KOREA: UNITED NATIONS COMMAND AND NORTH KOREANS CLASH AT PANMUNJON OVER SHOOTING OF AMERICANS AND SOUTH KOREANS.

Record ID: 337297

  • Title: KOREA: UNITED NATIONS COMMAND AND NORTH KOREANS CLASH AT PANMUNJON OVER SHOOTING OF AMERICANS AND SOUTH KOREANS.
  • Date: 20th April 1968
  • Summary: NORTH KOREANS AND AMERICANS AT CONFERENCE; WRECKED VEHICLE AND CLOTHES OF DEAD MEN. Initials JP/VS/JB/PF Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 5th May 1968 13:00
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  • Location: PANMUNJON, KOREA
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  • Country: South Korea North Korea
  • Reuters ID: LVABQ8KFCIYWFEWDPWT4Z4KQMEUW
  • Story Text: THE UNITED NATIONS COMMAND AND NORTH KOREA CLASHED AT A PANMUNJON CONFERENCE LAST THURSDAY OVER CLAIMED VIOLATIONS OF THE KOREAN ARMISTICE AGREEMENT.

    UNITED STATES REAR ADMIRAL, JOHN SMITH, THE SENIOR U.N. COMMAND DELEGATE, ACCUSED THE NORTH KOREANS OF AMBUSHING A U.N. COMMAND VEHICLE NEAR PANMUNJON LAST SUNDAY. TWO AMERICAN MILITARY POLICEMEN AND TWO SOUTH KOREAN SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN THE ATTACK. THE SENIOR NORTH KOREAN REPRESENTATIVE, MAJOR-GENERALAL PARK CHUNG-KUK DENIED THE AMBUSH AND COUNTER-CHARGED THAT THE U.N. COMMAND HAD SENT ARMED PERSONNEL ACROSS THE ZONE TO ATTACK NORTHERN POSTS THE FOLLOWING TUESDAY. ADMIRAL SMITH DESCRIBED THESE CHARGES AS "OUTRIGHT LIES."
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