PUEBLO SITRREP NO. 31 (AS OF 7:00 A.M. EST)

Created: 2/4/1968

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Directorate of8

INTELLIGENCE

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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