PUEBLO SITREP NO.11

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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2021
• Case Number: F-2018-00781
• Publication Date: January 27, 1968

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
27 January 1968
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
Pueblo Sitrep No. 11
(As of 0700 EST)
1. Pyongyang's position on the Pueblo incident
remains adamant. Reacting to yesterdirg-Uelibera-
tions in the UN Security Council, Pyongyang radio
voiced the government's strong opposition to any de-
bate of the US appeal. The radio added that North
Korea will ignore any Security Council resolution
"rigged up to cover US imperialists' aggression"--
a statement in line with Pyongyang's policy during
the past 21 years of refusing to recognize UN com-
petence in dealing with Korean matters.
the North
Koreans plan to release all the Pueblo's crew un-
harmed on 29 or 30 January and then "scuttle the
ship." The North Koreans reportedly saw this course
as a face-saving way out of the situation.
3. The US delegation at the UN has drafted a
Security Council resolution inviting the permanent
South Korean observer at the UN to participate with-
out vote in current discussions and inviting the
North Koreans to send either :a representative or
information. There reportedly is strong concern in
South Korea that the Pueblo incident is receiving
inordinate world press attention. The South Koreans
hope that North Korean aggressive activities within
South Korea receive their due share of international
notice.
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4. UN delegates generally feel that the Soviet
speech in the Security Council on 26�January was
lackluster and paid scant attention to the Pueblo
incident.
5. The US continues to reinforce its military
forces in the Korean area. A group of 26B-52s with
their tankers will arrive at their forward base on
Guam by 6 February and 144 fighters will deploy to
Korea from South Vietnam and the US arriving about
2-3 February. The nuclear carrier Enterprise and its
task group 70.6 continue to operate in an area approxi-
mately 100 miles off the southeast Korean coast. The
anti-submarine carrier Yorktown and her six escorting:
destroyers comprise task group 70.0 and are currently
located in the western Pacific en route to join the
Enterprise on 30 January. The USS Banner--sister ship
of the Pueblo--will join the Enterprise task group on
30 January.
6. Soviet Naval surveillance of the US task
force in the Sea of Japan continued with both the
surface-to-surface missile carrying destroyer and
intelligence collector Gidrolog nine miles or more
from the task force at 2200 (EST) last night.
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