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RE FOREIGN OFFICE CODE CABLE FWB 71 THIS AFTERNOON I TALKED WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY J GRAHAM PARSONS IN REGARD TO MONEY JAPANESE AGREES TO GIVE TO ROK FOR RESETTLEKENT OF KOREAN REPATRIATES PD
PARSONS TOLD ME THAT JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO PAY UP TO 1500 DOLLARS PER UNIT OF FAMILIES WHO DESIRE TO REPATRIATE TO ROK PD TOTAL AMOUNT JAPAN IS WILLING TO PAY WILL BE ABOUT TEN MILLION DOLLARS PD THIS SUM WILL BE PAID IN JAPANESE YEN ACCORDING TO HIS INFORMATION PD HOWEVER, IT CAN BE CHANGED IN JAPAN INTO DOLLARS BECAUSE IT IS NOT FROM BLOCKED MONEY PD WHEN I ASKED WHETHER AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS ADVINCING THE SUM AND WHETHER THAT INFORMATION IS TRUE MR PARSONS SAID THAT AMBASSADOR MACARTHUR IN JAPAN TOLD AMBASSADOR YIU THAT UNITED STATES CANNOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GIVE ANY ASSURANCES THAT UNITED STATES WILL GUARANTEE PAYMENT IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY MISUNDERSTANDING BECAUSE UNITED STATES CANNOT COMMIT ANY SUM OF MONEY WITHOUT AN APPROPRIATION FROM UNITED STATES CONGRESS FOR ANY SUCH PURPOSE PD I ALSO WAS TOLD THAT OUR FOREIGN OFFICE HAS BEEN INFORMED ON THIS VERY QUESTION PD I AM AFRAID THERE IS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING SOMEWHERE YANG NINETEEN