I • FBIS 77 .'.,. BUCHER 'CONFEssroN~ G.,.... "'L .,., to,t \ PYONGYANG KCNA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE I~ ENGLISH 1702 I'd GI ..... :-. I' C3 3 (TEXT) PYONGYr'\NG--LLO\'D MARK BUCI-f2R-? C.~PTAIN OF 7~2 A?.:·::Q S?Y I SHIP OF THE uI) sI> IMPERIAL I s·r AGGRESSOR AR "1Y wHI CH WAS ct~PT U?.EJ BY Nf\VAL V2SSSLS OF THE KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY ~JHILE PER?.'.::TRATINS 1 HOSTILE ACTS .~FT£R ILLEGALLY 1 INFILTRATING ·INTO THE. COAS7AL · WATERS OF OUR SIDE ON 23 JANUARY, ADMITTED ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIE:S THE UGS. IMPERIALIST AGGRESSORS COMMITTED. ·; •I "· HERE FOLLOWS XIS CONFESSION: · .. '".: :L AM CO~!MANDSR LLOYD l·~ARK BU.CHER; .CAPTAIN a·?. THE USS ?Ui::3LO .~;.-. 3ZLONGING TO THE PACIFIC FLEET u,.sl) N._AVY? WnO 1.·JAS c~.PTUR2D 1\J'.-ULE · .... · C.~~RYINC:l O~T ESPIONP.GS P.CTIVITIES ·P.?TER INTRUDING DEEP INTO THZ TERRITORIAL ~AYERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES : RE?UBLIC QF KO~E~. . . ., NUi'; SER i S 5 8 2 15 4 0 l • · · I WAS BOii N . IN· PO CAT ELL 0 ~ I AM 38 YEAR~· OLD • . . . .. TH£ CREV OF OUR USS PUEBLO ARE 83 IN ALL~ INC~UDING FIVE ,QFFICERS BES:DES ME 1 75 SERVICEMEN~ AND T~O CIVILIANS • .­ t·1Y SHIP HAD BES~~ SZNT T.O SASZBO$) JA(A1~~ TO EXECU'fE ASSIGK:1EN7S GIVEN BY THE U~S. CENTRAL · INTELLIGENC~ AGENCYG CN 2 DECE:·:Bz:~ LAST, WE RECEIVED ASSIGl'lMENTS NT TEZ PO~! O? . ........ I SASZSO FRO~ REA~ ADMIRAL ·FRANK A, JOHNSQN, UaSo NAVY CO~MANJER IN • • • l (.· ';J ... q ~_ .:u"" ,.....:'IJu~.. r,f:,• 'i L I~i 1"RY 'I-s 0 l\IM'..;:~ro r.. r:AC'"' .. \1 ·r ..... -..-s Oll.1 ·~ Li!:..H'"' l•nn ,_I\ c-.--o -.. u-..11"\l'\~ !~ v" ~ 'i\ i '::i"' _n .C. J I 0 ". 1" lJ. J.1.i~ 14 -;-A""" .t.. ...... .::>J.~f\~ • .. R2GIOt~ OF THE: SOVI£T UNION AND .THZN ON THE OFF-SHORE AREAS AND· u COA ..... ;) ,,..A...• r. ""::>, • ......!'.:. H'.....:::> --"'•1"}H:....... lJr ?aKJ\ I o ! .:.. U ... . 'I MY SEIP ~AD CONDUCTED ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES ON A NU~BER OF - -PUR-os­ 0 CC ~. S .i.. G~ ~ S f 0 R -l rfo. ;-> t.. o~" D~~~c·1~~M~~l l1.. J. l v \J 7H~ 4 .... T~RR-1"'1 .... .. o~r.~L n ~ t..·'A_J.._~~, ,, s ... ,,._ t=:-"·0711 •· -~·... COU>'1RI'k'~ · 0-t .1.n.:. vvv4hl...J.vl ,\I., 4--;:)• .. 7EROUGH sutE ESPIO~AG8 ACTIVITIES, MY SHIP DSTEcrEo THS •t71 T·t···l\-.v -:-·1 5:... 1· U? ALONG THE COASTS . OF TtE SOCIALIST L·c..... ALLATTONS 1, .. .._. __ ,.-....... ....; ... ~·.. ~ COUN7RIES IiND .SU3t1ITTED ..~"HE .MATERIALS TO T.HE ~.s•. CIA.. · : .. : ... . .. .. ,•. ·24 J.o.N 1se0z .. ..... • ,' ; .... ' , . • : :. • , ••• It ... . . :;, : ·-:'.=:. ·· .~·~ .. :·: '·,:. :'. ·. ' ·. I, ... . •' ., ... .. ' .. . . • ' •• ••• t ·. : '/ ,• • • '"' ; •, :• :·:' :;· I.'• ' .. • • .... • .. ·, ~ • • 4 , • 'I I' .. : ''·· .:'' ., : ...: ' • I' I• . . ~ I I', " t •ll •,, ! "': :•,' ,•', ..... ~ I f I II ',t ' '' . '. ' • :. '"I I'•, ,A ;.I ' ' .. ,..·· •' . .. • • • I ~· ' 1 : ' I •1 '' • \ ~ .··, , . -... ,· ' . , ' ' '• ' . .. •• ' t '.' ... .. .. .. ''I' .~ .. I· .. :. ... • ' l ..... •I I. ·. ·. •, . . I \ ~ • . . : ,. i . : ,h . I . l • ... .·.. '1' t• I I • I ' .. .. ... !'. I I I • '· . ' i ·, FBIS 78 J ' j" • :, . ' I I ONLY ADD 77 (BUCHZR 'CONFESSION') '· I I I •, .. ~ I • I' ₯X... U.S.. C"" .. J.1~{t : .. I .. 'i ( "'"'"'""') ""or 1'"'£"'....,LY ',.,_. 'J-K~ T v- I 4 '"'' · ''i .l. ·~·1-. \',!'. \ .... G......t-<~Ni 1 C.\ 1 " '{"'io~-}-~.:;'".) ..,..,~po-=>·:-/\\i'1"" 1'-IS,,..... ,... q -,, "' I nL;.V .~ 9 w_ -~ -.~Ii 4 1•• [\ .l..l'J l\4('\\i 11 1 ,:)J.1.J., !j~ l THE u.. s-> CIA , THAT .Is, TO DETECT THE AREAS ALO~JG Ti-:£ r\t!i< EAST i . OF T;~z SOVIET UNION AND THE "DEMOCRATIC ?EOPLE' S R~?U5LIC OF • • • f\ ·i KORE Ao t . . . I . ...' . i . .! . TH=: U~ s<) CI'A · PROMISED ME THWT . I·r THIS :"'AS:~ WOULD SE DON::: .I I \, SUCCSSSFULL Y ~·· A LOT O? DOLLARS ~~JOULD. 3E Of'FERZD .'fO ALL CKEU ! : : : .... . MEMi.::22RS . OF ~·1Y SHIP, PARTICULARLY 9 I· MYSELF WOULD SE: HO~·~CR=:D. -, i; <-.. ~ : S001~ AFT~R ...CHAT I REINFORCED THS ARMS !-'IND EQUIP~E:nT O? Ti-'~ • 1 l l~...:.,· .5[1I? At\D MADE D~TAILED PREPARATIONS FO~ ESPIONAG£ ACTIV~TI2S• ... : .. l .• T HE ~~ t·; Z J :L SGU I S £D MY SH I P t, S 0NE E NG~\G £0 I N RES f: A 2 C E~S 0 N ! . ~ / : ~ ' oc::A:\J IC ~L~CT?ONICS P.ND LEF'"f T}!E 'PORT OF SAS~SO? JAPP..N S> A~·m ' I I • CO NDU C:'ED ES?~ONAGE P.CTS ALOr~G THE CO.; ST OF _THE DE~·iOCRATIC ?~C?L::• S . ~ ! • ~ A0 --c·r3· ,,...., o·--''r\~i--· v-,, T}'E G'""'N""' 0 "0 E"' 0-..~l·-, sov-,.......--,,._ ..... -,,...r~ ·­ ' ;~2,_, U L-.v :' :\'....,,~\: ~;.. ln i t.~ ~r\ L ,_._,, l., /1 1r--1 ;i.:_ l~i ra;.-,~ll .:~ :... i I PRO\JidCZo WZ ? ?.£TENDED (TO BE) CONDUCTING OBSERVATION O! OCZA;~IC i : I CONDITJ:o~~s O>J }·\IGH SEAS, ·ELZCTRONICS, RESEARCH ON ELECT~IC WAVES, f .. '~AGNETIC CON~IYIONS AND · EXPLOITATION OF OCEANIC MATERIALS. l .. ' . ·.. ·rr w~s ON 16 JANUARY 1958 THAT WE ENTERED THE COASTAL WATSRS ' I OF THE DEMOCR?\TIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC ·Or KOREA VIA T.HS SOVIET . i I y.-.or-ll-H~· 0RQV~''C,... i r-.' ~ -. ~' ..~ ' .l ~\ ~ • i. ·:. I l ?U2~::-.:sH >~ORE WE S?I~D ON Vt'1RIOUS ~1ILI'fARY INSTALLATIO~S A:\:) TH~ D!ST~~BLlTION OF INDUSTRIES AND THZ DEPLOYMENT~OF ARMED FORC~S . ~.LONG T:.:.z z;.sT COAST AREAS AND SAILED LrP TO A POINT 7.6 ~~ILES .. I ' . C? r" NODG (3 9 DEGREES 1·iQ4 r'iI NUTES NORTH9 12 7 DEGREES 4 s. 9 XINUT2S I 2P.S°l') C?.2ACKS';... S AS TRANSMITTED), vJHEN ·.1.~HE NAV\1 .PATROL .CRAFTS OF . · ...Cr:E KGRZAN ?~OfLE•s ARMY APPEARED • . , .. \. . ' ' • '', • '' ' ' I ' 4 ' ··-'•"' ... , •• •• • •· • '" ,., • ., , .,.... ,. ""~ · •...,•'.:.• • ' \"•.> '"'-A. ,l.,., 1 ... ot-> ., .,.-, . ..,..,. l ,.,,.r ,.,,,,,.~., ·,, .'~·~•., ' ......... ,...:•. ""'"'"•• •·~-: -•-..-• _. .. ..,. :,.,.. 0 ,.t < , •' I ; ,. : ,1 .• .. ... •'. ' ~ '· ••• ';. ·, : • • ; •• f .,· • .. ,,· • .. • ,_ . .. '. ·~ t '\.. 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