번호: JW-0913
일시: 021220
수신인: 외무부장관 귀하
금 9월2일자 당지"자판타임스" 지는 앞으로의 한일문제 교섭에 관하여 다음과 같은 사설을 게재하였압기 참고로 이를 전송함.
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MR. KIM YU TAIK, CHIEF OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ECONOMIC PLANNING AGENCY, SAID THURSDAY THAT THE TIME WAS RIPE FOR BOTH JAPANAND KOREATO START NEGOTIATIONS FOR POLITICAL SETTLEMENT OF NORMALIZATION TALKS "NOW THAT BOTH PARTIES HAVE HAD AMPLE DISCUSSIONS ON PROCEDURAL MATTERS."
WITH THIS STATEMENT WE ENTIRELY AGREE. INDEED, WE FIND IT HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN REACHED LONG BEFORE THIS. SO FAR AS JAPANIN CONCERNED, WE FEEL THERE IS NO REASON WHY RELATIONS BETWEEN THIS COUNTRY AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREASHOULD BE ANYTHING ELSE THAN "NORMAL." THE LONG-DRAWN -OUT ATTEMPTS TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE DIFFERENCES--MOSTLY OF AN ARTIFICIAL CHARACTER--WHICH MARK THE IDEAS OF OUR TWO NATIONS HAVE BEEN FOILED REPEATEDLY BY KOREAN DISCOVERY OF SOME FRESH OBSTACLE TO A WORKABLE AGREEMENT WHICH NECESSITATED A REFERENCE TO SEOULAND RESULTING IN FURTHER PROCRASTINATION.
NOW MR. KIM IS IN TOKYOFOR MEETINGS WITH JAPANESE LEADERS
WITH THE OBJECT OF PAVING THE WAY FOR RESUMPTION OF THE TALKS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED SINCE LAST MAY'S MILITARY COUP IN SEOUL. THE NORMALIZATION TALKS HAVE NOW DRAGGED ON FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS AND IT IS HOPED THAT MR. KIM, WHO IS A STATESMAN AND DIPLOMAT OF CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE, AND WHO IS REGARDED AS THE No.2 MAN IN THE NEW MILITARY CABINETIN SEOUL, WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO SOME AGREEMENT WITH THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT ON WEDNESDAY, MR, KIM DECLARED THAT HE BROUGHT NO SPECIFIC PLANS BUT CAME TO EXCHANGE VIEWS IN THE HOPE THAT THIS WOULD CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THE NORMALIZATION TALKS BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREAAND JAPAN. HE REFUSED TO GIVE DETAILS OF THE MATTERS HE EXPECTED TO DISCUSS BUT ADMITTED THAT THE RHEE LINEFISHING BOUNDARY AND THE KOREAN "PROPERTY CLAIMS" WERE TOP MOST ISSUES.
HIS STATEMENT WOULD APPEAR TO CONTRADICT A MESSAGE FROM SEOUL WHICH QUOTED OMMODORE LEE KAK SOON, CHAIRMAN OF THE OFFICE OF MARINE AFFAIRS, AS SAYING THAT MR. KIM WAS TAKING WITH HIM TO TOKYOA DRAFT FOR A FISHERY AGREEMENT WITH JAPANWHICH PROPOSED INTER ALIA THAT JAPANSHOULD RECOGNIZE THE RHEE LINE, THE ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY SET UP IN THE JAPAN SEABY SOUTH KOREASEVEN YEARS AGO.
IT APPEARS THAT EITHER THIS INFORMATION IS INCORRECT OR
MR. KIM IS HOLDING THE DRAFT UP HIS SLEEVE UNTIL HE SEES HOW MATTERS GO.
ON THURSDAY, HOWEVER, IN A MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S COUNCIL ON JAPAN- ROKRELATIONS, HEADED BY MR. MITSUJIRO ISHIIMR. KIM IS REPORTED TO HAVE SUGGESTED AN EARLY SETTLEMENT THROUGH AN ROK"CONCESSION" ON THE CONTROVERSIAL RHEE LINEAGAINST A JAPANESE COMPROMISE ON KOREAN PREWAR PROPERTY CLAIMS. WE CANNOT SEE HOW JAPANCOULD AGREE TO ANY SUCH DEAL AS THIS. THE RHEE LINEIS OBVIOUSLY A UNILATERAL INFRACTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND WE DO NOT ADMIT THE JUSTICE OF THE KOREAN PREWAR PROPERTY CLAIMS WHICH, IF CONCEDED, WOULD LEAVE THE WAY OPEN TO ALL SORTS OF FURTHER CLAIMS AND COUNTERCLAIMS.
IT SEEMS TO US THAT THE JAPANESE SUGGESTION THAT NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES SHOULD BE SECURED FIRST AND THE FISHERY ISSUES SETTLED AFTERWARD HAS SOMETHING TO RECOMMEND IT. WHAT WE WANT TO GET RID OF IS THE IDEA, FOSTERED IN SEOULDURING THE SYNGMAN RHEEREGIME, THAT THERE IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY ANTAGONISTIC ABOUT JAPAN'S PRESENT-DAY DEALING WITH KOREA.
FACED WITH THIS CONCEPTION, MADE EXTREMELY OBVIOUS AT TIMES, JAPANESE REACTION TO THE RHEE LINEIS THAT IT HAS BEEN SET UP WITH THE OBJECT OF HARASSING JAPANESE FISHERMEN IN PART PAYMENT FOR
JAPAN'S SUPPOSED "MISDEEDS" IN KOREAIN THE PAST. THE RHEE LINEEXTENDS AN AVERAGE OF Go MILES OFF THE KOREAN COAST, AND HUNDREDS OF JAPANESE FISHERMEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY KOREAN PATROL BOATS FOR CROSSING THE "BOUNDARY." THE FUNDAMENTAL TROUBLE IN SOUTH KOREAIS AN ECONOMIC ONE, ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE, THERE ARE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FACTORS OF A DISTURBING NATURE. THE COUNTRY HAS EVERYTHING TO GAIN, IT SEEMS TO US, BY HARMONIOUS COOPERATION WITH JAPAN, WHILE THE JAPANESE PEOPLE HAVE EVERY DESIRE FOR GOOD RELATIONS WITH KOREA.
THE ROK MILITARY GOVERNMENT'S GOALS ARE DECLARED TO BE TO WEED OUT CORRUPTION, TO MAKE THE COUNTRY MORE STRONGLY ANTI -COMMUNIST, AND TO REBUILD ITS ECNOMY ON A SELF-SUPPORTING BASIS.
ON THE ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM, ALL THE AVAILABLE WORKERS ARE TO BE MOBILIZED INTO A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CLOSELY LINKED WITH THE NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION MOVEMENT.
IT IS ADMITTED THAT THESE RECONSTRUCTION PLANS CANNOT BE FULFILLED WITHOUT FURTHER UNITED STATESMILITARY AND ECONOMIC AID. BUT RADIO SEOULADMITS THAT AMERICAN ECONOMIC AID CAN BECOME EFFECTIVE ONLY WHEN IT IS INTEGRATED INTO SOUND AND WIDE RANGE ECONOMIC PLANNING AND PROVIDED THE AID IS EFFECTIVELY USED.
WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT EFFECTIVE WIDE-RANGE ECONOMIC PLANNING FOR KOREAINCLUDES GOOD COMMERCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE COUNTRY'S NEAREST NEIGHBOR, JAPAN. A DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES MIGHT PROVE FRUITFUL FOR BOTH BUT WE CANNOT HELP FEELING THAT FOOLISH PREJUDICES HAVE PERMITTED THE KOREAN AUTHORITIESTO PLACE SERIOUS HINDRANCES IN THE WAY. IF THE NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENTIN SEOULHAS NOW DETERMINED ON A CHANGE IN THIS RESPECT, EVERY POSSIBLE. ENDEAVOR SHOULD BE MADE HERE TO COME TO A WORKABLE AGREEMENT.
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