No.TS-910151
DATE. 272100
TO. KYUNG MU DAI, FOREIGN MINISTER.
THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE WAS HELD AT THE JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE CMA AT THREE THIRTY PM ON JANUARY TWENTY SEVEN CMA ONE NINE FIVE EIGHT CMA AND MAIN POINTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED ARE AS FOLLOWS COLON
ITEM ONE
WE RECEIVED FROM THE JAPANESE SIDE TWO SEPARATE LISTS OF KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS NOW UNDER DETENTION AND OF THOSE WHO ARE NOW OUT ON BAIL PD CONCERNING THE LIST FOR KOREAN ART OBJECTS THE JAPANESE SIDE PRESENTED TO US AS A FIRST STEP A LIST CONTAINING NINTYSEVEN ITEMS OF ART OBJECTS IN POSSESSION OF TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM PD IN EXCHANGE FOR THE ABOVE LIST WE HANDED OVER TO THE JAPANESE SIDE A LIST OF JAPANESE FISHERMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OF THEIR PRISON TERMS AS OF DEC 31 1957 PD WE WILL EXAMINE THE ABOVE LIST WE RECEIVED FROM THE JAPANESE SIDE THOROUGHLY AND DISCUSSION THERE OF WILL BE CONTINUED AT THE MEETING TO BE HELD TOMORROW PD
ITEM TWO
IN REGARD TO THE MATTER ON THE DISPATCH OF OUR INVESTIGATORS WE DEMANDED THAT ENTRY PERMIT FOR ALL THE OFFICIALS BE GRANTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE CHECKING OF KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS MAY BE EXPECITED PD REFERRING TO UP DISPATCH FROM SEOUL THE JAPANESE OFFICIALS ANSWERED THAT IT WAS HARDLY POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO RECEIVE WELL KNOWN AND HIGH BANKING POLICE OFFICERS AT THIS STAGE IN VIEW OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL POLITICS PD THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD FAVOURABLY CONSIDER IT IF THE KOREAN SIDE APPLY FOR ENTRY PERMIT FOR THREE OR FOUR OFFICIERS PARANTHSIS NOT SO HIGH RANKING PARANTHSIS AS QUOTE
OFFICIALS OF THE KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OR OF THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE TO QUOTE HELP THE WORK OF THE KOREAN MISSION IN REGARD TO THE MUTUAL RELEASE OF DETAINEES PD UNQUOTE
YOUR URGENT INSTRUCTIONS A REHIGHLY APPRECIATED REGARDING WHO WILL BE DISPATCHED AMONG OUR INVESTIGATORS AND IT IS REQUESTED THAT THEIR OCCUPATION SHOWN IN THEIR PASSPORTS BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY PD
ITEM THREE
REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE DETAINEES IT WAS SUGGESTED BOTH SIDES ARRANGE FOR THOSE VESSELS TRANSPORTING DETAINEES TO ARRIVE AT RESPECTIVE PORTS OF DESTINATION PREFERABLY EARLY IN THE MORNING PD
ITEM FOUR
JAPANESE SIDE TOLD US THAT FIRST GROUP OF TWO FIVE ZERO KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS UNDER DETENTION WILL BE REPATRIATE ON FEB SIX AND SECOND GROUP OF FIVE ZERO ZERO ON FEB NINE IF KOREAN SIDE IS READY PD YOUR URGENT INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS REGARD WILL BE APPRECIATED PD
ITEM FIVE
JAPANESE SIDE WANTS TO HAVE LIST OF FIRST GROUP OF THREE ZERO
ZERO JAPANESE FISHERMEN ON ADVANCE OF THEIR ARRIVAL AS SHIMONOSEKI PD IN THIS CONNECTION OLD ARE INFORM US OF WHEN LIST WILL BE SENT TO THIS OFFICE PD
ITEM SIX
AS TO THOSE KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS ALLEGEDLY DESIRING TO GO TO NORTH KOREA WE AGAIN REQUESTED JAPANESE OFFICIALS THAT THEY SHOULD ASSURE US THAT KOREANS IN QUESTION SHOULD BE REPATRIATED TO OUR SIDE WITHOUT FAIL AND THAT THEY WOULD NEVER BE SENT TO NORTH KOREA PD JAPANESE OFFICIALS ANSWERED THAT THEY CAN PROMISE THAT KOREANS IN QUESTION WILL NEITHER BE SENT TO NORTH KOREA NOR BE RELEASED IN JAPAN PD THEY ADDED THAT LIST OF KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS UNDER DETENTION INCLUDES NAMES OF THOSE KOREANS IN QUESTION AND THAT INCLUSION OF THEIR NAMES IN THE LIST WOULD MEAN THAT KOREANS IN QUESTION ARE SUBJECT TO DEPORTATION TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA PD
IN THIS CONNECTION WE WILL AGAIN TAKE UP THIS MATTER AT THE NEXT MEETING PD
ITEM SEVEN
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THREE PM ON JAN TWOEIGHT PD
AMBASSADOR KIM

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