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| | wreckage in order to simulate an aerial explosion which civilian divers could then be called to | | wreckage in order to simulate an aerial explosion which civilian divers could then be called to |
| | authenticate and corroborate. And so, the Soviet Union would escape incrimination. | | authenticate and corroborate. And so, the Soviet Union would escape incrimination. |
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| | Here then are the main findings of both military and civilian divers. The plane as viewed and | | Here then are the main findings of both military and civilian divers. The plane as viewed and |
| | searched by the military divers was basically integral and more in one piece—more structurally | | searched by the military divers was basically integral and more in one piece—more structurally |
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| | plane by the military divers as being “enterable” was so at variance with the plane as viewed | | plane by the military divers as being “enterable” was so at variance with the plane as viewed |
| | later by the civilian divers that Captain Mikhail Igorevich Girs, Commander of the Tinro 2 | | later by the civilian divers that Captain Mikhail Igorevich Girs, Commander of the Tinro 2 |
| − | submersible, doubts their report.92 | + | submersible, doubts their report.(5) |
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| | They clarified a lot of things, but it looks like our work is not over yet. They found the fuselage, | | They clarified a lot of things, but it looks like our work is not over yet. They found the fuselage, |
| | closer to the tail, and there are many remains there. It was standing vertically between the | | closer to the tail, and there are many remains there. It was standing vertically between the |
| − | reefs. They first lowered it down, and then got inside.’ | + | reefs. They first lowered it down, and then got inside.’(6) |
| | </blockquote> | | </blockquote> |
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| | “Specialists—navy men—had found the giant aircraft in the Sea of Japan. In addition, | | “Specialists—navy men—had found the giant aircraft in the Sea of Japan. In addition, |
| | submariners (military also) had gone to the bottom and had ‘clambered’ all over KAL 007 top to | | submariners (military also) had gone to the bottom and had ‘clambered’ all over KAL 007 top to |
| − | bottom.”93 | + | bottom.” |
| | </blockquote> | | </blockquote> |
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| | <blockquote> | | <blockquote> |
| | “The people from Svestapol told us that they had also been working at the bottom of the Sea of | | “The people from Svestapol told us that they had also been working at the bottom of the Sea of |
| − | Japan. On top of that, even earlier than the divers from Murmansk!”94 | + | Japan. On top of that, even earlier than the divers from Murmansk!”(7) |
| | </blockquote> | | </blockquote> |
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| | </blockquote> | | </blockquote> |
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| − | 94 Izvestiya, May 27, 1991, p. 6.
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| | 95 ibid. | | 95 ibid. |
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| | *3) Vladimir Vasilyevich Zakharchenko, not to be confused with Admiral Vladimir Vasilyevich Sidorov. | | *3) Vladimir Vasilyevich Zakharchenko, not to be confused with Admiral Vladimir Vasilyevich Sidorov. |
| | *4) CIA Report/Republican Staff Study report, p. 75. | | *4) CIA Report/Republican Staff Study report, p. 75. |
| | + | *5) Izvestiya, May 28, 1991, p. 8. |
| | + | *6) Izvestiya, May 27, 1991, p. 6. |
| | + | *7) Izvestiya, May 27, 1991, p. 6. |