번호 : TM-1020

일시 : 041300

TO : OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. FOREIGN MINISTER. COPY TO AMBASSADOR YIU.
MOST OF NEWS PAPERS HERE CARRIED A UPI REPORT FROM SEOUL CONCERNING AMBASSADOR YIUS REMARKS. THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT CARRIED BY THE OCTCBER 4TH ISSN OF THE JAPAN TIMES IN THIS REGARD:
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ROK ▣...▣ IN TALKS
SEOUL (UPI)--ROK AMBASSADOR IN JAPAN YIU TAI HA EXPRESSED HOPE SATURDAY THAT AN OVERALL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIS NATION AND JAPAN ON THE REPATRIATION OF KOREAN RESIDENTS THERE TO SOUTH KOREA WILL BE SIGNED SOMETIME THIS MONTH.
THE HOPED-FOR AGREEMENT, HE SAID, ALSO WOULD COVER THE LEGAL STATUS OF KOREAN RESIDENTS WHO REMAIN IN JAPAN.
YIU'S STATELIEST CAME AFTER HIS ARRIVAL SATURDAY BY AIR FROM TOKYO FOR CONSULTATIONS WITH HIS HOME GOVERNMENT.
HE SAID THE NEGOTIATIONS IN TOKYO WERE "PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY." YIU LATER CONFERRED WITH PRESIDENT SYNGMAN RHEE FOR 40 MINUTES AND THEN FOR THREE HOURS WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER CHOI KYU HAH VAND YOO CHIN OH, ONE OF THE KOREAN DELEGATES TO THE OVERALL TALKS IN TOKYO.
YIU SAID HE WOULD BE RETURNING TO TOKYO TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY
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비고 : DAEPYO TOKYO

수신시간 : 1959 OCT 4 PM 1 58