No.MT-016
DATE. 08261000
TO. KYUNG MU DAI & FOREIGN MINISTER
I RECEIVED FORMIN CABLE INSTRUCTIONS FT-095 OF AUGUST 25 REGARDING DETAINEE ISSUE PRESENTLY PENDING. AS MINISTER YIU IS EXPECTED TO MEET MR ITAGAKI, DIRECTOR OF THE ASIAN AFFAIRS BUREAU OF THE JAPANESE FOREIGN OFFICE AT 10:30 AM AUGUST 26, HE WILL MAKE A STRONG VERBAL REPRESENTATION ALONG THE LINE WITH THE CONTENTS OF ITEM 3 OF THE FORMIN CABLE. JUDGING FROM PREMIER KISHIS ATTITUDE AND WHAT AMBASSADOR SAWADA TOLD ME AT MY LUNCHEON WITH HIM AUGUST 25 (MINISTER YIU WAS PRESENT AT THIS LUNCHEON), IT IS VIEWED THAT THE JAPANESE SIDE IS APPARENTLY TRYING TO WORK OUT A SOLUTION TO THE PRESENT IMPASSE BETWEEN KOREA AND JAPAN. AMBASSADOR SAWADA REQUESTED US TO WAIT FOR THE JAPANESE REPLY REGARDING OUR PROPOSAL ON THE DETAINEES ISSUE UNTIL THE END OF THIS WEEK. IT IS ALSO REVEALED THAT CONCERNING THE RESOLVING OF THE PRESENT IMPASSE THERE ARE TWO FACTIONS DASH ONE FAVOURING THE COMPROMISE WITH OUR SIDE, THE OTHER AGAINST COMPROMISE, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IF WE MAKE REPRESENTATION IN A WRITTEN FORM AT THIS STAGE, SUCH AS NOTE VERBALE AS WAS INSTRUCTED, I AM AFRAID THAT SUCH A WRITTEN DOCUMENT MIGHT BE UTILIZED BY THE -NO- COMPROMISE FACTION OF THE JAPANESE SIDE AS ITS PRETEXT OF PURSUING SO-CALLED STRONG ATTITUDE TOWARD KOREA. IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT WE WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THIS WEEK FOR RESULT OF AMBASSADOR SAWADAS EFFORTS.

AMBASSADOR LIMB

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1958년 8월 26일
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TIME RECEIVED : 1958 AUG. 26, PM 4:40