June 10, 1958

TO : His Excellency the President
FROM : Vice-Foreign Minister
SUBJECT : The fourth Korea-Japan talks : Delegation's report No.10 on legal status of Korean residents in Japan and the Ministry's views thereupon
1. Our chief delegate requested government instructions regarding a concrete proposal for the arrangements for the acceptance of deportees, regard to the problem of 'deportation', the joint draft of 1952 is not satisfactory to us because it stipulated a time limit during which the Japanese Government is restrained from taking arbitrary measures (Please refer to Guiding Principles - Committee on Legal Status of Korean Residents in Japan - 1). Therefore, our proposal is to delete the abovementioned time limit. Then, the main part of the proposed joint draft may read:
The authorities concerned of the Republic of Korea and Japan will consult with each other on the compulsory deportation of a Korean resident in Japan who may have been granted permission for permanent residence
2. The Ministry is withholding issuance of the above instructions because we are still to sound out real intentions of the Japanese Government on this issue. By his cable FT-66 dated May 30, 1958, the Foreign Minister instructed;
You reported that judging from the Japanese remarks, the joint draft of 1952 is not in its favor, Government wishes to know in the first place which part of the joint draft of 1952 is not in Japan's favor.. Immediately sound out Japanese intentions in this regard and report without delay for government consideration.
Up to this time, the delegation failed to report on how and whether it sounded out the Japanese intentions in accordance with the said government instructions.
3. According to the Delegation's report, the Japanese side presented three so-called basic principles, which are:
i. Korean residents in this case means those who have been resident in Japan since prior to the end of World War II.
ii. The Japanese side is ready to take into consideration special background and circumstances in which the Korean residents are placed.
iii. The Japanese side will consider some longrange measures for stabilized life of the Korean residents, with the hope that the problem on deportation would be settled smoothly.
With regard to item i and ii we find nothing new, Item iii is noteworthy. It is assumed that the Japanese side will accord permanent residence to Korean residents in Japan on condition that they are subject to Japan's unilateral right of deportation, at least a few years after the coming into force of the Agreement. Item iii may mean that Japan still wishes to retain her assertion on Article III of the 1952 joint draft (three years time limit). The so-called 'stabilized' life cannot be assured unless the problem of deportation is settled in our favor, That is why we consider that Item iii provides nothing significant. Delegation's reports and records of the meetings submitted thereby give impression that our Delegation did not yet comprehend satisfactorily this point.
Enclosure:
Joint Draft Agreement between the Republic of Korea and Japan Concerning Nationality and Treatment of Korean Residents in Japan