Diplomatic Section

The Diplomatic Section of General Headquarters, Supreme-Commander for the Allied Powers, presents its compliments to the Korean Diplomatic Mission in Japan and has the honor to refer to conversations held between Minister Kim and Ambassador Sebald on March 26, 1951 concerning the possibility of deporting to Korea from Japan certain undesirable Korean residents of Japan.
The Mission is advised that this matter has been discussed within this Headquarters and with the cognizant Japanese authorities to determine the legal limitations that might govern such action as Minister Kim proposed. It has been determined from these discussions that it is not possible under current Japanese law to deport from Japan any persons other than those aliens who violated the Alien Registration Law as a result of illegal entry into Japan.
It is understood, however, that the new Japanese Immigration Law now pending before the Diet will make provision for the deportation of certain categories of undesirable aliens and of those convicted of illegal activities. It should be noted, however, that insofar as Korean residents of Japan are concerned, this law will apply only to those Koreans who have entered Japan since September 2, 1945, and that all other Koreans in Japan can not be classified as aliens until some definitive action has been taken to determine their exact nationality status.
Tokyo, May 15, 1951.
To the
Korean Diplomatic Mission in Japan,
Tokyo.