Yamagata–Lobanov Agreement

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The Yamagata–Lobanov Agreement (山縣・ロバノフ協定, Yamagata-Robanofu Kyōtei)(Russian: Протокол Лобанова — Ямагаты), signed in Saint Petersburg on 9 June 1896, was the third agreement signed between the Empire of Japan and the Empire of Russia concerning disputes regarding their sphere of influence over Korea.

With pro-Japanese and pro-Russian factions within the

Yi Wan-yong
.

Visiting during the

39th parallel, should Japanese and Russian troops be forced to occupy Korea. The proposal was rejected, but the concept was resurrected by Soviet premier Joseph Stalin many years later at the Yalta Conference negotiations with the United States during World War II.[1]

The Yamagata–Lobanov Agreement was signed in

telegraph
lines.

The Agreement had two non-public provisions. In the first, Japan and Russia affirmed their mutual right to send additional troops to Korea in the event of any major disturbance, and in the second, both countries affirmed their rights to station troops in Korea until such time that Korea had its own modern army equipped to handle such disturbances. When Yamagata agreed to the terms of the agreement with Lobanov, he was unaware that only a few days earlier, the Russians had signed the

The Yamagata–Lobanov Agreement was superseded by the

Nishi-Rosen Agreement
of 1898.

See also

References

  • Duus, Peter (1998). The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910. University of California Press. .
  • Gills, Barry (1996). Korea versus Korea: A Case of Contested Legitimacy. Routledge. .
  • Kim, Djun Il (2005). The History of Korea. Greenwood Press. .
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Notes

  1. ^ Kim, The History of Korea, page 114
  2. ^ Gills, Korea versus Korea, page 26
  3. ^ Kowner. Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, page 426-427