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From: lmaher@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The Return of KAL 007 - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 23:46:00 EDT
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uokvax!lmaher    Jun 20 22:46:00 1984

<Why yes, comrade bug, it is a civilian line.  Eat it!>

     I totally  agree  with  Martillo  about  the  article  being
disinformation.   I  was  taking  a seminar on Intelligence, with
special emphasis on ELINT and SIGINT such as the RC-135,  at  the
time the plane was shot down.

     We had several students who were serving in  the  Navy,  and
they   provided   a   simulated  briefing  (using  non-classified
material, obviously)  on  KAL  007's  flight,  and  we  discussed
American intelligence gathering in the area.  There's just no way
the Soviets mistook a civilian 747 for a military RC 135.

     Furthermore, accusations that the  U.S.  steered  the  plane
into  Soviet  airspace  to  monitor  Soviet  air defense radar is
ridiculous.  Wholly apart from  moral  considerations,  when  the
U.S.  penetrates  Soviet  Air  Defenses  they  use  SIGINT planes
crammed with gear and technicians, to record every bit  of  info.
Some  U.S.  military  recon  overflights have been shot down, see
_The Puzzle Palace_ for details.  I don't  recall  any  recently,
but I can post the older ones that I know of if anyone cares.

     The Soviets, on the other hand, do use their civilian planes
for    intelligence-gathering,   but   that's   because   they're
government-controlled.

	Carl			(formerly uok!crigney)
	..!ctvax!uokvax!lmaher		..!duke!uok!uokvax!lmaher