NORTH KOREAN CIB ARTICLE 18 APRIL 1969

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• Publication Date: April 18, 1969

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Korea: The North Korean regime is exploiting the
M-67Edown to rally the population around the lead-
ership. (Page 2)
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Korea: The North Korean regime is exploiting
the shootdown of the US aircraft on 15 April to
rally the population around the leadership of Kim
Il-song and the Communist Party.
In a congratulatory statement to the unit
which was involved in the, attack, Defense Minister
Choe Hyon called the US flight a link in a premed-
itated scheme to provoke a new war. He depicted
the incident as showing that "war may break out at
any moment."
The Pyongyang leadership long has used the
threat of a US invasion to justify the party's
harsh demands on the population. Periodic "proof"
that the threat is real is essential if the war
psychosis is to be sustained for exploitation by
the regime.
The South Korean Government appears anxious
not to get too far ahead of the US position on the
shootdown. In a relatively moderate statement, the
government yesterday condemned the "outrageous, il-
legal, barbaric" North Korean action and called on
the "US and the free world...to take Prompt and ef-
fective countermeasures to prevent once and for all
the Northern puppets from playing with fire and
provoking war." The statement avoided any demand
for immediate military retaliation and asserted
only that North Korea's leaders "should receive due
punishment for the crime they committed." The
Seoul press, however, is continuing to call for im-
mediate retaliation.
Japanese Prime Minister Sato publicly censured
Pyongyang in the Diet yesterday, stating that the
North Korean action should be "internationally con-
demned." He noted that "all countries" engage in
reconnaissance flights for the purpose of security,
and he stipulated that such operations from Japanese
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bases did not require prior consultations under the
security treaty. Sato, however, has expressed what
is clearly the Japanese public's hope that the US
will take a cautious attitude and that the incident
will not develop into any further conflict. This
hope has also been reflected in commentary by For-
eign Minister Aichi, Japanese defense officials,
and the news media. Sato also implied a concern
that US retaliation might affect the progress of
negotiations on the return of Okinawa to Japanese
administration.
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