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July 9 At the 318th MAC meeting, the North asserts that the South
had illegally brought in new fighter planes.
July 29 At the 319th MAC meeting, North Korea makes a
counter-proposal from the 317th meeting that the South
rejects.
The North blames the UNC for bringing in various kinds of
combat equipment into South Korea.
August 20 The first-ever bilateral North-South discussions through the
North and
South Korean Red Cross organizations are held in the NNSC
conference room. Altogether 25 preliminary meetings focusing
on divided families are held there in 1971-72.
August 25 At the 320th MAC meeting, the North urges the withdrawal of
American troops and combat equipment from South Korea.
The North charges the South with having brought weapons
into the DMZ and built fortifications in the zone. The South
encourages the North to remove its fortifications, but no results
were reached.
September The “Freedom House” is turned into an office for North-South
dialogue.
November 20-
March 22, 1972
Eleven rounds of secret talks between representatives of the
Red Cross are held in Panmunjom.
December 11 At the 325th MAC meeting, the North blames the South for
holding the exercise “The South Korea-US Eagle Landing
Operation,” but the South responds that it was not an issue to
discuss in the MAC.
The North protests against the US for rearming South Korea
and the South blames the North for having demolished
Paragraph 13(d) by rearming illegally.
Appendix
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