가번호 : TM-0267
암호번호 : MTB-45

발신시간 : 191425

수신인 : OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER
발신인 : AMBASSADOR YIU
I TOGETHER WITH DELEGATE YU MET JAPANESE CHIEF DELEGATE SAWADA AND ASIAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ISEKI AT KAYUKAIKAN AT 11 A.M. TODAY. WITH REGARD TO RICE PURCHASE PROBLEM, ISEKI SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF OF JAPANESE FOOD AGENCY, THE KOREAN RICE WOULD HAVE TO BE STORED FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH OF TIME DUE TO EXCESS STOCKS OF RICE IN JAPAN, AND THAT THEREFORE THE KOREAN RICE TO BE IMPORTED BY JAPAN MUST BE UNPOLISHED RICE (현미), ADDING THAT THE VOLUMES OF WELLPOLISHED AND UNPOLISHED RICE WOULD NOT BE VERY MUCH DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. AS FOR THE PRICE, ISEKI SAID THAT THE PRICE TO BE OFFERED BY JAPAN WOULD NOT BE LOWER THAN TAIWAN RICE, AND ASKED OUR SIDE TO PROVIDE THE JAPANESE SIDE WITH THE SAMPLE OR THE UNPOLISHED KOREAN RICE TO BE EXPORTED, SAYING THAT THE JAPANESE SIDE HAS TO MAKE ESTINATION OF THE KOREAN RICE IN COMPARISON WITH TAIWAN RICE AS A MATTER OF FORMALITY. HE ADDED THAT THE JAPANESE SIDE FIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER HIGHER PRICE THAN TAIWAN RICE AS THE RESULT OF THE ABOVE ESTIMATION. I TOLD THE JAPANESE SIDE THAT I WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT WOULD LIKE TO EXPORT WELLPOLISHED RICE (백미 ) RATHER THAN UNPOLISHED RICE, AND THAT THE PRICE OF KOREAN RICE TO BE PURCHASED BY JAPAN MUST BE HIGHER THAN TAIWAN RICE. ISEKI SAID THAT THE JAPANESE CABINET WILL DECIDE TO PURCHASE KOREAN RICE ON NEXT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, ADDING THAT, ALTHOUGH THE CABINET DECISION WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BE MADE TODAY, FRIDAY, IT WAS DELAYED DUE TO THE PROBLEM OF IMPORT BY JAPAN OF TAIWAN RICE, THE DECISION ON WHICH WOULD BE MADE BY SUNDAY. URGENT GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTION IN THIS REGARD WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED. IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE SAMPLE OF KOREAN RICE REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE BE SENT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY, MR ISEKI, WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED ARMING OF JAPANESE PATROL BOATS DISPATCHED TO THE PEACE LINE AREA (PLEASE REFER TO TM-260 ), SAID THAT SOME JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS CARRIED EXAGGERATED REPORT ON THE ARMING OF THE SAID PATROL BOATS, THAT THE JAPANESE PATROL BOATS WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO CARRY LIVE SHELLS, AND THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAD IN NO WAY ANY INTENTION TO USE ITS FORCES TO PREVENT JAPANESE FISHING VESSELS FROM BEING CAPTURED BY KOREAN PATROL BOATS. I SAID THAT THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT WAS SERIOUSLY CONCERNED OVER THE NEWS REPORT

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