09-151.pdf

July 6 At the 211th MAC secretary meeting, the South protests that
two armed soldiers from the North had crossed the MDL, one
of whom one was killed, but the North asserts that the protest
was fabricated.
July 8 At the 121st MAC plenary meeting, the North claims that to
achieve peace in the Korean peninsula the US troops who
obstruct re-unification should immediately be withdrawn.
July 19 At the 122nd MAC meeting, the North requests the withdrawal
of US troops, but the South responds that it was not an issue for
the MAC.
July 27 At the 123rd MAC meeting, the North urges a US troop
withdrawal.
The North accuses a UNC naval vessel of having intruded on
July 22 and fired cannons at a North Korean police vessel on
patrol and then disappeared. The South denies the claim.
August 3 At the 124th MAC meeting, the North criticizes South Korea
for having attacked and seized a North Korean patrol vessel on
July 30. The South explains that the North’s police vessel had
fired first and that the ship had been sunk in self-defence.
August 11 At the 214th MAC secretary meeting, the South claims that the
North’s protests against intrusions of fishing boats were
groundless.
The South rejects the North’s protest against intrusions of its
airspace.
September 6 At the 216th MAC secretary meeting, the South admits the
North’s protest that fighter planes had intruded into its
airspace (no. 23).
September 16 At the 217th MAC secretary meeting, the South admits the
North’s protest made on September 6 that two F-86 fighters on
September 2 had intruded into the North’s airspace (no. 24).
October 6 At the 128th MAC plenary meeting, the North urges the return
of the vessel and the dead bodies from the July 30 incident. The
South had not raised the vessel, but the fishermen were
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