09-151.pdf

1975
February 5 At the 358th MAC meeting, the North claims that the US had
introduced nuclear weapons and combat material into South
Korea and trained for war by conducting military exercises.
The South argues that the exercises are necessary and not
armistice violations. It points out that the North also carries out
exercises.
February 21 At the 359th MAC meeting, the North protests that on
February 15 the South had attacked and sunk a drifting patrol
boat on a routine operational tour, but the South asserts that it
had found an unidentified vessel intruding into its territorial
waters.
February 26 A South Korean patrol vessel discover two fishing boats which
do not answer calls for identification. The patrol vessel
followed them and found eight more fishing boats that were
moving northwards. When the patrol boat collided with one of
the fishing boats, the latter sank.
March 3 At the 360th MAC meeting, the North accuses the South of
“pirate actions“ on the open sea, but the South rejects the claim.
March 19 The UNC announces that a second tunnel had been discovered
in the DMZ. During investigations on March 24, seven enlisted
South Korean men die of suffocation from explosive gas stored
in the tunnel.
March 20 At the 361st MAC meeting, the North blames the US for
bringing combat equipment and military forces into South
Korea and conducting joint exercises for war.
The South accuses the North of having built the tunnels and
urges their destruction, but the North states that the tunnel
incident was fabricated by the South to divert attention from its
domestic problems.
Defector Lieutenant Yu Tae-yun reveals that the construction
of tunnels within the whole DMZ had begun in 1972 on the
order of Kim Il Sung.
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