마이니치 신문사설 보고
마이니치 신문사설 보고
번 호 : TM-10116
번 호 : TM-10116
일 시 : 171320
수신인 : 외무부장관 귀하 (사본 : 방교국장)
10월 17일자 영문 “마이니찌” 신문 조간은 한일회담에 관한 아래와 같은 사실을 계재하였아옵기 보고하나이다.
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FORTHCOMING JAPAN-ROK TALKS
PRELIMINARY JAPAN-ROK TALKS AIMED AT NORMALIZATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL OPEN HERE ON OCTOBER 25. MUCH IS EXPECTED OF THE TALKS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PERSONAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTER ZENTARO KOSAKA AND ROK LEADERS, WHEN THE FORMER VISITED SEOUL LAST MONTH. IN FACT, AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW NOW PREVAILS AMONG THE PEOPLE UNDER THE BELIEF THAT MOST OF THE ROADBLOCKS THAT HINDERED PREVIOUS TALKS HAVE BEEN LIFTED SINCE THE EXIT OF EX-PRESIDENT SYNGMAN RHEE FROM THE POLITICAL SCENE. FOR ONE THING, THESE SOURCES POINT OUT THAT THE ROK GOVERNMENT HAS MADE AN ABOUT-FACE FROM THE PAST ANTI-JAPANESE POLICIES WHICH GOVERNED THE ERSTWHILE RHEE REGIME. THERE IS ALSO EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUES AND THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS READY TO RESPOND TO THIS FAVORABLE ATTITUDE. SECONDLY, THE RECENT RELEASE OF ALL JAPANESE FISHERMEN DETAINED IN PUSAN BY THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT HAS HELPED TO BRIGHTEN THE ATUOSPHERE FOR THE FORTHCOMING TALKS. STILL BETTER, THE AREA OF DISAGREEMENT OVER SOME OF THE PENDING ISSUES HAS BEEN NARROWED DOWN THROUGH PAINSTAKING EFFORTS AT PAST CONFERENCES. ALL THIS INDICATES A HEALTHY ATMOSPHERE FOR THE JAPAN-ROK PRELIMINARY TALKS. HOWEVER, WE MUST NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE KNOTTLY ISSUES STILL REMAIN UNSOLVED, WHICH WILL REQUIRE DIPLOMACY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER FROM BOTH SIDES TO OVERCOME. ONE KNOTTLY ISSUE, IN THIS SENSE, IS THE RETURN OF KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN TO NORTH KOREA. THE ROK GOVERNMENT REPORTEDLY MADE CLEAR THAT IT WOULD NOT MAKE JAPAN'S SUSPENSION OF THE REPATRIATION OPERATION A PREREQUISITE TO THE OPENING OF THE TALKS. MOST KOREAN LEADERS, HOWEVER, BELIEVE THIS TO BE A POLITICAL ISSUE. IN THIS CONNECTION, WE HOPE BOTH SIDES REFRAIN FROM TOUCHING ON THIS ISSUE. IF THEY REALLY WISH TO BRING THE FORTHCOMING TALKS TO A SUCCESS, A CLEAR-CUT DISTINCTION MUST BE DRAWN BETWEEN THE PRIME PURPOSES OF THE JAPAN-ROK TALKS, WHICH ARE A POLITICAL ISSUE, AND THE REPATRIATION OF KOREAN RESIDENTS TO NORTH KOREA WHICH IS A HUMANITARIAN ONE. RATHER THAN DISCUSSING THE HUMANITARIAN ISSUE, WE BELIEVER, THE CONFRERES SHOULD SETTLE DOWN TO TACKLE SUCH OUTSTANDING POLITICAL ISSUES AS THE CONTROVERSIAL RHEE LINE.
10월 17일자 영문 “마이니찌” 신문 조간은 한일회담에 관한 아래와 같은 사실을 계재하였아옵기 보고하나이다.
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FORTHCOMING JAPAN-ROK TALKS
PRELIMINARY JAPAN-ROK TALKS AIMED AT NORMALIZATION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL OPEN HERE ON OCTOBER 25. MUCH IS EXPECTED OF THE TALKS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH PERSONAL NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN FOREIGN MINISTER ZENTARO KOSAKA AND ROK LEADERS, WHEN THE FORMER VISITED SEOUL LAST MONTH. IN FACT, AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW NOW PREVAILS AMONG THE PEOPLE UNDER THE BELIEF THAT MOST OF THE ROADBLOCKS THAT HINDERED PREVIOUS TALKS HAVE BEEN LIFTED SINCE THE EXIT OF EX-PRESIDENT SYNGMAN RHEE FROM THE POLITICAL SCENE. FOR ONE THING, THESE SOURCES POINT OUT THAT THE ROK GOVERNMENT HAS MADE AN ABOUT-FACE FROM THE PAST ANTI-JAPANESE POLICIES WHICH GOVERNED THE ERSTWHILE RHEE REGIME. THERE IS ALSO EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUES AND THAT THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS READY TO RESPOND TO THIS FAVORABLE ATTITUDE. SECONDLY, THE RECENT RELEASE OF ALL JAPANESE FISHERMEN DETAINED IN PUSAN BY THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT HAS HELPED TO BRIGHTEN THE ATUOSPHERE FOR THE FORTHCOMING TALKS. STILL BETTER, THE AREA OF DISAGREEMENT OVER SOME OF THE PENDING ISSUES HAS BEEN NARROWED DOWN THROUGH PAINSTAKING EFFORTS AT PAST CONFERENCES. ALL THIS INDICATES A HEALTHY ATMOSPHERE FOR THE JAPAN-ROK PRELIMINARY TALKS. HOWEVER, WE MUST NOT OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE KNOTTLY ISSUES STILL REMAIN UNSOLVED, WHICH WILL REQUIRE DIPLOMACY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER FROM BOTH SIDES TO OVERCOME. ONE KNOTTLY ISSUE, IN THIS SENSE, IS THE RETURN OF KOREAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN TO NORTH KOREA. THE ROK GOVERNMENT REPORTEDLY MADE CLEAR THAT IT WOULD NOT MAKE JAPAN'S SUSPENSION OF THE REPATRIATION OPERATION A PREREQUISITE TO THE OPENING OF THE TALKS. MOST KOREAN LEADERS, HOWEVER, BELIEVE THIS TO BE A POLITICAL ISSUE. IN THIS CONNECTION, WE HOPE BOTH SIDES REFRAIN FROM TOUCHING ON THIS ISSUE. IF THEY REALLY WISH TO BRING THE FORTHCOMING TALKS TO A SUCCESS, A CLEAR-CUT DISTINCTION MUST BE DRAWN BETWEEN THE PRIME PURPOSES OF THE JAPAN-ROK TALKS, WHICH ARE A POLITICAL ISSUE, AND THE REPATRIATION OF KOREAN RESIDENTS TO NORTH KOREA WHICH IS A HUMANITARIAN ONE. RATHER THAN DISCUSSING THE HUMANITARIAN ISSUE, WE BELIEVER, THE CONFRERES SHOULD SETTLE DOWN TO TACKLE SUCH OUTSTANDING POLITICAL ISSUES AS THE CONTROVERSIAL RHEE LINE.
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1960 OCT 17 PM 2 47
