Rusk documents

The Rusk documents (also known as the Rusk–Yang correspondence) are the official diplomatic correspondence sent by Dean Rusk, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, to Yang You-chan, the South Korean ambassador to the U.S. on August 10, 1951.

The Rusk documents show the negotiating position of the U.S. Department of State.

The correspondence states the negotiating position as:

• Japan's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration did not constitute a formal or final renunciation of sovereignty by Japan.
• The Japanese claim to the Liancourt Rocks would not be renounced in the peace treaty.
• The MacArthur line stands until the conclusion of the Treaty of San Francisco.
• Japan has no obligation to compensate for damage to private property owned by Koreans that was damaged in Japan during the war.
• Japanese property in South Korea is pursuant to directives of United States Military Government and the South Korean government.