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번호 TM-01105
일시 261415
FOREIGN MINISTER. COPY TO AMB. YIU
RE KJ TALKS:
THE JAN 26 MORNING EDITION OF NEWSPAPERS HERE REPORTED ON THE RESUMPTION OF THE KOREA-JAPAN TALKS. THE FOLLOWING IS AN ITEM CONCERNED CARRIED BY JAN 26 EDITION OF THE JAPAN TIMES.
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JAPAN-ROK TALKS RESUME SATURDAY
SEOUL (UPI) -- ROK AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN YIU TAI HA SAID MONDAY THAT FORMAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA WILL RESUME ON SATURDAY INSTEAD OF WEDNESDAY AS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED. YIU SAID THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY AGREED ON THE NEW DATE FOR THE TALKS. YIU GAVE NO REASON FOR THE POSTPONEMENT EXCEPT THAT IT WAS "DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES." HE MET AMBASSADOR WALTER P. MCCONAUSHY, U.S. ENVOY TO SOUTH KOREA, MONDAY AND REPORTEDLY ASKED THAT THE UNITED STATES STEP UP ITS MEDIATION EFFORTS IN THE PROBLEMS AFFECTING SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN. YIU TOLD NEWSMEN THE WILL LEAVE FOR TOKYO JAN. 27.
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TIME RECEIVED 1960 JAN 26 PM I 17