(Enclosure of Woijung No.2897)

July 29, 1958

Instructions -Part I
To : Ambassador Limb and Minister Yiu
Regarding the future conduct of the fourth Korea-Japan Conference particularly in connection with the problem of Korean detainees at Omura who allegedly desire to go to north Korea, you are instructed to implement without delay the following:
1. The Government withholds for the time being sending a formal note in order to counter the Japanese note of July 21, 1958, No.116/ASN. But Ambassador Limb and Minister Yiu are jointly instructed to meet the Japanese Foreign Minister to make representation to deliver government position virtually in response to the said Japanese note. The points to be delivered to the Japanese side in the form of Oral Statement are dispatched simultaneously with this Instructions (Please refer to Instructions - Part II).
2. Separately from our efforts to break the present impasse regarding those detainees allegedly desirous of going to north Korea, Government will continue to make efforts to expedite the proceeding of the overall talks. Standing on the above position, our delegation is instructed:
A. To press further the Japanese side to present in writing their position on "arrangement for acceptance of deportees", and if possible, their draft agreement on the whole points at issue on status and treatment of Korean residents in Japan ;
B. To press the Japanese side to present to us without delay the list of Korean art objects which Japan intends to turn over to us; and
C. To avoid unnecessary recess of conference so that the talks may make progress as soon as possible.
3. You are authorized to inform the Japanese side that our side has no objection to convening the Fisheries and Peace Line Committee on August 20, 1958 if the Japanese so desires, in the expectation that the two committees presently in session make some progress by that time. You are also authorized to inform them that Mr. Chang Kyung Keun, one of the delegates, has been appointed as chief member of our side at the Fisheries and Peace Line Committee, explaining that his trip to the conference site was delayed due to his duty as a member of National Assembly as the Assembly is deliberating on the revised draft budget.