telephoto USA charges North Korea Panmunjom , Korea - US Airforce Major General James B Knapp (on right) reads an official White House document charging North Korea with shooting down of US Reconnaissance aircraft EC-121 on 15 April The charges were read today at the start of the 290th meeting of the Korean Military Armistice Commission . Later Knapp walked out grim-faced when North Korean representatives refused to propose a recess for the meeting. 18 April 1969