TO : KYUNG MU DAI, FOREIGN MINISTER.
REGARDING THE DETAINEE ISSUE THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO TACKLE THE ISSUE BY A QUOTE NEW IDEA UNQUOTE. FORMIN KISHI REPORTED TO THE CABINET MEETING TUESDAY ON THE DETAINEE ISSUE IN DETAIL. HE MADE FEW SUGGESTIONS TO THE CABINET MEETING ON NEW JAPANESE POLICY TOWARD KOREA WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE MEETING. THE SOCALLED NEW IDEA OF FOREIGN MINISTER KISHI HAS NOT BEEN MADE PUBLIC YET HOWEVER IT IS TRUE THAT JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIALS CONCERNED ARE NOW CAREFULLY MAPPING OUT THEIR NEW STRATEGY ON THE DETAINEE ISSUE ON THE BASIS OF THIS NEW IDEA. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION THE SOCALLED NEW IDEA IS CENTERED ON THE MEASURES FOR QUOTE APPEALING TO TEE WORLD OPINION UNQUOTE. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT MAY POSSIBLY TAKE THE FOLLOWING MEASURES FOR THIS PURPOSE COLON
FIRST THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE PROPOSITION ON THE DETAINEE ISSUE IN AN OFFICIAL FORM REQUESTING OUR SIDE TO MAKE OFFICIAL REPLY. THEN THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE PUBLIC THESE CONTENTS OF OFFICIALS VIEWS EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.
SECOND THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WELL MAKE USE OF THE UN AND ITS OWN NETWORK OF DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS PUBLICITY MEDIA FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THIRD FORMIN KISHI WANTS TO SEE ME ON TENTH MORNING. THIS IS ROUTINE MEETING OF THE NEWLY APPINTED FOREIGN MINISTER WITH MEMMERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS HOWEVER KISHI MIGHT TOUCH UPON SOME PHASE OF THE PENDING PRORLPMS AS SOME LOCAL PRESS POINTED OUT. I AM CAREFULLY WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ISSUE AND WILL REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT PROMPTLY. ONE

MINISTER KIM.