The Potsdam Declaration of July 26, 1945 provided that "Japanese
sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu,
Shikoku [the main island of Japan] and such minor islands as we determine."
In Article 2 of the Japanese peace treaty signed September 8, 1951,
Japan renounces "all right, title and claim" to various territories including
"Korea, including the islands of Quelpart, Port Hamilton and Dagelet."
Shhortly before the signature of the treaty of the San Francisco Conference,
the Korean Government sought to have the island of Dokdo (otherwise known
as Takeshima or Liancourt Rocks) included in the XXXXX of islands
reXXXXX to the reference to Korea. In a letter of August 10, 1951 to the
Korean Ambassador, Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk replied that this
document XXX XXX to XXX in the Korean suggestion. He XXX "As
regards the isnalds of Dokdo, 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." There
---- have been an Korean reply to this note, and the treaty was signed
--------XXXX XXX above, so reference being made to Dokdo.
-----------Administrative Agreement signed in February 23(28?), 1952 by Japan
-------------- Dokdo was designated as a Japanese reality and XXX to be
---------------- States as a bombing range.

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