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Article: U.S. Presses North Korea to Return Pilots of Downed Army Helicopter
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- The Washington Post
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- December 18, 1994
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The Clinton administration pressed North Korea yesterday for
the safe return of two Army pilots whose helicopter was forced down
after flying over North Korean territory in what U.S. officials
described as an apparent navigational error. But U.S. and South
Korean officials said there were no signs that the incident, still
shrouded in mystery early today, was provoking a military crisis.
"I think the most important thing right now is we have
indicated very serious concerns to the North Koreans about the
welfare of these pilots," White House Chief of Staff Leon E. Panetta
said on CNN's "Evans and Novak." "We want them returned."
Defense Secretary William J. Perry said in a statement that ...