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INFO TELELETTER UKDEL IBA MONTREAL, HONG KONG, CANBERRA, SEOUL INFO TELELETTER WASHINGTON, TOKYO
FROM W L EGERTON, MOSCOW
TO SUSAN SPELLER, EASTERN DEPARTMENT, FCO
CC S. LOVETT ESQ, AMD, FCO
J. MARSHALL ESQ, HKD, FCO
MS C JAMES, CONSULAR DEPARTMENT, FCO
D. EVANS ESQ, UKDEL ICAO MONTREAL HONG KONG
CHANCERIES:
CANBERRA
WASHINGTON
SEOUL
TOKYO
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Ms feller will draft a
Submission on renewal of the clai
FM 1/9
KAL 007
SUMMARY
1.
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN TOLD BY RUSSIANS THAT COMPENSATION WILL NOT
BE CONSIDERED. JAPANESE CLAIM MADE IN 1986 BUT NOTHING FROM THE
RUSSIANS. UNCOMPROMISING PRESS CONFERENCE BY RUSSIAN COMMISSION
INVESTIGATING DOWNING OF KAL 007.
DETAIL
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ON 30 AUGUST SERGEI FILATOV (CHAIRMAN OF THE RUSSIAN STATE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES FOR THE SHOOTING DOWN OF KAL007) GAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE THE COMMISSION'S FINDINGS. FILATOV EXPRESSED THE REGRET OF THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND GOVERNMENT AT THE TRAGIC LOSS OF LIFE. HE BLAMED THE KOREAN AIR CREW, THROUGH WHOSE FAULT THE PLANE HAD BEEN 350 MILES NORTH OF THE ESTABLISHED FLIGHT PATH AND WHO HAD NOT RESPONDED TO REPEATED
SIGNALS. THE AMERICANS HAD SENT A SPY PLANE INTO THE AREA JUST. BEFOREHAND FOR WHICH KALO07 HAD BEEN MISTAKEN BY SOVIET AIR DEFENCE FORCES: THEY ALSO WERE AT FAULT. THE RUSSIAN COMMISSION REPORT AGREED BROADLY WITH THE ICAO REPORT. THE SOVIET AIR DEFENCE FORCES
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