PUEBLO SITREP NO. 8 (AS OF 0700 EST)

Created: 1/26/1968

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Directorate of Intelligenceanuary8

INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM

PUEBLO SITRSPAs0 EST)

1. Pyongyang maintains an unyielding stance regarding the crew of the Pueblo. An article in the authoritative Nodong Slnmun, broadcast onanuary, said those who had violated North Korea's sovereignty were criminals who must be "dealt with, by law" and receive "due punishment."

3. US Ambassador Goldberg has ask for aof the UN Security Council today. Council President Aga Shahl of Pakistan conferred with the other Council members, some of whom asked for time to consult their governments. Secretary General Thant, however, indicated he planned no action in the Pueblo matter and would go ahead wltb his plans to travel to New Delhi on Monday.

4. etter Thursday to Shahi, Goldberg charged that Communist violations of3 Korean armistice areangerous situationthe intervention of the Security Council.etter referred to the North Korean at-

tempt to assassinate South Korean President Pak EMTtWWfTI tflP PCI Chong-hui last Monday and North Korean raJ Lni WlTlUltal Iwm

the Demilitarized Zone as well as the seizure of the Pueblo.

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5. Moscow continues to accord minimal coonent to the Pueblo incident and the follow-up developments. Late onanuary TASS briefly reported the UScall-up, termingthreateningut did not carry any further comment.

he attack aircraftand six destroyers, is en route toof Japan and is expected to arriveorktown left Pearl Harbor about the same timeEaterprise but was orignally to hold maneuvers

in the western Pacific before proceeding to Japan in mid-February.

ships continue to shadow the USforce in tbe Sea of Japan. The O'BariQon,route from Sasebo to join the rest of thewas approached toards andby the Soviet Riga-class destroyertbe evening ofanuary. Two hours afterapproach, the Soviet ship had faded toof llj miles. The O'Bannonthe taskittle over an hour later..morning the Intelligence collector Gldrologto within two miles of the task force.

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