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3.1 Introduction<br />

As we saw in Chapter 2, the suspension of NNSC inspections on<br />

May 31, 1956 and the cancellation of Paragraph 13(d) prohibiting<br />

rearmaments on June 21, 1957 were the two main events that undermined<br />

the implementation of the Armistice Agreement. Another<br />

characteristic was repeated armistice violations raised at MAC meetings<br />

which developed into a “zero-sum game.” Also, the Korean War was<br />

only replaced by “negative peace.”<br />

Against this background, one main purpose of Chapter 3 is to<br />

find out whether developments during the 1960s differed from earlier<br />

ones or not. In section two, data on rearmaments are recorded, including<br />

the role of the NNSC. Political developments in and around<br />

the Korean peninsula are briefly included. How rearmaments were<br />

raised at MAC meetings is subsequently investigated. Since the presence<br />

of American troops in South Korea is closely related to rearmaments,<br />

the troop withdrawal issue is also analyzed on the basis of MAC<br />

meetings. Militarization of the DMZ is another related issue investigated<br />

in the section, but the account only aims to present basic data on<br />

this well-known issue.<br />

Most attention is devoted to armistice violations. The third<br />

section begins by presenting explanations of violations and some data<br />

on them. Then violations committed on land raised at MAC meetings<br />

are investigated through a chronological account. The fourth section<br />

focuses on the repatriation of officers: In addition, investigations of<br />

joint observer teams are compared with developments during the<br />

1950s. The fifth section analyzes violations at sea and in the air raised<br />

at MAC meetings. Data on the number of armistice violations are<br />

120 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula

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