An extensive overview of international issues bearing on the US-Japan relationship, including the situations in the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
August 15, 1975
Telegram from Tokyo to Bucharest, No. 069.711
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs
TELEGRAM
Sender: Tokyo
No.: 069.711
Date: 15.08.1975
The Japanese MP Tokuma Utsunomiya, who recently visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, publicly announced (after the cessation of Miki-Ford talks) that he was asked by President Kim Il Sung to send a spoken message to Prime Minister Miki, which included the following main points:
1. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea wishes that the present tension in the Korean Peninsula reduces and that measures be taken towards reunification
2. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea will oppose continued separation of the Korean people, and
3. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea wishes to conclude a peace agreement with the US, which would replace the existing ceasefire agreement.
Tokuma Utsunomiya mentioned that Prime Minister Miki is supposed to have communicated the above points to President Ford.
Signed: N. Finantu
Finantu describes Kim Il Sung's message sent to Japanese PM Takeo Miki through MP Tokuma Utsunomiya, which declares Kim Il Sung's determination to unify the peninsula.
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Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Archives, Matter 220/Year 1975/Country: Democratic People's Republic of Korea –US, Folder 1642, Concerning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea’s Relations with the US, Started on: 11.03.1975, Completed on: 16.12.1975, Filing deadline: Permanent. Obtained and translated for NKIDP by Eliza Gheorghe.
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