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What was the purpose of the Taft–Katsura Agreement?

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The 1905 Secret Taft-Katsura Agreement: America´s Betrayal Of Korea. It seems impossible to imagine that the United States as being even remotely responsible for the Dokdo problem, given the distance and the amount of time that has passed. read more

The Taft-Katsura agreement was basically where Taft (USA) and Katsura (Japan) met and did some mean shit. Basically, Japan accepted USA’s control of Philippine, and the USA agreed to ignore Japan’s claims on the Korean Peninsula. read more

The Taft–Katsura Agreement (Japanese: 桂・タフト協定, Hepburn: Katsura-Tafuto Kyōtei, also known as the Taft Katsura Memorandum) was a 1905 discussion (not an agreement) between senior leaders of Japan and the United States regarding the positions of the two nations in greater East Asian affairs, especially regarding the status of Korea and Philippines in the aftermath of Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War. read more

In an obvious reference to the Taft-Katsura Agreement, Rhee unequivocally stated that the “first agreement by which Korea was sold to Japan in 1905 was kept secret until twenty years later,” demonstrating Rhee’s knowledge of the 1924 Dennett article on the Taft-Katsura secret pact. read more

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