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DATE. DECEMBER 31, 1957
SENT TO. AMBASSADOR YOU CHAN YANG KORIC
CONCLUDING THE KOREA JAPAN PRELIMINARY TALKS CMA KOREA AND JAPAN SIGNED NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TODAY DECEMBER THIRTYFIRST PD
SIGNING THE DOCUMENTS CMA THE JAPANESE GOVERMENT FORMALLY WITHDREW THE SOCALLED KUBOTA STATEMENT MADE BY THE JAPANESE DELEGATION IN NINETEEN FIFITYTHREE AND WITHDREW ITS CLAIM TO PROPERTY IN KOREA CMA AND THE JAPANESE AGREED TO RESUME THE OVERALL TALKS IN TOKYO ON MARCH FIRST NINETEEN FIRTYEIGHT PD THE JAPANESE FURTHER AGREED TO RELEASE OUR DETAINEES HELD IN JAPANESE DETENTION CAMPS WHILE WE WILL ACCEPT THE DEPORTATION OF KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS INTO JAPAN AND WILL REPATRIATE JAPANESE FISHERMEN IN PUSAN TO JAPAN PD DETAILED INFORMATION ON DOCUMENTS SIGNED AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS WILL FOLLOW BY POUCH PD
THE CONCLUSION OF THE PRELIMINARY TALKS CMA HOWEVER CMA ARE ONLY A STEP TO THE RESUMPTION OF THE OVERALL TALKS WHICH WERE SUSPENDED OCTOBER NINETEEN FIRTYTHREE CMA AND MAJOR PROBLEMS ARE YET TO BE SETTLED AT THE FORMAL CONFERENCE TO BE RECONVENED PD
IN CONCLUDING THE PRELIMINARY TALKS CMA WE HAVE PARTICULAR INTEREST AND CONCERN OVER SUCCESSFUL SETTLEMENT OUR PROPERTY CLAIMS AGAINST JAPAN WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MOST KNOTTY PROBLEMS THROUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE JAPANESE PD THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT AT THE FORMAL CONFERENCE THE JAPANESE SIDE MAY TRY AGAIN UNDULY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF ITS PAYMENT TO KOREA TO WHICH KOREA IS LEGALLY ENTITLED PD FROM NOW ON PLEASE ACTIVELY CONTACT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT CIRCLE AND MAKE THEM BE SYMPATHETIC AND SUPPORT OUR STAND ON OUR CLAIMS PD
IN CONNECTION WITH US INTERPRETATION OF SAN FRANCISCO PEACE TREATY CMA PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR SIDE ACCEPTED THE INTERPRETATION WITH UNDERSTANDING FIRSTLY THAT THE US WILL SUPPORT OUR POSITION ON PROPERTY CLAIMS ISSUE AT THE FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE AND SECONDLY THAT WE WANTED TO RESPECT CMA AMERICAN PRESTIGE PD
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