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"Had TF [task force] 71 been permitted to search without restriction imposed by claimed territorial waters, the aircraft stood a good chance of having been found.  No wreckage of KAL 007 was found. However, the operation established, with a 95% or above confidence level, that the wreckage, or any significant portion of the aircraft, does not lie within the probability area outside the 12 NM area claimed by the Soviets as their territorial limit.”</blockquote>
 
"Had TF [task force] 71 been permitted to search without restriction imposed by claimed territorial waters, the aircraft stood a good chance of having been found.  No wreckage of KAL 007 was found. However, the operation established, with a 95% or above confidence level, that the wreckage, or any significant portion of the aircraft, does not lie within the probability area outside the 12 NM area claimed by the Soviets as their territorial limit.”</blockquote>
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(For the full extent the naval confrontation between the Soviet and U.S. forces, see [[The Soviet/ U.S naval confrontation]])
    
At a hearing of ICAO on Sept.15, 1983, Lynn Helms, Federal Aviation Administrator, stated:  
 
At a hearing of ICAO on Sept.15, 1983, Lynn Helms, Federal Aviation Administrator, stated:  
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