기시 수상의 개인 특사건
January 17, 1958
Dear Mr. Ambassador:
I have been instructed to acknowledge the receipt of your report No.40 of January 9, 1958 addressed to His Excellency the President, in which you referred to the Japanese suggested idea of sending a special personal envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister.
According to your report, while you were in Seoul, I suggested that you try to find out the possibility of getting some other person than Mr. Yatsugi as Mr. Kishi's personal envoy, saying that I personally thought a person like Deputy Premier Ishii might be more logical choice for this purpose. But referring to the name of Mr.Ishii, I did not mean that our Government was ready to receive the Japanese envoy in question, but merely exchanged with you our mutual views on the personality of such envoy in case we should receive such envoy. I think there is no room for you to misunderstand the intention of the Government if you perused and were careful enough to follow out my instructions letter of December 28, 1957, which partly read:
As for the suggested idea of a special personal representative of the Japanese Prime Minister, such representative should be dispatched under agreement, which will be reached by both sides after the conclusion of the preliminary talks, concerning the personality of the representative and date of dispatching
As the Government did not instruct you on the personality of the envoy in question and date of dispatching, I regret that you, after you return to Tokyo, hastily approached and impressed the Japanese side as if our Government were ready to receive the personal envoy in question.
In the view of the Government, an urgent question is to settle the long-pending problems as soon as possible and not to exchange goodwill missions. The Japanese Government withdrew the Kubota statement and their claim to property in Korea, but it means that they have done nothing special but only withdrew their absurd claims. Therefore, the Japanese sincerity is to be further demonstrated in the forthcoming overall talks, Until such time, the Government does not consider it appropriate to accept the Japanese idea of sending a special envoy in any manner.
Though the Japanese side wants to send their Prime Minister's personal letter through personal representative, the Government considers that there is no reason why they cannot send it through the diplomatic channels, even if such letter is personal.
I have been instructed to acknowledge the receipt of your report No.40 of January 9, 1958 addressed to His Excellency the President, in which you referred to the Japanese suggested idea of sending a special personal envoy of the Japanese Prime Minister.
According to your report, while you were in Seoul, I suggested that you try to find out the possibility of getting some other person than Mr. Yatsugi as Mr. Kishi's personal envoy, saying that I personally thought a person like Deputy Premier Ishii might be more logical choice for this purpose. But referring to the name of Mr.Ishii, I did not mean that our Government was ready to receive the Japanese envoy in question, but merely exchanged with you our mutual views on the personality of such envoy in case we should receive such envoy. I think there is no room for you to misunderstand the intention of the Government if you perused and were careful enough to follow out my instructions letter of December 28, 1957, which partly read:
As for the suggested idea of a special personal representative of the Japanese Prime Minister, such representative should be dispatched under agreement, which will be reached by both sides after the conclusion of the preliminary talks, concerning the personality of the representative and date of dispatching
As the Government did not instruct you on the personality of the envoy in question and date of dispatching, I regret that you, after you return to Tokyo, hastily approached and impressed the Japanese side as if our Government were ready to receive the personal envoy in question.
In the view of the Government, an urgent question is to settle the long-pending problems as soon as possible and not to exchange goodwill missions. The Japanese Government withdrew the Kubota statement and their claim to property in Korea, but it means that they have done nothing special but only withdrew their absurd claims. Therefore, the Japanese sincerity is to be further demonstrated in the forthcoming overall talks, Until such time, the Government does not consider it appropriate to accept the Japanese idea of sending a special envoy in any manner.
Though the Japanese side wants to send their Prime Minister's personal letter through personal representative, the Government considers that there is no reason why they cannot send it through the diplomatic channels, even if such letter is personal.
Sincerely yours,
Chung W. Cho
Chung W. Cho
Ambassador Yu Taik Kim Korean Mission in Japan Tokyo
색인어
- 이름
- Yatsugi, Kishi, Ishii, Ishii
- 지명
- Seoul, Tokyo, Korea
- 관서
- The Japanese Government
- 기타
- Kubota statement
