PUEBLO SITREP NO. 9

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00928327
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2021
• Case Number: F-2018-00781
• Publication Date: January 26, 1968

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SC No. 07399/68
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
26 January 1968
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
PUEBLO SITREP No. 9
(As of 1200 EST)
1. North Korea has released a radiophoto purporting
to show Pueblo captain Bucher "writing his confessions."
2. Two incidents near the Korean DMZ point to
increased tension, probably generated by the Pueblo
incident:
3. Radio Peking today broke Chinese silence on
the Pueblo by broadcasting the official North Korean
version of the capture.
4. At about 1900 EST on 25 January, unusual Chinese
naval activity was reflected in the Pohai Straits area
of north China. Eight vessels are involved.
While no
direct association with the Pueblo incident can be
established, this activity may indicate that the Chinese
have placed some vessels of the North Sea Fleet on an
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alert basis. The Pohai Strait is the approach to the
strategic port of Dairen as well as the entrance into
the Pohai Gulf of North China.
6. The UN Security Council will meet at 1530.
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