No.MTB-031
DATE. 10251500
TO. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOREIGN MINISTER
THE FIFTH MEETING OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON OTHER CLAIMS REGARDING KOREAN ART OBJECTS WAS HELD AT TEN THIRTY AM ON OCTOBER TWENTYFIFTH AT THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY PD AT THIS MEETING THE JAPANESE SIDE SAID IT WAS WITH REGRET THAT IT WAS UNABLE TO GIVE REPLY TO OUR REQUEST, REGARDING ART OBJECTS PENDING HIGHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DECISION IN THIS REGARD CMA OF WHICH THE DELAY WAS CAUSED BY DOMESTIC POLITICS PD HOWEVER THE JAPANESE SIDE CONTINUED IT WANTS TO SETTLE THE PROBLEM WITH SINCERITY PD AFTER REPEATING THAT JAPANESE REPLY SHOULD BE GIVEN AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE CMA OUR SIDE PRESENTED CMA ON THE BASIS OF GOVERNMENT CABLE INSTRUCTIONS FTB-012 CMA TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE A LIST OF THE KOREAN ART OBJECTS TO BE RETURNED TO KOREA WHICH CONTAINS AROUND ONE THOUSAND ITEMS AS REPORTED TO THE GOVERNMENT BY MISSIONS LETTER HANILDAE - 2156 DATED OCTOBER TWENTYTH PD THE JAPANESE SIDE STATED IT WOULD STUDY THE ABOVE LIST AND MIGHT PUT FORWARD QUESTIONS ON IT FROM NEXT MEETING PD IN THIS CONNECTION CMA HOWEVER CMA THE JAPANESE SIDE REQUBSTED US TO PRESENT ALL THE LIST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS IT BELIEVED THAT IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR THE JAPANESE SIDE TO MAKE DECISION IN THIS REGARD PD FOR DETAILS CMA MINISTER YIU WILL MAKE REPORT IN PERSON UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN SEOUL ON OCTOBER TWENTYSEVRN BRACKET MONDAY BRACKET PD NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD AT TEN THIRTY ON NOVEMBER FIRST PD

AMBASSADOR LIMB
TIME RECEIVED OCT 26 1958