(text omitted) As regards the island of Dokto, otherwise known as Takeshima or Liancourt Rocks, this normally uninhabited rock formation was according to our information never treated as part of Korea and, since about 1905, has been under the jurisdiction of the Oki Islands Branch Office of Shimane Prefecture of Japan. The island does not appear ever before to have been claimed by Korea. (text omitted)
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Letter sent from the U.S. Government to the Korean Government on August 10, 1951
(Letter from Dean Rusk, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, to Yang Yu Chan, the ROK Ambassador to the United States [The "Rusk Letter"])
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| Document title | Letter sent from the U.S. Government to the Korean Government on August 10, 1951 (Letter from Dean Rusk, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, to Yang Yu Chan, the ROK Ambassador to the United States [The "Rusk Letter"]) |
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| Date created (Western calendar) | August 10, 1951 |
| Date created (Japanese era) | August 10, Showa 26 |
| Author(s) / Editor(s) | Dean Rusk |
| Publisher | Department of State, the United States |
| Name of publication | The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (RG59), Lot54 D423, JAPANESE PEACE TREATY FILES OF JOHN FOSTER DULLES, Box 8, Korea. |
| Content | This is the letter from Dean Rusk, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, to Yang Yu Chan, the ROK Ambassador to the United States, which clearly denied the claims of the ROK in response to ROK's Takeshima-related requests (in two separate letters written on July 19 and August 2, 1951) regarding the draft of the San Francisco Peace Treaty. When drafting the treaty, the ROK requested to include Takeshima as an area that Japan should renounce, but the U.S. Government clearly rejected the ROK's claim, stating that "Takeshima ... was ... never treated as part of Korea and ... does not ever appear before to have been claimed by Korea." Accordingly, this solidifies the Japanese claims of that Takeshima is a territory of Japan in the San Francisco Peace Treaty, and proves the Japanese claim to be rightful. |
| Language | English |
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| Public access | Available to the public |
| Repository | Tokyo Main Library of the National Diet Library (Original Repository: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)) |
| Medium | microfilm |
| Copies | 4 pages |
| Reference No. | t1951081000101 |
| Reference & Information | Follow the instruction at the National Diet Library to see microfilm (Request Code LOT reel 9, Microfilm number: 00994-00997) (Or, follow the instruction at the NARA to see microfilm) |
| Notes | Original is owned by National Archives and Records Administration. (This image is prepared from the original paper. Specify the Declassified Number when using the image.) |