NORTH KOREAN CIB ARTICLE 23 APRIL 1969

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• Publication Date: April 23, 1969

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Korea: Peking's belated comment on the shootdown
06377s giving direct support to Pyongyang. (Page 2)
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Korea: Peking's belated comment on the shoot-
down of the US aircraft has avoided giving direct
support to Pyongyang.
On 21 April Peking broke its week-old silence
over the incident with .an official news release
attacking Moscow's "collusion" with the US following
the shootdown. While denouncing the Soviets' as-
sistance and cooperation during the past week as
"active service provided to US imperialism," the
article cited a "news report" � source stating that
the US plane "intruded" into North Korean airspace.
The dispatch made no mention, however, of who shot
down the plane.
Peking's statement contrasts with its announce-
ment last year concerning the seizure 'of the Pueblo.
At that time, China promised "firm support" for
Pyongyang's "just stand." Sino - North Korean re-
lations have. been poor for several years, and Pe-
king's ambivalent response may reflect a decision
to withhold significant propaganda coverage of the
incident, at least until the North Koreans make
further statements.
In Japan, opposition parties have shifted their
attacks from the plane incident itself to the US
naval deployment. Socialist, Communist, and other
opposition Diet members belabored Foreign Minister
Aichi yesterday with demands that the government
ask the US to "stop raising tension in the Sea of
Japan." Aichi turned aside these demands as well as
opposition insistence that any port calls by task
force units be made subject to the prior consulta-
tions clause of the US-Japan security treaty.
Japanese news media have also reacted strongly
against the US naval buildup in the Sea of Japan.
One leading newspaper questioned US intentions, and
observed that the task force was larger than was
needed for protecting reconnaissance aircraft. As-
surances from official spokesmen that the escort
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aircraft would not be flown from US bases in Japan
have not assuaged popular fears that Japan might be-
come involved in any US - North Korean clash.
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