가번호 : TM-0289
암호번호 : MTB-48

발신시간 : 231930

수신인 : OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER
발신인 : AMBASSADOR YIU
DELEGATES YU CHIN O AND LEE HO AND MYSELF MET JAPANESE CHIEF DELEGATE SAWADA AT KAYUKAIKAN AT 2:30 P.M. TODAY AT OUR REQUEST. AFTER TELLING SAWADA THAT THE KOREAN SIDE REQUESTED TO HOLD THIS MEETING WITH A VIEW TO FILING FORMAL PROTEST OF OUR DELEGATION WITH THE JAPANESE CHIEF DELEGATE AGAINST SPREADING RUMORS THAT KOREAN SIDE WAS INTENDED TO BARTER THE JAPANESE FISHERMEN IN PUSAN WITH RICE EXPORT TO JAPAN, WE MADE THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTATION : ALL NEWSPAPER HERE HAVE REPORTED CONSECUTIVELY FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS THE MOST INSULTING STORIES TO THE EFFECT THAT THE KOREAN SIDE IS PLANNING TO BARTER RICE WITH JAPANESE FISHERMEN. IT IS ALL THE MORE REGRETABLE THAT JAPANESE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY FUKUDA REPORTEDLY STATED AT THE DIET, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION OF A DIET MEMBER, THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT WAS FAVORABLY CONSIDERING TO IMPORT KOREAN RICE IN ORDER TO SAVE LIVES OF JAPANESE FISHERMEN IN PUSAN. UNDER SUCH PREVAILING ATMOSPHERE, IT IS HARDLY EXPECTED THAT SMOOTH NEGOTIATION COULD BE CONDUCTED. THE KOREAN SIDE ASKED JAPAN TO IMPORT KOREAN RICE SIMPLY IN THE LIGHT OF THE GROSS UNBALANCE OF TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPATRIATION OF JAPANESE FISHERMEN IN QUESTION HAS BEEN DELAYED DUE TO THE FAILURE OF THE JAPANESE SIDE TO REPATRIATE ALL KOREAN DETAINEE IN OMURA. NEVERTHELESS, THE JAPANESE PRESS PROPAGATES AS IF THE WHOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELAY OF THE MUTUAL REPATRIATION OF THE DETAINEES RESTED WITH THE KOREAN SIDE. THE KOREAN SIDE CANNOT BUT VIEW THAT THE ABOVE PRESS REPORT ARE NOTHING BUT CONSEQUENCES OF DELIBERATE AND PURPOSEFUL MACHINATION ONLY PART OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES, THE KOREAN SIDE STRONGLY FEELS IT NECESSARY FOR BOTH SIDES TO MAKE PUBLIC THE FACTS ABOUT THE NEGOTIATION CONDUCTED UP TO DATE AND THE REASON FOR THE DELAY OF THE MUTUAL REPATRIATION OF DETAINEE AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH BOTH SIDES FAILED TO FINALIZE BY THE END OP LAST YEAR THE "COMPENSATION" ON KOREAN RESIDENT IN JAPAN AND "JOINT COMMUNIQUE". THE ABOVE MUST BE MADE PUBLIC TO THE WORLD SO THAT THE WORLD CAN HAVE CLEAR AND FAIR UNDERSTANDING THEREON. THE KOREAN SIDE HAS TRIED TO TOLERATE WHAT CAN HARDLY BE TOLERATED. THE KOREAN SIDE IS PLANNING TO ISSUE A STATEMENT CLARIFYING THE EXACT SITUATION. THE KOREAN SIDE WILL TAKE WHATEVER MEASURES REQUIRED TO REMEDY THE SITUATION AND IT IS HOPED THAT THE JAPANESE SIDE ON ITS PART WILL TAKE PROPER MEASURES IN THIS REGARD. MR SAWADA IN REPLY TO THE ABOVE REPRESENTATIONS STATED AS FOLLOWS: HE FEELS VERY SORRY FOR THE EMBARRASSING PRESS REPORTS AS REFERRED TO BY OUR SIDE. IT IS VERY HARD FOR THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL THE PRESS. HE HOPES THAT THE KOREAN SIDE WILL WITHHOLD TAKING HASTY ACTIONS, HE FULLY UNDERSTAND KOREAN REPRESENTATION MADE TODAY, AND WILL MARE EFFORTS TO TAKE PROPERMEASURES AS MAY BE SATISFACTORY TO THE KOREAN SIDE IN CONSULTATION WITH HIS GOVERNMENT. DETAILS FOLLOW BY POUCH

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