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February 19, 1959
Your Excellency
I was instructed by Your Excellency's cable of February 14, to get in with the State Depariment about the current Japanese officials to ship our people into communist slavery.
I immediately appointment to Mr. Walter Robertson, the Assistant secretary State for the Far last, at 3:00 P.M., on the same date. Present From Department were Mr. Robertson has deprty assistant secretary, J.Graham Parsons ; and Mr. Sam Iana, Cfficer in charge of the Korea desk at the State Department.
In line with what Your Excellency instructed I gave our position regarding the current Japanese decision to "repatriate" our Nationals into communist North Korea.
Then, in addition gave the general background informration, and followed explanation of our current arguments for opposing are Japanese efforts. I felt that perhaps Mr. Robertson does not have full backgrounds knowledge, and I doubt that he really does. I talked nearly thirty minutes without being too much interrupted by him, and this is what I told him.
There were some two million Koreans in Japan as of 1945. A great majority of them were taken to Japan prior to and during the Second World War to help the Japanese War efforts during the time of the Japanese aggression against China,
America and their allies. These people were up-rooted from their homes in Korea. They had to lose their land and other properties in order to go to Japan. The Japanese made a solemn promise to these people for their labor and for their sacrificed. The Japanese government has failed to fulfill this obligation. As a result, many of tham are in destitute condition. Parenthetically, I also told Mr. Robertson that more than one million Koreans were received back in Korea from Japan since 1945 and that now theres remain about 600,000 Koreans and these people have been given subhuman treatment by the Japanese. There was wise discrimination against our people in factories and even in schools and in every aspect of Japanese Society. This, or course, has led to the situation that many people are unable to earn their living. The responsibility of this situation is solely Japanese. The Japanese, in the past, have tried to deport these people with all kinds of drummed-up charges. Our Government is willing to receive these people back in our country, but the Japanese government must fulfill her promise to take compensation to these people for their labor and sacritices. The Japanese government should let these people stay in Japan until such time as Japan is fully ready to make the necessary arrangement for the compensation. Then, I said, the question of Korean Nationals in Japan has been an item on the agenda before the bilateral conferences between Korea and Japan since 1951. The question must be solved in whole. Korea cannot let the Japanese take unilateral action to carve off small pieces of a total problem to suit their own convenience If. this tendency is tolerated, no problem between Korea and Japan can ever be solved.
Then I stressed very strongly the fact that our Delegation was fully ready to resume the bilateral conference which was suspended temporarily for the year-end holidays. All of a sudden, the Japanese goverment made a declaration of this unilateral decision to "repatriate" our people into communist North Korea. I said that this is an attempt on the part of the Japanese to ship our people commnist slavery, and it is an obvious attempt of the part of the Japanese government to disrupt whatever chance for success the bilateral conference might have, If there is a break-off this conference, Japan is solely responsible for it. At this particular juncture, Mr. Robertson interrupted and said that he too, was wondering why the Japanese government decided to take this action at this particular time.
I criticized the Japanese claim for the humanitarian principle as basis of their argument for sending our people to communist North Korea. I said that if they had been humanitarian in spirit and infact, their duty first of all should be to rectify the situation that they have created.
They should make necessary adjustments for making compensation to these people as they promised when they forcibly brought these people from Korea to Japan. If they were humanitarian, I asked how they were willing to let our people in Omura Camp, including pregnant women, die of hunger and lack of medical care. This is not certainly, humanitarian spirit. All we can see is that, in the current unilateral decision of the Japanese government, a very clear case of lack of sincerity and bad faith in all her dealings with Korea. As for the Japanese claims that some of these Korean Nationals wish to go to North Korea, I said that this is a claim being made by the Japanese police whose words we have every reason for not trusting, and that the Japanese police are joined by the so-called Japanese Red Cross. I pointed out that the Japanese Red Cross sent their people to communist North Korea several times and that when they came back to Japan they praised communist Korea by saying It is a workman's, paradise I also pointed out that the communists have been very active in Japan among the Koreans. They have been bringing, in huge some of money and bribing a lot of our people and I pointed out that certainly there couldn't be any free choice under such circumstances. This is a communist trick to bring about the collapse of Japan-Korea relations and we are astonished that the Japanese government is willing to go along with it.
At this time, Mr. Robertson again interrupted me and asked me why we would like to have these people in Korea.
He said that Korea dislikes communists-Korea has instituted a National Security Law to combat communist activities and he didn't see why our government would want to have these communists among our people. I answered him by saying that these people are not communists and I said further, my own personal thinking is that the diehard communists would not want to go. I pointed out that first of all, it is difficult for us to trust the claims of the Japanese police and Japanese Red Cross whose bigotry and whose dislike for our people are a well-know fact. I said that we do not think that they are communists, but I admit that these people are in very desperate financial situation, They are in that situaton because of the Japanese discrimination, and because of the Japanese failure to make the necessary compensation for the labor and sacrifices these Koreans were compelled to make, by the Japanese when they were engaged in a War of aggression against China, America and many other countries.
Another thing he said, referring to the Press statement of Minister Yiu, Mr. Robertson said that he hopes that Minister Yiu was not speaking for the government. I believe he was referring to some of the strong words, Including the threat of use of force, I pointed out to him that all of our people are very much provoked by the Japanese unilateral action.
Every one of us is angry. I further said that Korea, as a sovereign nation, has a duty to protect and defend the rights and interests of her Nationals whether they live in Korea or elsewhere. Quoting Your Excellency, I said Korea would not deserve to be a sovereign state if she fails in this obligation. I further said that this is the duty and obligation of all sovereign states. We will. do within our power all we can to prevent any country or any government from shipping our people into known communist slavery. Mr. Robertson said that America is opposed to the use of force as an instrument of policy. I said that the question of using force is not really a problem. The question is purely the question of responsibility of the Japanese government, which seems to be intent to defy the wishes of our government and seems to be willing and determined to force our people into slave camps in the northern part of Korea under communist domination.
I made it absolutely clear that our government is greatly imposed by this action, and I said that it is not merely the question of the government. The whole populace are incensed by it. This is the gist of my talk with Mr. Robertson.
I was instructed by Your Excellency's cable of February 14, to get in with the State Depariment about the current Japanese officials to ship our people into communist slavery.
I immediately appointment to Mr. Walter Robertson, the Assistant secretary State for the Far last, at 3:00 P.M., on the same date. Present From Department were Mr. Robertson has deprty assistant secretary, J.Graham Parsons ; and Mr. Sam Iana, Cfficer in charge of the Korea desk at the State Department.
In line with what Your Excellency instructed I gave our position regarding the current Japanese decision to "repatriate" our Nationals into communist North Korea.
Then, in addition gave the general background informration, and followed explanation of our current arguments for opposing are Japanese efforts. I felt that perhaps Mr. Robertson does not have full backgrounds knowledge, and I doubt that he really does. I talked nearly thirty minutes without being too much interrupted by him, and this is what I told him.
There were some two million Koreans in Japan as of 1945. A great majority of them were taken to Japan prior to and during the Second World War to help the Japanese War efforts during the time of the Japanese aggression against China,
America and their allies. These people were up-rooted from their homes in Korea. They had to lose their land and other properties in order to go to Japan. The Japanese made a solemn promise to these people for their labor and for their sacrificed. The Japanese government has failed to fulfill this obligation. As a result, many of tham are in destitute condition. Parenthetically, I also told Mr. Robertson that more than one million Koreans were received back in Korea from Japan since 1945 and that now theres remain about 600,000 Koreans and these people have been given subhuman treatment by the Japanese. There was wise discrimination against our people in factories and even in schools and in every aspect of Japanese Society. This, or course, has led to the situation that many people are unable to earn their living. The responsibility of this situation is solely Japanese. The Japanese, in the past, have tried to deport these people with all kinds of drummed-up charges. Our Government is willing to receive these people back in our country, but the Japanese government must fulfill her promise to take compensation to these people for their labor and sacritices. The Japanese government should let these people stay in Japan until such time as Japan is fully ready to make the necessary arrangement for the compensation. Then, I said, the question of Korean Nationals in Japan has been an item on the agenda before the bilateral conferences between Korea and Japan since 1951. The question must be solved in whole. Korea cannot let the Japanese take unilateral action to carve off small pieces of a total problem to suit their own convenience If. this tendency is tolerated, no problem between Korea and Japan can ever be solved.
Then I stressed very strongly the fact that our Delegation was fully ready to resume the bilateral conference which was suspended temporarily for the year-end holidays. All of a sudden, the Japanese goverment made a declaration of this unilateral decision to "repatriate" our people into communist North Korea. I said that this is an attempt on the part of the Japanese to ship our people commnist slavery, and it is an obvious attempt of the part of the Japanese government to disrupt whatever chance for success the bilateral conference might have, If there is a break-off this conference, Japan is solely responsible for it. At this particular juncture, Mr. Robertson interrupted and said that he too, was wondering why the Japanese government decided to take this action at this particular time.
I criticized the Japanese claim for the humanitarian principle as basis of their argument for sending our people to communist North Korea. I said that if they had been humanitarian in spirit and infact, their duty first of all should be to rectify the situation that they have created.
They should make necessary adjustments for making compensation to these people as they promised when they forcibly brought these people from Korea to Japan. If they were humanitarian, I asked how they were willing to let our people in Omura Camp, including pregnant women, die of hunger and lack of medical care. This is not certainly, humanitarian spirit. All we can see is that, in the current unilateral decision of the Japanese government, a very clear case of lack of sincerity and bad faith in all her dealings with Korea. As for the Japanese claims that some of these Korean Nationals wish to go to North Korea, I said that this is a claim being made by the Japanese police whose words we have every reason for not trusting, and that the Japanese police are joined by the so-called Japanese Red Cross. I pointed out that the Japanese Red Cross sent their people to communist North Korea several times and that when they came back to Japan they praised communist Korea by saying It is a workman's, paradise I also pointed out that the communists have been very active in Japan among the Koreans. They have been bringing, in huge some of money and bribing a lot of our people and I pointed out that certainly there couldn't be any free choice under such circumstances. This is a communist trick to bring about the collapse of Japan-Korea relations and we are astonished that the Japanese government is willing to go along with it.
At this time, Mr. Robertson again interrupted me and asked me why we would like to have these people in Korea.
He said that Korea dislikes communists-Korea has instituted a National Security Law to combat communist activities and he didn't see why our government would want to have these communists among our people. I answered him by saying that these people are not communists and I said further, my own personal thinking is that the diehard communists would not want to go. I pointed out that first of all, it is difficult for us to trust the claims of the Japanese police and Japanese Red Cross whose bigotry and whose dislike for our people are a well-know fact. I said that we do not think that they are communists, but I admit that these people are in very desperate financial situation, They are in that situaton because of the Japanese discrimination, and because of the Japanese failure to make the necessary compensation for the labor and sacrifices these Koreans were compelled to make, by the Japanese when they were engaged in a War of aggression against China, America and many other countries.
Another thing he said, referring to the Press statement of Minister Yiu, Mr. Robertson said that he hopes that Minister Yiu was not speaking for the government. I believe he was referring to some of the strong words, Including the threat of use of force, I pointed out to him that all of our people are very much provoked by the Japanese unilateral action.
Every one of us is angry. I further said that Korea, as a sovereign nation, has a duty to protect and defend the rights and interests of her Nationals whether they live in Korea or elsewhere. Quoting Your Excellency, I said Korea would not deserve to be a sovereign state if she fails in this obligation. I further said that this is the duty and obligation of all sovereign states. We will. do within our power all we can to prevent any country or any government from shipping our people into known communist slavery. Mr. Robertson said that America is opposed to the use of force as an instrument of policy. I said that the question of using force is not really a problem. The question is purely the question of responsibility of the Japanese government, which seems to be intent to defy the wishes of our government and seems to be willing and determined to force our people into slave camps in the northern part of Korea under communist domination.
I made it absolutely clear that our government is greatly imposed by this action, and I said that it is not merely the question of the government. The whole populace are incensed by it. This is the gist of my talk with Mr. Robertson.
Sincerely yours,
Pyo Wook Han
Hie Excellency
Dr. C. W. Cho
Foreign Minister.
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Dr. C. W. Cho
Foreign Minister.
Seoul, Republic of Korea
색인어
- 이름
- Walter Robertson, J.Graham Parsons, Sam Iana, Pyo Wook Han
- 지명
- North Korea, Japan, Japan, China, America, Korea, Japan, Korea, Japan, Japan, Japan, Korea, Japan, Korea, Korea, Japan, North Korea, Japan, North Korea, Korea, Japan, Omura Camp, Korea, North Korea, North Korea, Japan, communist Korea, Japan, Korea, Korea, communists-Korea, China, America, Korea, Korea, Korea, America, the northern part of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- 관서
- the State Depariment, From Department, the State Department, The Japanese government, the Japanese government, The Japanese government, the Japanese goverment, the Japanese government, the Japanese government, Japanese government, the Japanese police, the Japanese police, the Japanese government, the Japanese police, the Japanese government
- 단체
- Japanese Red Cross, the Japanese Red Cross, Japanese Red Cross
- 기타
- the Second World War, the Japanese War, Korean Nationals in Japan, Japan-Korea relations
