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THROUGH the long, tense hours of the naval investigation into the capture of U.S.S. Pueblo, one conclusion has become dismally clear: the Navy was totally unprepared to protect Pueblo on a mission the hazards of which had been shrugged off at every level of command...
...witness before the court of inquiry last week was Rear Admiral Frank L. Johnson, former commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Japan, who had operational responsibility for Pueblo's mission. Most of Johnson's testimony was classified and presented behind closed doors. Later, however, he delivered a "sanitized" version in open court...
False Security. Even at a lower level of command, where operational difficulties are more apparent, Bucher received little help or guidance. Rear Admiral Frank L. Johnson, commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Japan, was made fully aware of Pueblo's limitations by Bucher. Yet he did nothing to upgrade the ship. Indeed, Bucher testified that Johnson had assured him that his guns would never be needed, and in fact advised the skipper not to show "any aggressive intent" if harassed by North Korean or Soviet vessels. This attitude seemed to lull Bucher into a false sense of security, which...
...Navy is obviously groping for a standard. The Judge Advocate General ruled that the Pueblo crewmen were not prisoners of war since the U.S. is not at war with North Korea; instead, they are "illegal detainees." Paul Warnke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, finds it "unthinkable that these men will be court-martialed for signing a false statement. All the confession shows is the bestiality of the treatment they received. The harm done to the national interest is next...
...sign anything, as long as they do not divulge classified military information or imperil other prisoners. A well-publicized official policy to this effect would drain confessions of any real significance, in the manner of the disclaimer that preceded the Government's own "confession" last month that the Pueblo was inside North Korean waters...