COMMENTS ON IMPLICATIONS OF REPORTED RELOCATION OF USS PUEBLO

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06808279
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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-01353
• Publication Date: February 12, 1968

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DIST12 FEBRUARY 1968
MPLICAT IONS OF REPORTED RELOCATION
SOUTH KOREA, SEOUL (12 FEB 1968)
THE FOLLOWING REPORT
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THAT THE USS-PUEBLO HAS BEEN MOVED FROM ITS
, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED LOCATION IN CHANGJAHWAN-MAN (CHANGCHIGON-
MAN BAY} TO MUNP'YONG-NI.
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1. A STUDY OF NATIONAL CHARTS OF THE WONSAN BAY AREA WOULD INDICATE
THAT THE FORMER LOCATION OF USS PUEBLO WAS AT 39-19N 127-27E, PLACING HER
IN CHANGJAHWAN-MAN (CHOJIKAN) AND PROBABLY MOVED TO MUNP'YONG-NI (WONSAN)
LOCATED AT 39-18N 127-27E. MUNP'YONG-NI IS THE NAVAL PORT AT THE MOUTH
OF THE ESTUARY. MUNP'YONG-NI NAVAL BASE INDICATES (b)(1)
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2. POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS OF REPORTED RELOCATION OF USS PUEBLO ARE
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A. DURING WARTIME OR WITH SHIPS TO,_BE ON A HAZARDOUS MISSION,
IF .A SHIP IS APPREHENDED WITHOUT PRIOR ABILITY TO SCUTTLE, EX-
PERIENCE BASED ON PRACTICE OF MANY NATIONS IS TO HAVE BOOBY-TRAP
TYPE DEMOLITIONS SYSTEMS PREVENT THE EXPLOITATION OF THE CAPTURED
SHIP BY THE ENEMY. POSITIONING OF THE USS PUEBLO AT THE REPORTED
LOCATION IN CHANGJAHWAN-MAN WOULD HAVE PERMITTED THOROUGH IN-
SPECTION FOR POSSIBLE BOOBY TRAP DEMOLITIONS SYSTEMS, INCLUDING
EXTERIOR HULL, PRIOR TO MOVING THE SHIP TO A LOCATION WHERE EX-
TENSIVE DAMAGE COULD BE DONE TO PORT FACILITIES.
B. POSITIONING OF THE USS PUEBLO IN A LOCATION REMOTE FROM
5 PORT FACILITIES WOULD HAVE PERMITTED THE REMOVAL OF SENSITIVE 5
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POPULATED AREA; (b)(1)
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INDIVIDUAL NORTH KOREAN SEAMEN GUARD OR OTHER PERSONNEL HAD LESS
CHANCES OF LOOTING PERSONAL BELONGINGS AND OTHER ARTICLES WITH
SHIP IN AN AREA WHERE PERSONNEL DID NOT HAVE MORE IMMEDIATE
ACCESS TO PORT.
C. ADDITIONAL SPECULATION IS THAT UNTIL A MORE THOROUGH
REMOVAL AND/OR INSPECTION OF SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT ARE ACCOMPLISHED,
POSSIBLY WITH PRESENCE SOVIET TECHNICIANS, NORTH KOREA WOULD
PREFER NOT TO REVEAL THE EXTENT OF SOVIET PARTICIPATION OR
var. RELIANCE ON SOVIETS FOR THIS ASPECT OF EXPLOITATION.
D. ONCE EQUIPMENT IS REMOVED, AND POSSIBLE BOOBY TRAP THREAT
IS RESOLVED, THERE WOULD BE MUCH TO BE GAINED BY THOROUGH EXAMI�
NATION OF THE SHIP'S WIRING SYSTEM AND OTHER FEATURES WHICH COULD
BE ACCOMPLISHED AT DOCKSIDE OR NAVAL PORT MORE EASILY THAN IN THE
PREVIOUS LOCATION.
E. ANOTHER SPECULATION IS THAT WITH THE POSSIBLE HARDENING
OF RESPECTIVE POSTURES AT PANMUNJOM AND WITH PUBLISHED STATEMENTS
BY THE ROK SIDE ATTRIBUTED TO PRESIDENT PAK CHONG�HUI THAT THE
ONLY WAY TO TREAT WITH THE NORTH KOREANS WAS WITH FORCE, NORTH
5 KOREA FELT THAT THE PREVIOUS LOCATION LEFT THE USS PUEBLO IN A 5
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