MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OUR POSITION

 

Document No. 의정 4,098호

Date: November 4, 1958

Re: Legal Status of Korean Residents in Japan

(Refer to MTB-035)

 

1. It is absolutely necessary for the two Governments "to affirm that Koreans in Japan are nationals of the Republic of Korea." This is one of the essential parts of our draft of October 20, 1958, to which there is no alternative.

2. "Korean residents in Japan" include descendants of those Koreans who have been residing since prior to World War II. This is our firm stand which is irrevocable.

3. As to the Japanese question concerning paragraph 2 of Article 2 of our draft, we reserve our answer pending our further study.

4. In connection with the procedures for Korean residents' applications for permanent residence, our draft may be revised so that they could be granted permanent residence automatically with the coming into force of the Agreement.

5. Consultation case by case" is a logical conclusion from "permission for permanent residences" if the Japanese side really intends to grant such

permission.

6. We do not think 1.8 billion Yen per annum is sufficient subsidies to Koreans in poverty, for whose being in Japan is solely responsible. But if the Japanese Government is unable, by financial difficulty, to continue to subsidize such Koreans, we are ready to receive them to home in japan makes compensation for their having been in slavery predicament

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in ordinary case could not enjoy since the coming into force of the San Francisco peace Treaty, we are ready to withdraw the said reservation. (이하여백)