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From: Gobbel.PA@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: KAL 747 Airline saga
Message-ID: <5461@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Sep-83 21:00:44 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 17 21:00:44 1983
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"Because the Soviets know that they regularly use Aeroflot flights for
spying, they believe that we must do the same thing."

What you mean, "we"?

I don't live in South Korea, and from things I've heard about their
government (like KCIA assassinations), I'm nowhere near calling them
"we".  Just because a fine, upstanding, right-wing lunatic fringe member
of our government was aboard, that doesn't make it ours.

All the people who come near commercial airliners?  Once again remember
that this was not an American plane.  I don't know about the other
employees, but I've seen it stated several places (and not denied
anywhere) that KAL pilots are ACTIVE members of the Korean Air Force
(just like Aeroflot pilots are active members of the Soviet Air Force)!
Certainly no one is suggesting that somebody went in and casually
installed tons of electronics while the baggage was being loaded - it
would be easy to do at a secret military installation, and in a country
where all the pilots work for the Air Force anyway, probably no one
would think it strange that an airliner was at a military installation.

-Randy