JANUARY 3, 1958

No.ST 910121
DATE. 031550
SENT TO. AMBASSADOR YU TAIK KIM KORDIPSION
SUBJECT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TERMS AGREED ON AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE KOREA JAPAN PRELIMINARY TALKS PD
IN ORDER TO INTERPRET AND IMPLEMENT THE TERMS AGREED ON IN THE DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON DECEMBER THIRTYFIRST NINETEEN FIFTYSEVEN CMA IT IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR THE TWO GOVERNMENTS TO SET UP URGENTLY A WORKING COMMITTEE FOR PREPARATION OF OVERALL TALKS PD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ABOVE COMMITTEE IS NECESSARY PARTICULARLY FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF TIE FOLLOWING POINTS COLON
ITEM ONE ACCORDING TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND JOINT COMMUNIQUE CMA OUR GOVERNMENT QUOTE WILL ACCEPT THE DEPORTATION OF KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS UNQUOTE PD ATTENTION IS INVITED TO THE POINT THAT THE SCOPE OF SUCH KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS IS NOT TO BE CONFINED TO THOSE WHO ARE BEING DETAINED AT THE JAPANESE CAMPS CMA BUT INCLUDE ALL THOSE WHO PROCEEDED TO JAPAN WITHOUT VALID PASSPORT AFTER THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO PD JAPAN MAY ARGUE THAT SHE WILL BE FREE IN DECIDING WHO SHOULD BE DEPORTED PD BUT OUR FEAR IS THAT JAPAN MAY TRY TO PROTECT IN HER TERRITORY KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS OF CERTAIN CATEGORY PD
ITEM TWO ACCORDING TO ANNEXED UNDERSTANDING CMA NECESSITY FOR THE HELP FOR THE LIVLIHOOD OF THE RELEASED KOREANS WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION PD WE WILL WATCH WITH DEEP CONCERN WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BY THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IN THIS REGARD PD
ITEM THREE BY Oral Statement CMA JAPAN WILL TURN OVER TO KOREA THOSE KOREAN ART OBJECT NOW IN POSSESSION OF WHICH THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER IS POSSIBLE PD THEREFORE CMA JAPAN IS OBLIGATED TO PRESENT WITHOUT DELAY THE LIST OF THE ABOVE ART OBJECTS WHICH WILL BE SATISFACTORY TO US PD
ITEM FOUR UNLESS WE ARE ASSURED BY JAPAN THAT THE ABOVE THREE TERMS WILL BE FAITHFULLY OBSERVED CMA WE ON OUR PART MUST HESITATE TO DO WHAT WE SHOULD DO ACCORDING TO THE AGREED TERMS PD
ITEM FIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIGNED TERMS WE WILL REPATRIATE THOSE FISHERMEN WHO HAVE SERVED OUT THEIR SENTENCES AND ARE BEING DETAINED AT THE ALIENS DETENTION CAMP AS OF DECEMBER THIRTYFIRST NINETEEN FIFTYSEVEN PD PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DID NOT PROMISE TO REFRAIN FROM DETAINING JAPANESE FISHERMEN OTHER THAN THOSE DETAINED AS OF DECEMBER THIRTYFIRST NINETEEN FIFTYSEVEN PD
UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES CMA YOU ARE INSTRUCTED AS FOLLOWS COLON
ITEM A PROPOSE WITHOUT DELAY TO SET UP A WORKING COMMITTEE FOR PREPARATION OF OVERALL TALKS PD IF IT IS AGREED TO SET UP SUCH COMMITTEE CMA OUR REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE HEADED BY MINISTER YIU PD
ITEM B THE WHOLE PROBLEMS CONCERNING INTERPRETATION OR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SIGNED DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AND SETTLED AT THIS COMMITTEE PD THE MISSION SHOULD DECLINE TO DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH THE JAPANESE SIDE ON THIS MATTER BEFORE SETTING UP THE COMMITTEE PD
ITEM C THE JAPANESE SIDE PROPOSES TO DISPATCH ITS VESSELS TO KOREA TO TAKE OVER THE FISHERMEN CMA PLEASE HEPLY TO THE JAPANESE THAT THOSE FISHERMEN WILL BE TRANSPORTED BY KOREAN VESSELS CMA AND NOT BY JAPANESE VESSELS PD
ITEM D IF THE JAPANESE SIDE STARTS TO RELEASE IN JAPAN KOREAN DETAINEES, CMA DISPATCH SOME MEMBERS OF THE MISSION TO THE JAPANESE CAMPS AND REPORT ON THE DETAILED SITUATION THERE PD
ITEM E SEND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THE LIST OF KOREAN ILLEGAL ENTRANTS WHO ARE BEING DETAINED AT THE DETENTION CAMPS AND THOSE ILLEGAL ENTRANTS WHO ARE NOT IN SUCH CAMPS CMA AND THOSE KOREAN RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN RESIDING IN JAPAN SINCE PRIOR TO THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO AND ARE BEING DETAINED AT THE ALIENS DETENTION CAMPS TO BE RELEASED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AGREED ON PD

 

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