In 1993 President Mitterrand visited Korea. On this visit Mitterrand promised that he would restore to Korea the 297 volumes of the Oe-Kyujanggak Archives (the royal protocols of Chosun Dynasty in Korea), pillaged by the French army in 1866 and now part of the collections in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library of France). As a sign of intent, he assured the interested parties that a two-volume book, the Hyikyungwon-Wonsodogam-Uigwe, would be immediately returned. However, the next day Mitterrand handed over only the first volume to Korea, taking the second volume back to France. Even now, more than a decade after Mitterrand's promise, the rest of the books remain in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.