가번호 : TM-12162
암호번호 : MTB-344
발신시간 : 282010
수신인 : OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER
발신인 : AMBASSADOR YIU
REGARDING PROBLEM OF "COMPENSATION".
ITEM 1. I NET WITH AMBASSADOR MACARTHUR FOR AN HOUR FROM 11:00 A.M. TODAY AT THE LATTER'S OFFICE. AT THIS MEETING, AMBASSADOR MACARTHUR STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED CABLE INSTRUCTIONS FROM WASHINGTON IN WHICH THE STATE DEPARTMENT MADE CLEAR THE FOLLOWING POINTS: THE UNITED STATES WILL LIMIT ITS ROLE TO BE THE INTERMEDIARY IN TAKING THE "ASSURANCE" TO BE MADE BY THE JAPANESE SIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONTEMPLATED REPATRIATION AND IN CONVEYING THE "ASSURANCE" TO THE KOREAN SIDE; AND HOWEVER THE UNITED STATES CAN NOT ADVANCE FOR JAPAN THE SAID AMOUNT OF MONEY TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. FOR DETAILS OF MY TALKS WITH AMBASSADOR MACARTHUR, PLEASE REFER TO MY LETTER VIA POUCH.
ITEM 2. I TOGETHER WITH DELEGATE YU MET WITH ASIAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ISEKI AT KAYUKAIKAN FOR 40 MINUTES FROM 2:30 P.M. TODAY ON THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THIS MEETING, OUR SIDE INFORMED ISEKI OF AMBASSADOR MACARTHUR'S STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN ITEM 1. ISEKI SAID THAT HE COULD HARDLY UNDERSTAND IT IF THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR SAID THE UNITED STATES COULD NOT ADVANCE FOR JAPAN CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY UNDER REFERENCE TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT AMBASSADOR MACARTHUR HAD MADE REPEATEDLY CLEAR TO THE JAPANESE SIDE THAT THE UNITED STATES WOULD ADVANCE THE SAID MONEY IN COGNIZANCE OF THE FACT THAT JAPAN WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE THE PAYMENT BEFORE A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AND THAT THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE IN NEED OF THE MONEY BEFORE THE REPATRIATION. ISEKI CONTINUED THAT HE WOULD FURTHER NEGOTIATE WITH THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN THIS REGARD AND CONTACT US THEREAFTER, EVEN SAYING THAT IF THE OVERALL TALKS SHOULD COLLAPSE, THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE UNITED STATES. FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER TO MY LETTER REPORT VIA POUCH.