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Follow-Up: President Reagan Addresses the Nation After KAL-007 Shootdown

SUMMARY

Following up on the recent article about shoot-down of the Korean airliner KAL 007, this article presents Ronald Reagan's address to the nation in which a segment of audio intercepted by the Japanese partner agency was played.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

Jul 21, 2006

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

May 29, 2019

TAGS

Japan, Russia

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DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U) Follow-Up: President Reagan Addresses the Nation After KAL-007 Shootdown FROM: the editor Unknown Run Date: 07/21/2006 (U) On Wednesday, SID today republished a look back at the events surrounding the downing of a Korean airliner by a Soviet SU-15 (pictured) in 1983 (see that article ). Today we present a videotape of President Reagan's televised address to the nation in the days just after the event. He denounces the attack and plays SIGINT intercept of the Soviet air-to-ground comms: KAL-007 video (U//FOUO) This video is shown in the language portion of the CROR-1030 (Foundations of Cryptology) course. Thanks to for providing it. (U//FOUO) Does anyone have memories from that period they'd like to pass on? Please comment on the SID today Blog . (There have been a number of interesting postings already!) "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108