한일 상호억류자 문제에 관한 답변
December 13, 1957
Sir:
This is to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated December 3, 1957, in which you on behalf of the International Committee of Red Cross, proposed a plan for the relreaserelease and repatriation of Korean and Japanese detainees independently of the political problems now under discussion between the Governments of the Republic of Korea and Japan.
In the view of my Government, the suggestion of the Committee made in your letter seems to be based obviously on some misunderstanding as to the complex nature of the problems from which the existing Korea -Japan detainee issue stems. Therefore, since a long time ago, my Government has felt it imperative to eradicate once and all the hotbed where the detainee issue was and would be fermented. It was along the line of this thinking that my Government has patiently been seeking in its talks with the Japanese Government for the settlement of the detainee issue and other related matters.
Though the above-mentioned talks between the two Governments did not bear fruits up to date due to some reason for whicy my Government cannot be responsible, it still remains the view of my Government that any question pending between the two Governments can best be solved by direct negotiations between the two parties concerned. Moreover, this view might be shared by the Japanese delegation to the XIXth International Red Cross Conference held in New Delhi, in October - November, this year, who was understood to have finally considered it inappropriate to take up the Korea -Japan detainee issue as anything related to Red Cross when they deliberately withdrew their draft resolution apparently calling for release of Korean and Japanese detainees.
Such being the situation, my Government not only believes that an intervention by any third party in this matter would be of no help whatsoever for an early and satisfactory settlement of the issue but also believes that such an intervention might complicate further the situation.
This is to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated December 3, 1957, in which you on behalf of the International Committee of Red Cross, proposed a plan for the relreaserelease and repatriation of Korean and Japanese detainees independently of the political problems now under discussion between the Governments of the Republic of Korea and Japan.
In the view of my Government, the suggestion of the Committee made in your letter seems to be based obviously on some misunderstanding as to the complex nature of the problems from which the existing Korea -Japan detainee issue stems. Therefore, since a long time ago, my Government has felt it imperative to eradicate once and all the hotbed where the detainee issue was and would be fermented. It was along the line of this thinking that my Government has patiently been seeking in its talks with the Japanese Government for the settlement of the detainee issue and other related matters.
Though the above-mentioned talks between the two Governments did not bear fruits up to date due to some reason for whicy my Government cannot be responsible, it still remains the view of my Government that any question pending between the two Governments can best be solved by direct negotiations between the two parties concerned. Moreover, this view might be shared by the Japanese delegation to the XIXth International Red Cross Conference held in New Delhi, in October - November, this year, who was understood to have finally considered it inappropriate to take up the Korea -Japan detainee issue as anything related to Red Cross when they deliberately withdrew their draft resolution apparently calling for release of Korean and Japanese detainees.
Such being the situation, my Government not only believes that an intervention by any third party in this matter would be of no help whatsoever for an early and satisfactory settlement of the issue but also believes that such an intervention might complicate further the situation.
Sincerely yours,
Chung W. Cho
Minister
Mr. R. Gallopin
Executive Director,
International Committee of Red Cross, Geneva, Switzland
Executive Director,
International Committee of Red Cross, Geneva, Switzland
색인어
- 이름
- Chung W. Cho
- 지명
- Japan, Korea, Japan, New Delhi, Korea, Japan
- 관서
- Governments of the Republic of Korea, Japanese Government
- 단체
- the International Committee of Red Cross, the Japanese delegation, International Red Cross, Red Cross
