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the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the armistice, South Korea<br />

had charged North Korea with altogether 17,437 violations of the<br />

agreement. However, North Korea had accused South Korea of<br />

124,000, of which the “US Imperialists” were responsible for 15,730<br />

(cf. pp. 175-6). 207 The great discrepancy had widened significantly<br />

and “negative peace” continued.<br />

4.4 Rearmament, American Troops and Military<br />

Exercises raised in the MAC<br />

As during the 1960s, rearmament and American troops in South<br />

Korea but increasingly also military exercises were repeatedly raised at<br />

MAC meetings throughout the 1970s. At the 298th meeting called by<br />

the KPA/CPV held on January 26, 1970, the North blamed the UNC<br />

for rearming South Korea and conducting “The Focus Retina” exercise.<br />

Rearmaments were raised at another eleven meetings from 1970-<br />

1971.<br />

When the 300th meeting requested by the KPA/CPV took place<br />

on June 4, the North accused the US of planning for a second war by<br />

introducing armored vehicles, tanks and heavy weapons into the DMZ<br />

(only the North made accusations). It claimed that since the Neutral<br />

Nations’ Inspection Teams were expelled in June 1956 the South had<br />

207_ Bruzelius, op. cit., April 3, 1973, Bilaga 1, pp. 1, 6-7: Bilaga 3; Ch’oe, T’alnaengjôn<br />

ihu Pukhan-ûi Yuen kunsaryôngbu muryôkhwa-e taehan tongin yôn’gu (Han’guk Wegugô<br />

Taehakkyo, Chôngch’aek Kwahak Taehakwôn, June 2004), p. 24; Columbia<br />

University, Text of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, Paragraph 4; Downs, op.<br />

cit., p. 184; Kukpang chôngbo ponbu, ibid., 1993, pp. 176-7; Lee, op. cit., 2001<br />

(a), p. 84.; Ljungdahl, Månadsrapport juli 1973: Bilaga 1 (n. p., August 6, 1973, nr<br />

808), p. 2; NNSC Chief Delegates - List Updated April 14, 1997. Original quotation<br />

marks.<br />

262 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula

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