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Nike-Hercules missiles and demanding that the NNSC therefore
should take necessary measures led to a number of official and unofficial
Commission meetings. The NNSC agreed to send a reply to the North
admitting receipt of the letter. A missive containing a transcript of the
reply would be sent to the South for information. 156
Major General Hasselrot’s report for March-September 1965
also confirms that many armistice violations took place. Since late June
the number of incidents along the MDL and within South Korea had
risen markedly. There were espionage attempts on land and at sea as
well as infiltration attempts by saboteurs and political instigators. In
several cases, exchanges of fire occurred with casualties on both sides.
Accusations by the North against the South included bringing in F-5
jet fighters (“Freedom Fighters”) and Nike-Hercules missiles, a visit by
the nuclear submarine “Snook” in July, flights over its airspace,
hijacking of North Korean fishermen and claims that the UNC delayed
MAC meetings.
From the South, accusations included agents and sabotage
activities, that a report of all 2,245 “missing persons” since the war had
not been released, that American planes had been fired on over
international waters and that personnel had been sent to South Korea
in a miniaturized submarine for espionage. In accordance with sections
3.3-3.4, these accusations were generally dismissed as groundless.
They were often regarded as “spiteful propaganda.” For instance,
Major General Yarborough wrote in a newspaper article published in
The Stars & Stripes on June 18, 1965 about MAC meetings: “I have
156_ Almgren, “Ur min synpunkt sett,” Joboseyo (March 1965), no. 1, pp. 10-11;
Hasselrot, op. cit., pp. 1, 2: op. cit., pp. 3, 4; Kukpang chôngbo ponbu, op. cit.,
1993, p. 114.
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