・・・・As regerds the island or Dokdo, otherwise knoen 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 Island Branch Office of Shimane Prefecture of Japan. The island does not appear ever before to have been claimed by Korea. It is understood that "Parangdo" be included among the islands named in the treaty as having been renounced by Japan has been withdrawn ・・・・