PKM -24
NOTE VERBALE
The Korean Mission presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with reference to the three (3) Korean detainees at Omura whom the Government of Japan is contemplating to release temporarily, has the honor to state as follows:
The Government of the Republic of Korea is deeply concerned over these three (3) Korean detainees at Omura who, according to the responsible official of the Ministry, are in imminent danger of life of serious illness. From the strictly humanitarian viewpoint, the Mission wishes to request that, under its responsibility, the Government of Japan temporarily release the above-mentioned three (3) Korean detainees without losing time, and render them proper medical treatment. It is understood that in this regard that their temporary release does not affect their detainee status.
It is also understood that their temporary release is based on an emergent measure taken from humanitarian viewpoint, and that it is provisional pending a final settlement of the problems in accordance with Article 2 of the Agreed Minutes which was signed on December 31, 1957.

Tokyo, August 18, 1958