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE PD HOWEVER CMA IN RESPONSE TO MY STRONG INSISTENCE THEY HINTED THAT THEY MIGHT CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF DISCUSSING MATTER CONCERNING INTENSIFIED CONTROL OVER ILLEGAL ENTRANTS AT THE FORMAL CONFERENCE WHEN RESUMED PD THE ABOVEMENTIONED CENTS OF DRAFT MEMORANDUM ARE OF COURSE TO OUR CONCURRENCE PD JAPANESE MADE IT CLEAR THAT UNLESS DETAINEE ISSUE IS SETTLED CMA THEY WILL WITHDRAW ALL THE IN PROPOSITIONS MENTIONED ABOVE PD UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES YOUR EXCELLENCYS INSTRUCTIONS ARE RESPECTFULLY ◆◆◆ITED PD FIVE PD
>REGARDING INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE FOUR OF SAN FRANCISCO PEACE TREATY JAP GOVERNMENT WILL ADHERE TO THE INTERPRETATION GIVEN BY THE US GOVERNMENT UNDER ITS NOTE OF ETC,. ACCORDINGLY JAP GOVERNMENT WITHDRAWS ITS CLAIM TO FORMER JAPAN SE PROPERTY IN KOREA WHICH WAS MADE AT THE KOREA JAPAN CONFERENCE IN MARCH FIFTYTHREE. UNQUOTE IN THIS REGARD JAP GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO SUBMIT TO OUR SIDE KN OFFICIAL NOTE AS QUOTED ABOVE AND THEN PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE IT.
FURTHER THE JAPANESE SIDE IS PREPARED TOPUT DOWN WRITING THE DATE OF RESUMPTION OF THE TALKS AT THE CONVENIENCE OF OUR SIDE.
THEY INDICATED THAT ◆…◆PART TWO QUOTO ◆…◆ JAP GOVERNMENT WILL COLON ◆…◆THE ABOVE RELEASE CONSIDERATION ◆…◆IN THERE ◆ WILL SEND BACK TO JAPAN JAPANESE ◆…◆ THEIR SENTEKGES BY EARLIEST PRACTICABLE ◆…◆THE COMING INTO EFFECT OF THIS MEMORANDUM AND WILL RECEIVES KOREAN ILLEGAL ◆…◆TO BE EXPORTED BY JAP GOVERNMENT PD UNQUOTE DRAFT ANNEX MEMORANDUM OF WHICH THE CONTENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS COLON QUOTE THE ◆…◆ KOREA JAPAN CONFERENCE WILL BE RESUMED ON SUCH AND SUCH DATE PD JAPANESE GOVERNMENT CMA EXPECTING THAT THE PROBLEM ON THE TREATMENT OF THE KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN INCLUDING DEPORTATION ◆…◆ WILL BE SETTLED AT THE CONFERENCE CMA WILL REFRAIN FROM ◆…◆ KOREAN RESIDENTS FOR DEPORTATION UNTILL THE SETTLEMENT OF THIS PROBLEM UNQUOTE IN COMPLIANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN LETTER NUMBER FIFTYFIVE I AGAIN PRESS THE JAPANESE TO TURN OVER CERTAIN PERSONS IN QUESTION CMA HOWEVER OMA THEY PARTICULARLY JUSTICE MINISTRY ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO SUCH RETURN ON THE GROUND THAT THERE IS NO TREATY OF EXTRADITION AND HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE PD HOWEVER CMA IN RESPONSE TO MY STRONG INSISTENCE THEY HINTED THAT THEY MIGHT CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF DISCUSSING MATTER CONCERNING INTENSIFIED CONTROL OVER ILLEGAL ENTRANTS AT THE FORMAL CONFERENCE WHEN RESUMED PD THE ABOVEMENTIONED CENTS OF DRAFT MEMORANDUM ARE OF COURSE TO OUR CONCURRENCE PD JAPANESE MADE IT CLEAR THAT UNLESS DETAINEE ISSUE IS SETTLED CMA THEY WILL WITHDRAW ALL THE IN PROPOSITIONS MENTIONED ABOVE PD UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES YOUR EXCELLENCYS INSTRUCTIONS ARE RESPECTFULLY ◆◆◆ITED PD FIVE PD
MINISTER KIM
