이세키 국장과의 면담내용 보고
공람
국장
가번호 : TM-0285
암호번호 : MTB-46
국장
가번호 : TM-0285
암호번호 : MTB-46
발신시간 : 221920
수신인 : OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER
발신인 : AMBASSADOR YIU
I MET ASIAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ISEKI AT KATUKAIKAN AT 2:30 P.M. TODAY IT THE LATTER'S REQUEST. ISEKI SAID THAT THE JAPANESE CABINET WOULD DECIDE TOMORROW TO PURCHASE 30,000 TONS OF KOREAN RICE AND REQUESTED THAT KOREA EXPORT TO JAPAN UNPOLISHED RICE (현미 ) SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE NECESSITY FOR STORING IN JAPAN. I STRONGLY REJECTED HIS REQUEST ON THE SPOT SAYING THAT THE RICE TO BE PURCHASED BY JAPAN MUST BE POLISHED RICE (백미 ) AND THAT BOTH SIDES SHOULD CONDUCT FURTHER NEGOTIATION ON IMMEDIATELY PENDING PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE RICE PROBLEM. ISEKI SAID THAT JAPANESE SIDE WAS REQUESTING KOREAN SIDE TO EXPORT UNPOLISHED RICE SOLELY FOR STORING PURPOSES, AND REQUESTED ME TO REFER THIS MATTER TO SEOUL FOR GOVERMENT INSTRUCTION. I REJECTED ALSO THIS REQUEST SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE OF NO USE TO REFER THIS MATTER TO HOME GOVERNMENT. ISEKI SAID IT WAS HARDLY UNDERSTANDABLE FOR THE JAPANESE SIDE TO HAVE ITS REQUEST FOR UNPOLISHED RICE REJECTED BY THE KOREAN SIDE, ADDING THAT JAPAN WAS IN EXCESS OF RICE STOCKS. HE CONTINUED THAT THE NEGOTIATION FOR PURCHASE OF KOREAN RICE HAD REACHED THE PRESENT STAGE WITH THE EFFORTS OF OFFICIALS OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND THE HIGHER LEVEL OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, CALMING DOWN THE STRONG OPPOSITION OF AND FINALLY OBTAINING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINANCE MINISTRY WHICH VOICED THAT THE TRANSACTION FOR KOREAN RICE IMPORTATION SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH OPEN ACCOUNT. HE FURTHER SAID THAT HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE KOREAN SIDE SHOULD REJECT EVEN HIS REQUEST TO REFER THE MATTER ON UNPOLISHED RICE TO SEOUL AND REQUESTED TO GIVE OUR REPLY DISREGARD BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, ADDING THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ROOM FOR FURTHER NEGOTIATION IF THE KOREAN SIDE SHOULD REJECT THE JAPANESE PROPOSAL FOR UNPOLISHED RICE. (AS FOR THE PRICE, ISEKI SAID IT SHOULD BE LEFT TO EXPERTS OF BOTH SIDES) TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY, I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS MOST INTOLERABLE TO NOTE THAT GROUNDLESS RUMORS OF BARTERING BY THE KOREAN SIDE OF KOREAN RICE WITH JAPANESE FISHERMEN DETAINED IN PUSAN WERE WIDELY SPREADING IN JAPAN. ISEKI SAID THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT COULD NOT CONTROL THE JAPANESE PRESS EVEN IF PRIME MINISTER WAS SLANDERED BY THE PRESS. ISEKI FINALLY STATED THAT IT COULD NOT BE HELPED EVEN IF THE OVERALL TALKS SHOULD BE COLLAPSED DUE TO KOREAN REJECTION OF THE JAPANESE PROPOSAL FOR UNPOLISHED KOREAN RICE IMPORTATION. THUS, TODAYS MEETING ENDED IN EXCHANGE OF STRONG ARGUMENTS WITHOUT ANY CONCLUSION
발신인 : AMBASSADOR YIU
I MET ASIAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ISEKI AT KATUKAIKAN AT 2:30 P.M. TODAY IT THE LATTER'S REQUEST. ISEKI SAID THAT THE JAPANESE CABINET WOULD DECIDE TOMORROW TO PURCHASE 30,000 TONS OF KOREAN RICE AND REQUESTED THAT KOREA EXPORT TO JAPAN UNPOLISHED RICE (현미 ) SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE NECESSITY FOR STORING IN JAPAN. I STRONGLY REJECTED HIS REQUEST ON THE SPOT SAYING THAT THE RICE TO BE PURCHASED BY JAPAN MUST BE POLISHED RICE (백미 ) AND THAT BOTH SIDES SHOULD CONDUCT FURTHER NEGOTIATION ON IMMEDIATELY PENDING PROBLEMS INCLUDING THE RICE PROBLEM. ISEKI SAID THAT JAPANESE SIDE WAS REQUESTING KOREAN SIDE TO EXPORT UNPOLISHED RICE SOLELY FOR STORING PURPOSES, AND REQUESTED ME TO REFER THIS MATTER TO SEOUL FOR GOVERMENT INSTRUCTION. I REJECTED ALSO THIS REQUEST SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE OF NO USE TO REFER THIS MATTER TO HOME GOVERNMENT. ISEKI SAID IT WAS HARDLY UNDERSTANDABLE FOR THE JAPANESE SIDE TO HAVE ITS REQUEST FOR UNPOLISHED RICE REJECTED BY THE KOREAN SIDE, ADDING THAT JAPAN WAS IN EXCESS OF RICE STOCKS. HE CONTINUED THAT THE NEGOTIATION FOR PURCHASE OF KOREAN RICE HAD REACHED THE PRESENT STAGE WITH THE EFFORTS OF OFFICIALS OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND THE HIGHER LEVEL OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, CALMING DOWN THE STRONG OPPOSITION OF AND FINALLY OBTAINING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINANCE MINISTRY WHICH VOICED THAT THE TRANSACTION FOR KOREAN RICE IMPORTATION SHOULD BE MADE THROUGH OPEN ACCOUNT. HE FURTHER SAID THAT HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE KOREAN SIDE SHOULD REJECT EVEN HIS REQUEST TO REFER THE MATTER ON UNPOLISHED RICE TO SEOUL AND REQUESTED TO GIVE OUR REPLY DISREGARD BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, ADDING THAT THERE WOULD BE NO ROOM FOR FURTHER NEGOTIATION IF THE KOREAN SIDE SHOULD REJECT THE JAPANESE PROPOSAL FOR UNPOLISHED RICE. (AS FOR THE PRICE, ISEKI SAID IT SHOULD BE LEFT TO EXPERTS OF BOTH SIDES) TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY, I TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS MOST INTOLERABLE TO NOTE THAT GROUNDLESS RUMORS OF BARTERING BY THE KOREAN SIDE OF KOREAN RICE WITH JAPANESE FISHERMEN DETAINED IN PUSAN WERE WIDELY SPREADING IN JAPAN. ISEKI SAID THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT COULD NOT CONTROL THE JAPANESE PRESS EVEN IF PRIME MINISTER WAS SLANDERED BY THE PRESS. ISEKI FINALLY STATED THAT IT COULD NOT BE HELPED EVEN IF THE OVERALL TALKS SHOULD BE COLLAPSED DUE TO KOREAN REJECTION OF THE JAPANESE PROPOSAL FOR UNPOLISHED KOREAN RICE IMPORTATION. THUS, TODAYS MEETING ENDED IN EXCHANGE OF STRONG ARGUMENTS WITHOUT ANY CONCLUSION
색인어
- 지명
- KOREA, JAPAN, JAPAN, JAPAN, SEOUL, JAPAN, SEOUL, PUSAN, JAPAN
- 관서
- THE FOREIGN MINISTRY, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT, THE FINANCE MINISTRY, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
- 기타
- THE RICE PROBLEM, KOREAN RICE IMPORTATION