No.MTH-009
DATE. 10041330
TO. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOREIGN MINISTER
THE SECOND MEETING OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON OTHER CLAIMS REGARDING KOREAN ART OBJECTS WAS HELD AT TEN AM CMA ON SATURDAY OCTOBER FOUR AT JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY PD AT THIS MEETING CMA JAPANESE CHIEF MEMBER ITAGAKI STATED THAT THE JAPANESE DELEGATION WAS NOT IN RECEIPT OF ITS GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE MATTERS ON KOREAN ART OBJECTS YET DUE TO SUSPENSION FOR SOME TIME OF THE OVERALL TALKS PD HE CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD EXERT EFFORTS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS REGARD AT AN EARLY DATE AND TO BRING ABOUT SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT OF THE MATTER ON KOREAN ART OBJECTS PD HE ALSO REGRETTED THAT HE COULD NOT GIVE REPLY TO OUR REQUEST PUT FORWARD AT THE FIRST MEETING THAT A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL THE ITEMS OF KOREAN ART OBJECTS WHICH JAPANESE SIDE IS READY TO TURN OVER TO US BE SUBMITTED TO US PD TAKING NOTE OF THE ABOVE REMARKS BY MR. ITAGAKI CMA
TIME RECEIVED OCT-5 1958
/MINISTER YIU