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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Directorate of8
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Pueblo Sitrep No.As, EST)
Korea has releasedS naval officer. Pyongyang broadcast what was said to be thestatement of Lt. rederickJr. Re is the third of the Pueblo's
six officers to be exploited in this manner.
"confession" containedand detailed information concerningmission and course, obviously designed
to establish North Korea's version of the ship's capture.
his statement, Shumacher "admitted"
thst he had refused to confess untilew
daysut had been moved by the "humanitarian
treatment" accorded him and was now "grateful for
this opportunity of confession." As in the previous
confessions of Cmdr. Bucher and Lt. Harris, he was
allowed to concludelea for forgiveness and release.
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