Korean Ilbo reporter who doesn't know the meaning of the MacArthur line
A Korea Ilbo article (posted at the bottom) states that the fact that Takeshima is on the Korean side in the nautical chart showing the areas where Japan was allowed to operate fishing boats after the end of the war is evidence that Japan recognized Takeshima as Korean territory. there were.
The map shown by the Japanese side refers to the area in which Japanese fishing vessels can operate as determined by the "Memorandum on Areas Permitted for Japan's Fishing and Whaling Industry," but it merely shows the so-called MacArthur Line. be.
Fishing boundary line set before national border line
After the end of the war, South Korea was no longer under Japanese rule, and GHQ is conducting various investigations into the border between Japan and South Korea. This line is only a provisional fishing boundary drawn before the official territorial waters are.
During the Japanese colonial period, the Korean peninsula was part of Japan, so fishermen from the Korean peninsula could come to mainland Japan to catch fish, and fishermen from the Japanese mainland also faced problems if they fished near the peninsula. There isn't. That wouldn't be the case in another country.
Takeshima territorial claim rejected by Rusk letter
When considering South Korea's repeated requests to participate in the San Francisco Peace Conference and proposed amendments to the treaty, the South Korean government's claim to Takeshima was clearly denied by the Rusk letter. Even in the peace treaty, Takeshima and Dokdo were not mentioned as areas to be renounced by Japan.
Syngman Rhee line established just before the treaty took effect
South Korea, which was dissatisfied with this, unilaterally drew up the Syngman Rhee Line just before the official border line was established with the entry into force of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the MacArthur Line disappeared. be. The San Francisco Peace Conference was held on September 8, 1951, the peace treaty was issued the following year on April 28, 1952, and the Syngman Rhee Line was established on January 18, 1952.
This claimed that the MacArthur Line, which was merely an area where fishing boats were allowed to operate, was their own territory, and also ignored the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
MEMO
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk has rejected participation in the peace conference and other territorial claims, including Takeshima.
South Korean reasoning that makes no sense at all
Japan simply and accurately describes the area where fishing vessels are permitted to operate, but in the same article, Jeong, director of South Korea's Dokdo Research Forum, absurdly asks why they did not use the term Japanese territory. He's making a frivolous rebuttal. Japanese territory and the area where fishing vessels are permitted to operate are not the same, and ultimately Japanese territory and territorial waters will be determined at San Francisco Peace Conference. That is the Japanese area.
It's just that the map doesn't show Japanese territory, so it just doesn't say it's Japanese territory, and it just says that Takeshima is on the South Korean side in the provisional fishing boat operation area.
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SCAPIN-1033
5.The present authorization is not an expression of allied policy relative to ultimate determination of national jurisdiction, international boundaries or fishing rights in the area concerned or in any other area.
Conversely, it can be said that the Syngman Rhee line of thinking is one that does not take into account these historical premises or international agreements, and is the current South Korean argument. They confused the provisional area of fishing boat activity with territorial territory, and even now they do not understand that they are completely different concepts.
POINT
The South Korean side's argument is that they confuse the MacArthur Line at the time as a national border line, and their thinking has not changed at all from the state in which the Syngman Rhee Line was established.
