PUEBLO SITREP NO. 21

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06811604
• 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 30, 1968

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OCI No. 1168/68
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
30 January 1968
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
PUEBLO SITREP No. 21
(As of 12 Noon EST)
Sweden, one of the two neutral
members of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission, has
suggested the NNSC could prove useful if both sides want
to use its services. Switzerland the other neutral
member, concurs.
Spanish officials point out that Spain does not have
diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and thus cannot
make an official demarche.
2. Pyongyang, in a domestic news broadcast on 30
January, reiterated in standard terms its opposition to
UN consideration of the Pueblo case and its determination
to stand fast against US "machinations."
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the North
Korean regime has restricted the travel of diplomats to
a 20-kilometer radius from the capital. Also, foreigners
have been barred from a 10-kilometer zone along the coasts
and borders.
4. The South Korean National Assembly has called an
extraordinary session for tomorrow to discuss the North
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Koreans' seizure of the Pueblo and the assassination
attempt on President Pak. The government party
indicated it would ask for measures to bolster national
security.
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