WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO KAL 007?

In: The African communist, Heft 100, S. 31-37

Abstract

HAD YOU BOOKED TO FLY ON KOREAN AIRLINES FLIGHT KAL 007 ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 31ST, 1983, YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO LEAVE ANCHORAGE ON SCHEDULE, STEER A COURSE TOWARD THE EASTERN COAST OF THE USSR AND TURN SOUTHWARDS BEFORE REACHING THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA. SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOUR PLANE WAS FOLLOWING A WELL TRAVELLED INTERNATIONALLY AGREED FLIGHT-PATH YOU WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO LAND SAFELY IN SEOUL THE FOLLOWING MORNING. YOU WOULD OF COURSE HAVE HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING THAT YOUR LIFE, ALONG WITH 268 OTHERS, WAS ABOUT TO BE SACRIFICED IN A COMPLEX AND CRIMINAL STAGE-MANAGED INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AND PROPAGANDA OPERATION WHOSE AUTHORS SAT SAFELY IN WASHINGTON. AN EXAMINATION OF SOME OF THE FACTS OF THIS CASE (THEY ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO CATALOGUE IN FULL) SERVES NOT ONLY AS AN IRREFUTABLE INDICTMENT OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION BUT IN ADDITION IS AN INSTRUCTIVE LESSON REVEALING THE TRUE FACE OF IMPERIALISM WHICH THREATENS TO SACRIFICE ALL OUR LIVES ON A GLOBAL FLIGHT KAL 007 TO NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST.