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Korean KE007 shot down in '83 by accident - new data released

Welcome in 2016 - very best wishes for the peaceful and happy new year!

Just run across new data on Korean KE007 shot down over Sakhalin (USSR) back in 1983.
The source is unusual here but over the last two years i have found them to be reliable as for general public media.
the article link is Washington Lied: Evidence Proves USSR Downed KE007 Plane by Accident
the most important quote:
The de-classified diplomatic documents released recently by Japan's Foreign Minister confirm that the passenger aircraft was downed by mistake, something that Washington knew perfectly well. Two months after the incident Tokyo diplomats were confidentially informed by the Reagan administration's top officials that the USSR had confused the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 with a US RC-135 surveillance plane and shot down the passenger plane quite by accident.

i couldn't manage to find the Japanese original link - maybe some Japan based members could help here?
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