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'''Lawrence Patton McDonald''' ( b. April 1, 1935), a  [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, represented the seventh congressional district of [[Georgia]]. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when  it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the president of the [[John Birch Society]] and the only member of Congress killed by Communists during the [[Cold War]].

'''Lawrence Patton McDonald''' (April 1, 1935 — September 1, 1983), a  [[conservative Democrat]]ic member of the United States House of Representatives, represented the seventh congressional district of [[Georgia]]. He was onboard [[Korean Airlines Flight 007]] when  it was shot down by Soviet interceptors just west of Sakhalin Island on Sept. 1, 1983. He was the president of the [[John Birch Society]] and the only member of Congress killed by Communists during the [[Cold War]].

===Committee and Association membership and involvement===

===Committee and Association membership and involvement===

According to Staff Writer Maggie Willis in an August 28, 1983 article in the Marietta Daily Journal, aside from Larry McDonald, serving in the Congress and as president of the John Birch Society, his other committee and association membership included the following: Movement to Restore Democracy, Georgia Right to Life Committee, American Life Lobby, Congressional Advisory Committee of Christian Voice, Inc.,  

According to Staff Writer Maggie Willis in an August 28, 1983 article in the ''Marietta Daily Journal'', aside from Larry McDonald, serving in the Congress and as president of the John Birch Society, his other committee and association membership included the following: Movement to Restore Democracy, Georgia Right to Life Committee, American Life Lobby, Congressional Advisory Committee of Christian Voice, Inc.,  

Atlanta Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry and Human Rights,National Pro Life Political Action Committee, Committee for Freedom of Choice in Cancer Therapy, National Rifle Association, National Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.Gun Owners of America.Second Amendment Foundation.Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress.American Conservative Union (congressional adviser).American Security Council (congressional adviser).Conservative Caucus (congressional adviser).National Federation of Independent Business (congressional adviser).National Advisory Board of the Committee for a Free China, Association of American Dentists, Young Americans for Freedom, National Advisory Council of the American Legislative Exchange Council, Congressional Advisory Panel of the National Tax Limitation Committee,Conservatives Against Liberal Legislation, American Civil Defense Association, Fund to Restore an Educated Electorate, Conservative Leadership Youth Foundation Advisory Board, Joseph McCarthy Foundation, and The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics. It is not known how may of the above involvments werew held concurrently.

Atlanta Interreligious Task Force on Soviet Jewry and Human Rights,National Pro Life Political Action Committee, Committee for Freedom of Choice in Cancer Therapy, National Rifle Association, National Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.Gun Owners of America.Second Amendment Foundation.Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress.American Conservative Union (congressional adviser).American Security Council (congressional adviser).Conservative Caucus (congressional adviser).National Federation of Independent Business (congressional adviser).National Advisory Board of the Committee for a Free China, Association of American Dentists, Young Americans for Freedom, National Advisory Council of the American Legislative Exchange Council, Congressional Advisory Panel of the National Tax Limitation Committee,Conservatives Against Liberal Legislation, American Civil Defense Association, Fund to Restore an Educated Electorate, Conservative Leadership Youth Foundation Advisory Board, Joseph McCarthy Foundation, and The Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics. It is not known how may of the above involvments werew held concurrently.

==McDonald aboard KAL 007==

==McDonald aboard KAL 007==

McDonald had planned to arrive in Seoul, Korea, in order to attend the ceremonies for the 30th year anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Mutual Defense Treaty. Also atttending the ceremonies were Senator [[Jesse Helms]] of North Carolina, Senator Steven Symms of Idaho and Representative Carroll J. Hubbard Jr. of Kentucky. These three were aboard KAL 015 which flew 15 minutes behind KAL 007. Both planes refueled and took on food at Anchorage, Alaska. Senator Helms had contemplated joining McDonald on KAL 007 for the second leg of the journey but decided against it. McDonald remained asleep in first class the whole time that KAL 007 was at the Anchorage, Alaska airport. He was seated in First Class at seat 02B.

McDonald had planned to arrive in [[Seoul]], [[Korea]], in order to attend the ceremonies for the 30th year anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Mutual Defense Treaty. Also atttending the ceremonies were Senator [[Jesse Helms]] of North Carolina, Senator [[Steven Symms]] of Idaho and Representative Carroll J. Hubbard Jr. of Kentucky. These three were aboard KAL 015 which flew 15 minutes behind KAL 007. Both planes refueled and took on food at [[Anchorage, Alaska]]. Senator Helms had contemplated joining McDonald on KAL 007 for the second leg of the journey but decided against it. McDonald remained asleep in first class the whole time that KAL 007 was at the Anchorage, Alaska airport. He was seated in First Class at seat 02B.

   

   

[http://www.conservapedia.com/Korean_Airlines_Flight_007 Here] is a photo of Larry McDonald among seventy of the 269 passenger and crew photos assembled for the Life Magazine edition of the week after the shootdown ("Passenger and crew breakdon" at the bottom of the article, the bottom photo of the third column to the left).

[http://www.conservapedia.com/Korean_Airlines_Flight_007 Here] is a photo of Larry McDonald among seventy of the 269 passenger and crew photos assembled for the Life Magazine edition of the week after the shootdown ("Passenger and crew breakdown" at the bottom of the article, the bottom photo of the third column to the left).

===Initial Safe landing Report===

===Initial Safe landing Report===

[[Image:Moneron Island 2.jpg|left|thumb|300px| Moneron Island The only land mass in the Tatar strait]]

[[Image:Moneron Island 2.jpg|left|thumb|300px| Moneron Island The only land mass in the Tatar strait]]

Right after KAL 007 was reported missing, there was a report conveyed via phone by Orville Brockman, the Washington office spokesman of the Federal Aviation Administration to Tommy Toles, the press secretary of Cong. Larry McDonald. This report was that the FAA representative in Tokyo,. Dennis Wilhelm had been informed by a Mr. Tanaka of the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (Counter-part to the FAA) that "Japanese self-defense radar force confirms that the Hokkaido radar followed Air Korea to a landing in Soviet territory on the island of Sakhalinska S-a-k-h-a-l-i-n-s-k-a and it is confirmed by the manifest that Congressman McDonald is on board". This report would indicate that KAL 007 had made a 180 degree turn as it would have had to do so to land on Sakhalinsk Island after having already passed it (as it had been attacked in international waters just outside the 12 mile Soviet claimed territorial border west of Sakhalin), or, it could, on the other hand indicate the arcing eastern heading portion of KAL 007's spiral descent around 4 1/2NM by 3 1/2NM Moneron Island  to a water landing east of Moneron and West of Sakhalin (Moneron and Sakhalin islands are 24 nautical miles from each other and the lines of their respective 12 mile territorial borders intersect - see After Action Report map). The statement "to a landing in Soviet territory on the island of Sakhalinska" under this view would describe a report by Japanese self-defense force, and possibly by its reporting radar station, which was inexact but accurate to indicate the general area in this sector. The Hokkaido tapes are not in the public domain.

Right after KAL 007 was reported missing, there was a report conveyed via phone by Orville Brockman, the Washington office spokesman of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] to Tommy Toles, the press secretary of Cong. Larry McDonald. This report was that the FAA representative in Tokyo,. Dennis Wilhelm had been informed by a Mr. Tanaka of the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (Counter-part to the FAA) that "Japanese self-defense radar force confirms that the Hokkaido radar followed Air Korea to a landing in Soviet territory on the island of Sakhalinska S-a-k-h-a-l-i-n-s-k-a and it is confirmed by the manifest that Congressman McDonald is on board". This report would indicate that KAL 007 had made a 180 degree turn as it would have had to do so to land on Sakhalinsk Island after having already passed it (as it had been attacked in international waters just outside the 12 mile Soviet claimed territorial border west of Sakhalin), or, it could, on the other hand indicate the arcing eastern heading portion of KAL 007's spiral descent around 4 1/2NM by 3 1/2NM Moneron Island  to a water landing east of Moneron and West of Sakhalin (Moneron and Sakhalin islands are 24 nautical miles from each other and the lines of their respective 12 mile territorial borders intersect - see After Action Report map). The statement "to a landing in Soviet territory on the island of Sakhalinska" under this view would describe a report by Japanese self-defense force, and possibly by its reporting radar station, which was inexact but accurate to indicate the general area in this sector. The Hokkaido tapes are not in the public domain.

===Post shootdown reports concerning the fate of Larry McDonald===

===Post shootdown reports concerning the fate of Larry McDonald===

He was a cousin of [[General]] [[George Patton|George S. Patton]].

He was a cousin of [[General]] [[George Patton|George S. Patton]].

His voting record in Congress was consistently conservative; he was one of the most outspoken opponents of Communism in Congress. He also opposed what he believed to be a conspiratorial attempt by powerful elements within U.S government and business circles to further a one world socialist society within America.  

His voting record in Congress was consistently conservative; he was one of the most outspoken opponents of Communism in Congress. He also opposed what he believed to be a conspiratorial attempt by powerful elements within U.S government and business circles to further a one-world socialist society within America.  

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===The Senator Helms letters to Yeltsin and the fate of Larry McDonald===

===The Senator Helms letters to Yeltsin and the fate of Larry McDonald===

On December 5, 1991, Senator Jesse Helms, ranking member of the Minority Staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, wrote to Boris Yeltsin concerning U.S. servicemen who were POWs or MIAs. "The status of thousands and thousands of American servicemen who are held by Soviet and other Communist forces, and who were never repatriated after every major war this century, is of grave concern to the American people." Yeltsin would state on 15 June 1992, while being interviewed aboard his presidential jet on his way to the United States, "Our archives have shown that it is true — some of them were transferred to the territory of the U.S.S.R. and were kept in labor camps... We can only surmise that some of them may still be alive."

On December 5, 1991, Senator Jesse Helms, ranking member of the Minority Staff of the U.S. [[Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]], wrote to [[Boris Yeltsin]] concerning U.S. servicemen who were POWs or MIAs. "The status of thousands and thousands of American servicemen who are held by Soviet and other Communist forces, and who were never repatriated after every major war this century, is of grave concern to the American people." Yeltsin would state on 15 June 1992, while being interviewed aboard his presidential jet on his way to the United States, "Our archives have shown that it is true — some of them were transferred to the territory of the U.S.S.R. and were kept in labor camps... We can only surmise that some of them may still be alive."

On 10 December 1991, just five days after Senator Helms had written Yeltsin concerning American servicemen, he again wrote to Yeltsin, this time concerning KAL 007.

On 10 December 1991, just five days after Senator Helms had written Yeltsin concerning American servicemen, he again wrote to Yeltsin, this time concerning KAL 007.