Lot 54D423
Unsigned Japanese Government Memorandum1
Supplementary Statement to the Conversation of Friday Morning, April 23, 1951
1. Reparations for the Philippines
a. The salvaging operations will be conducted at the expense of the Japanese government. The salvaged vessels will belong to the Philippine government, but they may be purchased by Japan at a price to be agreed upon between the two governments with the United States government acting as an intermediary.
With respect to the time and money to be expended for the salvaging, an agreement, outside the Peace Treaty, will be concluded between Japan and the Philippines.
b. While maintaining the principle of no further reparations, Japan will study, in connection with the question of a Japan–Philippine trade agreement, the matter of receiving raw materials from the Philippines for processing, and delivering the finished goods to the Philippine government.
2. Korea and the Peace Treaty
The Japanese government will not persist in its opposition to Korea being made a signatory to the Peace Treaty, if it is definitely assured that by the said treaty Korean residents in Japan will not acquire the status of Allied Powers nationals.
- The margin bears this handwritten notation: “Handed Fearey April 23 4:00 p. m.”↩