THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 17 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 17, 1969

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The President's Daily Brief
17 April 1969
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II, OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
KOREA
At today's Military Armistice Commission meeting, the
statement of the senior North Korean representative dealt only
with charges of DMZ violations and made no mention of the air-
craft shootdown. When the UN Command member, General Knapp,
made his protest, the North Korean asked to what unit the
plane had been attached.
General Knapp walked out.
After this question was reiterated,
The Soviet destroyer Vdokhnovennyy, rendezvousing with
the USS Tucker, this morning turned over a number of items
of clothing and equipment recovered from the downed aircraft.
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II. OTHER IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS
KOREA
The South Korean Government seems anxious not to get
too far, ahead of the US position on the shOotdown. In a
relatively moderate statement'the government today'con-
demned the "outrageous, illegal,. barbaric" North Korean
action and called on the "US and free worId...to take prompt
and effective countermeasures to prevent once and for all
the Northern puppets from playing with fire and provoking
.war,-" The statement avoided any demand for immediate mil-
itary retaliation and only asserted that North Korea'
leaders "should receive due punishment for the crime they
committed." In contrast to official caution, the press is
continuing to call for immediate retaliation.
Japanese Prime Minister Sato publicly censured Pyong-
yang in the Diet today. He said that the North Korean ac-
tion should be "internationally condemned." Sato, however,
expressed a hope that the US would take
and that the incident would not develop
conflict. This clear preference for US
a cautious attitude
into,any.further
restraint which
underlies popular attitudes toward the incident, has also
been reflected in commentary by Foreign Minister Aichi,
Japanese defense officials, and in 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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