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From: rjnoe@ihlts.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.general
Subject: Re: Korean Air Lines 747 shot down by Soviets
Message-ID: <188@ihlts.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 12:40:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  1 12:40:52 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 2-Sep-83 20:40:41 EDT
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A couple of relevant facts I neglected to mention:

The Korean Air Lines flight had in fact strayed into Soviet air space
near an island north of Japan on which a portion of the Soviet air
defense command is based.  There is no indication either that there was
any communication between the Soviets and the crew of the airliner or
that there was any attempt to force the 747 to land.  The U.S. congressman
believed to have been on board is Georgia's Lawrence MacDonald.  The U.S.
Secretary of State has been in contact with the charge d'affaires at the
Soviet embassy but the Soviet government has not yet responded to the
demand for an explanation.

	Roger Noe			...ihnp4!ihlts!rjnoe