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626 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula
the dead soldier at the 465th MAC secretary meeting.
May 28 At the 413th MAC meeting, the North criticizes rearmament in
South Korea.
The South protests against the North’s armed intrusion on May
15, when two soldiers landed on the east coast. The South’s
guards killed one, but one escaped. The North refutes this
version and claims that the men had disappeared during a
military exercise.
June 26 At the 414th MAC meeting, the North claims that the US was
planning a second Korean war. The South claims that the
North had begun to rearm even before the ink at the Armistice
Agreement had dried.
December 21 At the 415th MAC meeting, the North criticizes joint military
exercises and preparations for TS-83 by bringing in brand-new
equipment, and claims that war preparations continue. The
North urges the withdrawal of the American troops. The South
claims that military exercises are unrelated to the Armistice
Agreement.
1983
February Air Force Officer Lee Wung-pyung defects to South Korea,
piloting a MiG-19. He reveals that North Korea had set up a
“Five to Seven Day Invasion Plan”: South Korea would be
occupied within a week after the invasion.
February 3 At the 416th MAC meeting, the North denounces the joint
exercise TS-83 and urges an immediate stop. The South asserts
that the exercise is conducted only to maintain the armistice
and hinder an invasion.
Military exercises had nothing to do with the Armistice Agreement.
February 18 At the 417th MAC meeting, the North criticizes the invitation
at the 416th meeting of five representatives from the North in
the MAC and four NNSC members to observe the exercise; it
was a request for recognition of war preparations.