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many armistice violations were committed by both sides. The North’s
accusations against the South fairly regularly concerned a) bringing in
heavy weapons and automatic weapons into the DMZ, b) permission
for civilians without identification to enter the zone, c) implementing
provocative exercises within the zone such as setting fire to land at
random, d) crossings over the MDL, e) storing prohibited materials
such as mines within the DMZ, f) setting fire at random that spreads to
forests into the North’s territory, g) sending naval ships into the North’s
territorial waters and h) dispatching airplanes into the North’s airspace.
The South regularly presented records containing similar kinds
of accusations against the North. Repatriation of four South Korean
citizens kidnapped on July 14, 1962 was urged but in vain. The North
routinely said that it would investigate accusations, but at MAC
meetings they were as regularly denied. Orally presented accusations
by the South concerned firing on an easily identified vessel in the Han
River Estuary, firing against a civilian police patrol on June 11, 1964,
fortification works within the DMZ and the introduction of automatic
weapons into the zone. In accordance with section 3.2, both sides
occasionally raised the issue of changes in armament levels since the
armistice was signed. They had both made changes and continued to
modernize their military forces. The NNSC had virtually no insight
into North Korea’s military policies whereas developments in South
Korea could to some extent be followed through the press. However,
he concludes that the military situation had presumably not changed
in any significant way during the reporting period. The most important
issue that remained from his predecessor’s time in office was
resolved on May 16, when two American helicopter pilots were released
(cf. pp. 158-9). The work was as routine as ever.
188 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula