Document No.OIJUNG-No 4563

Date December 4, 1958

Re The 4th Korea-Japan Conference
1. The Japanese proposal for a provisional fishery agreement of November 28, 1958 is hardly worthy of any serious consideration. However, this is not a right time for us to irritate unnecessarily the Japanese side at the above-mentioned committee, for even at worst case, we have to avoid a rupture at this stage.
2. While the Korean side is presently in position to ▣▣ the Jap proposal at the Fisheries and Peace Line Committee discussions, we must exhaust our energy at the Committees on Korea claims and legal status of Korean Residents in Japan, for it is highly necessary for us to sound out what the Japanese side really has in its own aims on the issues
3. At the Fisheries and Peace Line Committee, we should conduct the negotiation in the following way:
a. We will tel the Japanese side that their draft of November 28 is under study by our side and raise questions. With presenting various technical questions for the Japanese reply, we may gain tine to take active move at the other committees.
b. A series of questions as stated above will include, among others, the following questions:
1) 1, what is your purpose in having no reflection in your draft of the subject of the
Peace Line which was to be placed on agenda at the 4th Korea-Japan Conference by the Agreed Minutes of December 31 1957
2) 2 The Japanese proposal of November 28 is mainly to regulate fishing in the areas
closely adjacent to the Korean peninsula. We wonder, under the circumstance, whether the Japanese side presented the said proposal really in the spirit of preventing the fishing disputes."
3) "It seems that principles governing the said Japanese draft proposal are different form those of the Japan-U.S.-Canada Fishery Agreement. We wonder under what ground they are so different."
4 In the view of our Government, there will be no prospect of progress at the Committee on Korean Claims unless the Japanese side shapes up the so-called "basic policy". Under this circumstance, we should request the Japanese side to hold a planary session, at which the following questions will be raised up:
1) Art objects - "Ws wonder when the Japanese side will set forth its basic policy for returning the Korean art objects." "we wonder whether the Japanese side really means to return these objects."
2) Vessels - Our request for vessels of Korean registry is made on the ground of SCAPIN No.2168. Question "whether the Japanese side has any different view on it".
Delegation should be cautious to put exactly on record the Japanese remarks which it may make in reply to our questions.
5. In the Committee on Legal Status of Korean Residents in Japan, Delegation should put forward such five questions as stated in government instructions No.OJ- 4355, and put Japanese answers into record.
6. We should not take initiative for adjourning the conference or for postponing meetings under any circumstance, because we should impress the world that the Japanese side is responsible for delay or failure of settlements.
7. It is highly necessary for our delegates to be have active contacts informally with the Japanese authorities or Japanese chief members of committees to sound out what the Japanese side is really contemplating in its talks with us.