No.MTE-044
DATE. 10061900
TO. KYUNG MU DAI & FOREIGN MINISTER
SEVENTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL STATUS OF KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN WAS HELD AT 3:00 PM ON MONDAY (OCT. 6, 1958) AT THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY. AT THIS MEETING, THE JAPANESE SIDE REQUESTED US TO GIVE ANSWER TO THE JAPANESE SUGGESTION REGARDING CRITERIA OF DEPORTATION PUT FORWARD IN EARLY PART OF JULY. WE TOLD THE JAPANESE SIDE THAT WE RESERVED OUR COMMENTS ON THE JAPANESE SUGGESTION UNDER REFERENCE AND STRONGLY DEMANDED THAT THE JAPANESE SIDE PRESENT MORE CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS TO THIS MEETING WITH A VIEW TO BRINGING ABOUT AN EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS OF THIS COMMITTEE. IT IS DESIRED THAT OUR DRAFT PROPOSAL REFERRED TO IN SUBITEM ONE OF ITEM 1 OF ANNEX SECOND OF GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS NUMBER WOIJUNG 3554. BE SENT HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE COULD PRESENT TO THE JAPANESE SIDE AT THE NEXT MEETING WHICH WILL BE HELD AT 3:00 PM ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 13.

AMBASSADOR LIMB

TIME RECEIVED : 1958 OCT 7 AM 8:30