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In 1976, one accusation of war preparations was made without<br />

reference to rearmament. In 1977, the rearmament issue was raised<br />

only once. The KPA/CPV twice criticized the South’s military exercises<br />

as war preparations. In 1978, rearmaments were raised three times,<br />

twice concurring with criticism of military exercises and accusations<br />

of war preparations. At the 386th meeting called by the UNC/MAC<br />

convened on May 11, 1978, the North criticized the implementation<br />

of joint South Korea-US military exercises, including “Team Spirit 78,”<br />

to provoke war. At the 392nd meeting called by the UNC/MAC held<br />

on March 22, 1979, the North criticized the joint South Korea-US<br />

exercise “Team Spirit (TS) 79” as a war exercise. The UNC/MAC again<br />

responded that the Armistice Agreement does not refer to military<br />

exercises and pointed out that North Korea also conducted exercises.<br />

Moreover, Team Spirit was a defensive exercise conducted far away<br />

from the DMZ. 210<br />

Armistice violations within the DMZ were also raised in the<br />

MAC, but not at all as frequently as rearmament, American troops and<br />

military exercises. At the 320th meeting held on August 25, 1971, the<br />

North charged the UNC with having brought weapons into the DMZ<br />

and built fortifications in the zone. The UNC/MAC encouraged the<br />

North to immediately remove its fortifications, but there was no<br />

discussion. No results were reached. At the 327th meeting requested<br />

210_ Hapch’am chôngbo ponbu, ibid., 1999, pp. 316, 323, 332-3, 335, 340, 341, 346,<br />

348, 351, 353, 354-5, 357; Kukpang chôngbo ponbu, ibid., 1993, pp. 180, 181,<br />

183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197-8, 199, 200-<br />

201, 202; Ljungdahl, op. cit., December 7, 1973, Bilaga 2, pp. 1-2; [Napsnet] FOIA<br />

REPORT: U.S. Forces Korea/8th U.S. Army 1976 Annual Historical Review: 1976,<br />

Appendix 2 (http://www.nautilus.org/ foia/foiachrons/ahr_seventysix.pdf, July 27,<br />

2005), pp. 3, 5, 6.<br />

266 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula

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