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spection teams’ site. In another act of opposition, protest letters
addressed by pupils were sent to the NNSC headquarters in Panmunjom.
As large-scale, popular anti-NNSC demonstrations took place in
all large cities in August 1954, the Commission’s relative freedom of
movement ended in the South at a time when, as we have seen, restrictions
similar to those implemented in the North had been imposed in
April the same year. At the NNSC’s request, the Americans strengthened
their protection of the inspection teams. According to Rembe
(1956), since freedom of movement was curtailed inspection team
members were put in quarantine. For security reasons, NNSC personnel
were moved in helicopters instead of jeeps and buses. 64
At the 45th MAC meeting held on August 3, 1954, the North
protested against the anti-NNSC demonstrations and attacks on
barracks and requested punishment of those responsible. The South
responded that it had actively supported the NNSC and its inspection
teams. At this time, in response the North implemented some relaxations
for the inspection teams to emphasize the differences between
the two sides. Members were invited to attend various events such as
the almost weekly bus tour to Kaesông to go to the theatre, cinema or
parties. In contrast, according to Lidin (2007), since NNSC members
in the South “...could not take a step without being supervised,” the
situation became the same as in the North. “Supervision and control
became restricted because security had to come first. The control at the
64_ Bailey, op. cit., p. 174; Bettex, op. cit., pp. 18-19, 20; Försvarets Läromedelscentral,
op. cit., p. 23; Mueller-Lhotska and Millett, ibid., pp. 29-30, 32; Petitpierre, ibid.,
p. 60; Rembe, op. cit., p. 100; Sandoz, “La Délégation Suisse dans la NNSC et son
environnement géopolitique,” in Kyung Hee University, op. cit., p. 216. The
second quotation has original quotation marks.
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