PUEBLO CREW IN NORTH KOREA.

Created: 1/17/1969

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PRESENTATION

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SUBJECT: Pueblo Crew in North Korea.

DATE: Friday,9 TIME: ^OP^M,

Headquarters Building

PHODUCTION DATA: produced8 by thetudio, Korean People's Army; black and wliite, English language on accompanying tape; total running time isinutes.

ueblo Press Conference,8

. Pueblo crew members speak"at news conference heldugust before Nirtli Korean newsmen and women. Television and motion picture cameras record proceedings while still phocograpliers also move about snapping pictures, as various crewtwn speak at some length. Several crewmen speak or answer questions. One close-up cf Murphy and Bucher at one point shows Murphy smiling in apparentti-tude in contrast to his masklike demeanor throughout most of the proceedings. Statements and responses most oftenechanical, stilted quality. Aa question-lng continues, almost every man stands for statements bearing upon alleged espiorage activity, their treatment, desire to be back with their families, bewilderment 0'-. governmental action in the matter. During the early part of the Conference. Bucher smokes between his occasional responses or extended statetients, later answers questions at considerable length. Characteristic expression of many crew members throughout proceedings appears Co be blank disinterest. ecess,interview Murphy and several crew members in recreational area. Even in these more relaxed surroundings the men show the same mechanical responses apparent in the hearing room. Bucher makes an extented statement. Bucher, Murphy, Lieutenant Harris, Schumacher are among officers who appear in scenes evidently shot after capture, with Bucher, dressed in quilted winter garb, answering questions or workingconfession." Following return to the conference room, thedronelose with Bucher making an extended statement at the end.

A-rng.TiA.nct Pbockduus

Requests to attend the showing should be made to the established control points in each CIA office and USD] agency. The names of those attending from agencies other than CIA must be given for admission purposes.

The control points should call | s soon as possible and cite the notice or film Dumber so that attendance may bo estimated and arrangements made for additional showings when necessary.

The classification of this notice applies to the title of the film and the fact that it is being shown by CIA.

The film will normally be available for either loan or further screenings. Photographs extracted from the film can be made available upon request

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