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INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
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Soviet "aval activity is picking up in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea.
number of ships observing thehas increased. ildin-class guided missile destroyer which left Vladivostok onanuary has joined the Soviet intelligence trawler in trailing the carrier. The Kildin reportedly0 nnnti-ship weapon) on its launcher.
A Riga-class DE and an oiler which have been operating on the normal Soviet station in tho Tsushima Strait have steamed north and joined other Soviet units shadowing the Enterprise.
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to other recent developments such as those intoattern of US recklessness* This early reaction from Moscow is entirely propagandistic and offers no clues as to how the Soviet government views the situation privately.
7. Further analysis of North Koreanof Commander Bucher's alleged confession* in Korean, Japanese, English, Mandarin and Russian reveals that no specific statement was made that the voice reading the "confession" was actually that of Buiber, although Pyongyang strongly made such an implication*In all broadcasts the English-speaking voice appeared to be the same*
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