No.TS-900840
DATE. 121700
TO. KYUNG MU DAI, FOREIGN MINISTER.
THERE WAS HELD A PRELIMINARY TALKS BETWEEN MINISTER TAI HA YIU AND MR ITAGAKI CMA ASIAN AFFAIRS BUREAU DIRECTOR OF JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY AT KAYU KAIKWAN ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 10 PD
AT THIS MEETING CMA ITAGAKI CMA ▣...▣RING TO HIS TALKS WITH COMPETENT OFFICIALS OF JAPANESE MINISTRIES CONCERNED REGARDING THE KOREAN AMENDMENT PROPOSAL ON PROPERTY CLAIMS ISSUE CMA MADE IT CLEAR THAT KOREA'S AMENDMENT PROPOSAL WITH REGARD TO PROPERTY CLAIMS ISSUE ON US MEMORANDUM IS UNACCEPTABLE TO JAPAN PD HE FURTHER SAID THAT JAPANESE SIDE IS NOT CONSIDERING TO PRESENT ANY COUNTER PROPOSAL IN THIS CONNECTTION WHILE THE KOREAN SIDE MAINTAINS ITS AMENDMENT PROPOSAL AS IT IS PD JAPANESE REQUEST AT THIS MEETING WAS THAT KOREA ACCEPT THE ORIGINAL DRAFT WITH REGARD TO PROPERTY CLAIMS ISSUE PD ITAGAKI SAID THAT JAPAN IS READY TO ACCEPT KOREA'S REVISION ON TIE DETAINEE MEMORANDUM AND OTHER AMENDMENTS PRESENTED IF KOREA WITHDRAW ITS AMENDENT PROPOSAL ON
PROPERTY CLAIMS ISSUE PD MINISTER YIU HOWEVER REITERATED THAT KOREA'S AMENDMENT PROPOSAL WITH REGARD TO PROPERTY CLAIMS ISSUE RELATING TO US MEMORANDUM IS NOT CHANGEABLE PD A WRITTEN REPORT WILL FOLLOW VIA POUCH
AMBASSADOR KIM