Why would the Soviets keep the KAL 007 passengers and crew alive instead of “killing off” the evidence against them?
[For a full understanding of the answer to this question, please refer also to FAQ #1.] The fate of the passengers and crew of KAL 007 needs to be viewed in the context of the Soviet Union’s dealings generally with captured foreign nationals. There are the motives that are fairly well known to people that are knowledgeable about American POW/MIA issues: • The Soviets used captured foreigners as “bargaining chips” for western political concessions, western recognition of satellite regimes, and return of apprehended espionage agents. • The Soviets used captured foreigners for gaining (extorting) economic “credit” from the west. • Captured foreigners were used to supplement the slave labor work force for a failed economic approach – Communism. (In fact, it has recently been revealed that the Russians continue to use foreign slave labor in camps located in the same area where we believe KAL 007 survivors were/are kept. See KAL 007 Survivors and the Forced Labor Concentration Camps of the R
[For a full understanding of the answer to this question, please refer also to FAQ #1.] The fate of the passengers and crew of KAL 007 needs to be viewed in the context of the Soviet Union’s dealings generally with captured foreign nationals. There are the motives that are fairly well known to people that are knowledgeable about American POW/MIA issues: • The Soviets used captured foreigners as “bargaining chips” for western political concessions, western recognition of satellite regimes, and return of apprehended espionage agents. • The Soviets used captured foreigners for gaining (extorting) economic “credit” from the west. • Captured foreigners were used to supplement the slave labor work force for a failed economic approach – Communism. (In fact, it has recently been revealed that the Russians continue to use foreign slave labor in camps located in the same area where we believe KAL 007 survivors were/are kept. See KAL 007 Survivors and the Forced Labor Concentration Camps of the R
