S. W. Boggs

“ If it is decided to give them to Korea, it would be necessary only to add "and Liancourt Rocks" at the end of Art. 2, par. (a) .
These rocky islets are described as follows in the U.S. Hydrographic Office publication no. 123A, Sailing Directions for Japan, Volume I (1st ed., 1945) :
Take Shima (Liancourt Rocks) (37°15' N., 131°52' E., H.O. Chart 3320) consist of two barren, guano-whitened, and uninhabited rocky islets and several rocks, which appear to be steep-to. ”

“ The two groups are the Amphitrite Group and the Crescent Group. The Paracels have sometimes been confused with the Shonan Islands, to which Spratly (Storm) Island belongs, near the large area known as "Dangerous Ground"—west of Palawan, in the Philippines—and also with "Rasa" or Okino Daito, in the Daito Islands, east of the southern Ryukyus (see Article 3 of the present draft treaty) . ”

“ They lie near the steamer track leading from Tsushima Strait to Vladivostok and to Hokkaido, in a position 85 miles northwestward of the Oki Retto, and as they have no navigational aids they present a hazard to mariners navigating in their vicinity at night or in thick weather. Both islets are cliffy, and the western and highest has a pointed summit, which rises 515 feet. ”