종별 : ORD
번호 : TM-0154

일시 : 141845

수신인 : 외무부 장관 귀하
CONFIDENTIAL
금 14일 일본 외무성으로부터 받은 ▣▣ 다음에 관한 보도▣▣의 내용을 아래와 같이 송부하나이다.
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No.20/4SN
NOTE VERBALE
THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PRESENT ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE KOREAN MISSION AND, WITH REPERENCE TO THE CASE IN WHICH A JAPANESE FISHING BOAT HAS CAPTURED BY A KOREAN PATROL VESSEL ON THE HIGH SEAS NEAR TSUSHIMA, HAS THE HONOUR TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTATIONS:
1. ON JANUARY 13, 1961, AT 1:40 P.M. A JAPANESE FISHING BOAT "IRIE MARU" (A 10.69 TONS SHARE LONG-LINER WITH A CREW OF FIVE INCLUDING CAPTAIN TO U▣ATSU FUJIMAWA), WHILE OPERATING WITH OTHER JAPANESE FISHING BOATS IN THE HIGH SEAS AROUND 4 MILES NORTH OF THE MI▣▣USHIMA LIGHT-R▣▣S▣▣, TSUSHIMA, NAGASAKI PREFECTURE, WtS UNLAWFULLY CAPTURED BY A KOREAN PATROL VESSEL "No.101."
2. THE PATROL VESSEL "OKI" OF THE JAPANESE MARITI▣E SAFETY AGENCY, HAVING RECEIVED AN EMERGENCY TELEGRAM, FOUND AT 3:35 P.M. THE SAME DAY THE KOREAN PATROL VESSEL TAKING AWAY THE SAID "IRIE MARU" AND DEMANDED REPEATEDLY THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE FISHING BOAT BY MEANS OF FLAG SIGNALS AND LOUD SPEAKERS. HOWEVER, THE KOREAN PATROL VESSEL REFUSED TO COMPILY WITH THE REQUEST AND TOOK AWAY THE SAID FISHING VESSEL IN THE DIRECTION OF THE PORT OF PUSAN.
3. SINCE THE SAID ACT ON THE PART OF KOREAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF CAPTURING THE JAPANESE FISHING BOAT OPERATING PEACEFULLY ON THE HIGH SEAS EVIDENTLY CONSTITUTES AN UNLAWFUL ACT IN THE LIGHT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT IS OBLIGED TO MAKE A MOST VIGOROUS PROTEST AGAINST THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT.
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FINDS IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AND REGRETS MOST DEEPLY THAT THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE DATED TO BRING ABOUT SUCH AN INCIDENT AT THE VERY MOMENT WHEN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN CREATED AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT IN KOREA AND THE PRELIMINARY TALKS FOR THE JAPAN-KOREA OVERALL TALKS AND IN MISSION HERE HONEST EFFORTS ARE BEING DEVOTED FOR THE SOLUTION OF OUTSTANDING ISSUES BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES, AND IN PARTICULAR, SUBSTANTIAL DISCUSSIONS ARE BEING MADE FOR SEEKING FORMULA TO REALIZE MUTUAL PROSPERITY FOR FISHSRIES IN BOTH COUNTRIES.
HENCE, THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT STRONGLY DEMANDS THAT THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT RELEASE FORTHWITH THE SAID "IRIE MARU" TOGETHER WITH ITS CREW AND TAKE IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE AND APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT SUCH AN INCIDENT WILL NEVER TAKE PLACE AGAIN.

TOKYO, JANUARY 14, 1961

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