Spy Ship Sunk
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SEOUL, July 28. South Korea said today that it had sunk a heavilyarmed North Korean spy ship of about 50 tons seven miles below the sea border off the east coast this morning. An unknown number of the crew aboard were believed to have drowned. It was the third North Korean spy craft to be sunk off the South Korean coast this year, according to the Counter-Espionage Operations Command. As a South Korean coastguard post opened fire, the spy ship fled north-east, replying with machine-gun fire. South Korean Navy and Air Force units were called in, and overtook the North Korean vessel off Sokcho. about 130 miles north of Yongdok, and sank it.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32361, 29 July 1970, Page 17
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