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Korea today broadcast an alleged con-
' stePhe? Robert Harris, "firstthe Pueblo, admitting that he wasVQic6
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ing military intelligence from North Korea and the
nderfrom National Security Council and. Command in Japan.
allegedly saideeply repent and
o North Korea -for my criminal act and promised that if Pyongyang "forgivesand allows me to returnill never again associate myself with suchhe speaker further promised he would "never commit again such an atrocious crime against other countries" when he returned home but would "oppose thepolicy of aggression against other countries."
A Lt. Harris was the officer in charge of the security group detachment on the Pueblo.
Grtfd ging approval marks initial South Korean reaction to the announcement that the US is-willing to discuss the Pueblo_incident at Panmunjon. oreign Ministry official was quoted in the press as saymg it is more favorable to have the seizure dis- cussed athan at the UN orhird country; however, it is doubtful that productive
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7. Soviet ships continue to shadow US naval units in the Sea of Japan. At latestotlin-class destroyer,DArclass oiler,ildin-class guided missile destroyer,iga-class destroyer escort,, thecollector Gidrolog,ew intelligenceProtraktor",which appeared for the first time
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