MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS R. O. K.

 

NO. TS-900863
DATE. 202000

 

INCOMING TELEGRAM
TOKYO

 

TO : KYUNG KU DAI (COPY TO BE PARK CHAN IL), FOREIGN MINISTER.

 

TODAY CMA ON AUGUST 20 CMA T◆…◆ HELD PA◆…◆RY TALKS TWICE IN T◆…◆ AND IN THE AFTERNOON ◆…◆ OUR SIDE WAS REPRESENTED BY MINISTER TAI HE YIU CMA COUNSELLOR O◆OI AND FIRST SECRETARY CHIN WHILE JAPANESE SIDE WAS REPRESENTED BY ASIAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ITACAKI AND COUNCELLOR MIYAKE PD AT THE P◆◆LI INARY TALKS C◆A THE JAPANESE SIDE MADE ◆…◆ ON THE POINT REGARDING THE PROPERTY CLAIMS ISSUE APPEARING IN ARTICLE FOUR OF THE DRAFT AGREED MINUTES AND THE TO CALLED HE IDEA ON THE MAJOR PREMARKS MADE BY THE JAPAN BE SIDE COLON POINT ONE ◆…◆ ING PROPERTY CLAIMES ISSUE COLON THE JAPANESE SIDE SAID IN THE FOLLOWING WAY COLON THE JAPANESE SIDE CANNOT ACCEPT THE KOREAN ATENNDMENT PROPOSAL ON THE ADDING OF WARDS QUOTE CMA AND IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE JAPANESE CLAIMS IN ANY POUNQUOTE HOWEVER CMA IT MAY CHANGE THE ORDER OF ◆ THE CLAU◆◆ OF ARTICLE 4 OF THE DRAFT AGRAEED ◆◆◆UTES AS FOLLOWS WITHOUT REVISING ANY WORKS COLON QUOT◆FOUR MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN COLON ◆◆UNDERSTAND THAT WITH RESPEDT TO THE QUOTE STAT◆◆◆NT OF AMERICA POSITION ON INTERPRETATION OF ARTICL FOUR OF THE JAPANESE PEACE TRATY WITH RESPECT TO THE KOREAN JAPANESE CLAIMS SETTL MENT UNIQUOTE DATED JUN◆◆◆IA 1957 CMA THE GOVERNMENT OF KOREA IS ALSO OF THE SAME OPINION WITH THE SAID ST◆◆◆◆ PD◆ I FUNTHER UNDERSTAND THAT THE SAID AMERICA STATEMENT DOES NOT SICRIFY THE RESIPROCAL R◆NUN◆IATION OF THE PROPERTY CLAIMS PD◆…◆ OF KORDIPSON JAPAN COLON IT IS ALSO BY UNDERSTANDING PD CHIEF OF KORDIPSON IN JAPAN COLON IN CONNECTION WITH THE KOREAN CLAIMS CMA THE KOREAN SIDE WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT FOR DISCUSSION AND SETTLEMENT AT THE OVERALL TALKS TO BE RESUMED THE SAME PROPOSAL THAT IT HAD SUBPTIED AT THE PREVIOUS TALKS PD MINIISTY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN COLON IN SUCH CASE CMA THE JAPANESE SIDE HAS NO OBJECTION TO DISCUSSING FOR SETTLEMENT SUCH KOREAN CLAIMS WITH SINCERITY PD UNQUOTE TO THE ABOVE SUGGESTION BY THE JAPANESE SIDE CMA OUR SIDE TOLD THE JAPANESE SIDE THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN THE WORDING THERE S◆…◆ TO BE NO CHANCE IN SUBSTANCE OF THE MEANING OF THE AETICLE FOUR PD THE JAPANESE SIDE AMESERED THAT THE CHANGE OF ORDER OF CLAUSES WAS PURPORTED TO CONCLUDE THE A◆◆◆CLE FOUR WITH THE WORDINGS QUOTE THE JAPANESE SIDE HAS NO OBJECTION DOT DOT DOT DOT WITH SINCERITY UNQUOTE IN ORDER TO BASE THE AH◆RTY ENTERTAINED BY THE KOREAN SIDE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FEELING AS SET FORT◆IH IN THE KOREAN AMONDMENT PROPOSAL ON THE KOREAN CLAIMS ISSUE PD FURTHER CMA BY PUTTING THE VIES ON THSUS MEMORANDUM FIRST AND ALSO BY PLACING THE PART OF THE KOREAN CLAIMS ISSUE AT THE LAST PART OF THE ARTICLE FOUR THE JAPANESE SIDE ◆◆◆◆S THAT THE EMPMASIS IS PLACED ON THE KOREAN CLAIMS ISSUE AND THAT IT COULD BE MORE LOGICAL TO CHANCE THE ORDER OF THE CLAUSES OF ARTICLE FOUR AS SUGGESTED BY THE JAPANESE SIDE PD OUR SIDE SAID THAT THERE COULD NOT BE ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE MEANING OP ARTICER FOUR ONLY IF THE ORDER OF CLAUSES WERE CHANGED PD POINT TWO REGARDING THE SO CALLED NEW IDEA ON PROCEEDING OF KOREAN JAPAN TALKS COLON THE JAPANESE SIDE SUGGESTED THAT IN CASE THE JAPANESE COUNTERPROPOSAL ON ARTICLE FOUR OF THE DRAFT AGREED MINLUTES MADE IN POINT ONE ABOVE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE KOREAN SIDE CMA A FORMAL CONFERENCE MIGHT BE RESUMED IN PARALLEL WITH THE CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS ON THE DETAINEE ISSUE CMA ETC PD WE SAID THAT IT WAS HADLY BELLEVED THAT THERE WILL BE ANY SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS IN THE FORMAL CONFERENCE CMA EVEN IF RESUMED CMA BECAUSE EVEN THE P◆◆◆ENT NEGOTIATIONS OF THE DETAI◆◆ IS ◆E ISSUE AND THE A◆◆NGENMENTS ON THE RESUMPTION ON THE FORMAL CONFER◆NCE HAVE NOT B◆◆N CONCE◆DED IN ANY MANNER PD DETAILS WILL BE REPORTED BY LETTER THROUGH NEXT POUCH PD

 

MINISTER YIU