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Korean Airlines Flight 007 (view source)
Revision as of 10:30, October 2, 2008
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Reagan would spend much of two days drafting a carefully-prepared speech which he presented on national television September 5. Calling it a "[[crime against humanity]]" that had "absolutely no justification, either legal or moral," he used the speech as an indictment of the Soviets in the court of public opinion, using the word "massacre" six times to describe it. Reagan asserted in a key passage "This attack was not just against ourselves or the Republic of Korea. This was the Soviet Union against the world and the moral precepts which guide human relations among people everywhere." <ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954035-2,00.html</ref>
Reagan would spend much of two days drafting a carefully-prepared speech which he presented on national television September 5. Calling it a "[[crime against humanity]]" that had "absolutely no justification, either legal or moral," he used the speech as an indictment of the Soviets in the court of public opinion, using the word "massacre" six times to describe it. Reagan asserted in a key passage "This attack was not just against ourselves or the Republic of Korea. This was the Soviet Union against the world and the moral precepts which guide human relations among people everywhere." <ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954035-2,00.html</ref>
On September 15, 1983, President Reagan would order the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to revoke the licence of Aeroflot Soviet Airlines to operate flights to and from the US. Aeroflot flights to North America were consequently available only through Canadian and Mexican cities. Aeroflot service to the U.S. was not restored until April 29, 1986. In addition, Reagan failed to follow through on his tough talk by employing any of the means possible to punish the Soviets, such as trade sanctions. In fact, over time, his administration increased trade with the Soviet Union. Already on September 1, 1984, the Associated Press reported: “Secretary of State George Shultz says the Soviet Union’s shooting down of a South Korean airliner one year ago … should not preclude improvement of relations.”
Searches for the remains of the plane, believed lost in the waters to the southwest of Sakhalin Island, proved fruitless; U.S., Korean, and Japanese search vessels were harassed continually by Soviet vessels.<ref>http://www.rescue007.org/photo_essay.htm</ref>
Searches for the remains of the plane, believed lost in the waters to the southwest of Sakhalin Island, proved fruitless; U.S., Korean, and Japanese search vessels were harassed continually by Soviet vessels.<ref>http://www.rescue007.org/photo_essay.htm</ref>