1953 미 국무장관 : 러스크서한의 미국 입장은 SF조약 당사자중 하나의 의견
"[The] Department [is] aware of peace treaty determinations and US administrative decisions which would lead [the] Japanese [to] expect us to act in their [favor] in any dispute with [the] ROK over [the] sovereignty [of] Takeshima.
However to [the] best of our knowledge [a] formal statement [of the] US position to [the] ROK in [the] Rusk note [of] August 10, 1951 has not...been communicated [to the] Japanese. [The] Department believes [that it] may be advisable or necessary at sometime [to] inform [the] Japanese Government [regarding the] US position on Takeshima.
[The] Difficulty [at] this point is [the] question of timing as we do not...wish to add another issue to [the] already difficult ROK-Japan negotiations or involve ourselves further than necessary in their controversies, especialy in light [of] many current issues [that are] pending with [the] ROK."
It does not...necessarily follow [that the] US [is] automatically responsible for settling or intervening in Japan´s international disputes, territorial or otherwise, arising from the peace treaty.
[The] US view re Takeshima [is] simply that of one of many signatories to [the] treaty."
" The U.S. is not obligated to "protect Japan" from Korean "pretensions" to Dokdo, and that such an idea cannot...be considered as [a] legitimate claim for US action under [the U.S.-Japan] security treaty."
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1953. 12. 09 미국 국무장관 덜레스,
요약하면
"미국은 독도에 대한 일본의 입장을 러스크서한을 통해 지지한다는 입장을 한국에 밝힌 바 있다. 그러나, 그것은 (샌프란시스코 조약에 사인한 많은 당사자 중 하나의 입장일 뿐이다. 그리고, 竹島(독도)문제에 대한 한국과 일본과의 분쟁에서 미국은 더 이상 관여하지 않는다"
