THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 16 APRIL 1969

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2018
• Case Number: F-2018-00295
• Publication Date: April 16, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
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II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
KOREA
The destroyer USS Tucker confirms it has picked up two
bodies in debris 17 miles from the crash site of the EC-121
plane.
The North Korean Defense Minister General Choi Hyun,
apparently talking to the officers and men of the North Korean
army unit responsible for the shootdown, thanked them for their
action and was quoted as saying that the flight was part of
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planned preparations for "inciting a new war in Korea. � � �
the situation remains tense and it shows that a war may break
out again at any moment." The speech appears to be part of
the North Korean effort
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keep its units alert to
any military reaction from either
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US or South Korea.
A Chinese Communist newspaper in Hong Kong bitterly at-
tacked the "despicable Russian revisionists for shamelessly
and brazenly selling out North Korea by sending two warships
to help the Americans find the bits and pieces of the maraud-
ing plane. ...the Russian action would be acceptab]e if this
were a civilian plane and not a military intruder." (AP 283,
17 Apr)
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KOREA
North Korean military activity since the shootdown has
been cautious.
No movement of North Korean forces has been detected,
however, nor has there been any aircraft activity in reac-
tion to the search.
The South Koreans are showing some concern over US re-
solve in dealing with North Korean attacks and the latest
incident is being cited as evidence that South Korea needs
more US military assistance. Calls for retaliation also
continue to be heard in SeouL
In Tokyo, opponents of the US-Japan security treaty
are trying to use the incident to exploit Japanese fears of
becoming involved in a Korean conflict. Both the Socialists
and the Communists �are stressing that the aircraft was from
a US base in Japan.' Foreign Minister Aichi was hit by a
barrage of opposition questions in the Diet today.
For its part, Moscow remains noncommittal in its press
coverage, although it obviously does not mind any inferences
Pyongyang may care to read into the participation of Soviet
naval units in the search.
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