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No. 187
　The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has the honor to refer to the latter’s note of November 10, 1952 stating that a single engine airplane described as being under the command of the United States Forces on the Far East dropped bombs on Dokdo Island on September 15, 1952. The Embassy is advised that the limited amount of information provided in the Ministry’s note as well as the very long time which has elapsed since the incident is said to have taken place make it virtually impossible for the United Nations Command to determine the facts in the case. Preparations have, however, been expedited to dispense with the use of Dokdo Island as a bombing range.
　The Embassy has taken note of the statement contained in the Ministry’s Note that “Dokdo Island (Liancourt Rocks) …is a part of the territory of the Republic of Korea”. The United States Government’s understanding of the territorial status of this island was stated in Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk’s note to the Korean Ambassador in Washington dated August 10, 1951.

American Embassy, 　　Pusan, December 4, 1952.
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日本語訳
No. 187
（翻訳省略）
　在韓米国大使館は、韓国外務部の口上書に「独島（リアンクール岩）・・・は、大韓民国の領土の一部である」との記載が含まれていることに留意した。この島の領有に関する米国政府の認識は、1951年8月10日付ディーン・ラスク国務次官補発駐米韓国大使宛書簡に表明されているとおりである。

米国大使館
　プサン　1952年12月4日
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