Word: pyongyang
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vance's return to Washington, the sixth secret parley was held with North Korea, but there still was no indication that Pyongyang was prepared to give the seamen their freedom at any time soon. In fact, the North was as bellicose as usual. It spent much of the week publicizing purported "confessions" by the entire crew admitting that Pueblo had "intruded deep" into North Korea's waters-a ploy apparently aimed at inducing the U.S. to issue an apology in exchange for the crewmen's return. And at week's end Pyongyang loudly claimed that...
...sharp contrast to the low-key U.S. approach was North Korea's pugnacity. Speaking in Pyongyang, the capital, Soviet-trained Premier Kim II Sung warned that he was readying his military machine for a full-scale war that "may break out again at any moment." Reinforcing Kim's threat, the Soviet Union ordered a powerful 13-vessel squadron into the Sea of Japan as a counterforce to the strong U.S. task force there. While the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise moved from a point 45 miles off the North Korean coast to about 100 miles in a tension-easing...
...Panmunjom, five closed meetings have yielded only one tangible gain: North Korea finally supplied the names of the sailor who died and the three who were injured during Pueblo's seizure.* As U.S. officials see it, Pyongyang may keep the U.S. dangling for a while, then demand an admission that Pueblo had violated its territorial waers, and an apology. Appearing on Meet the Press, Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara conceded that although Pueblo was under strict orders to remain outside the twelve-mile limit, there was no way for Washington to be completely certain...
...Radio Pyongyang later broadcast what it described as an interview with Bucher conducted by North Korean reporters. In it, Bucher-or a stand-in-was asked whether his ship had intruded into Korean waters and whether his crew should be considered aggressors. A dull voice replied: "Yes, I admit. I have no excuse whatsoever. Our espionage acts are plain acts of aggression and criminal acts that violated the rudimental norms of international...
There was some suspicion that Pyongyang might be planning to use Bucher's confession and interview as grounds for a trial of Pueblo's crew. "The criminals who encroach upon others' sovereignty and commit provocative acts must receive deserving punishment," said the party newspaper Nodong Sinmun. "These criminals must be punished by law." Warned State Department Spokesman Robert McCloskey: "The U.S. Government would consider any such moves by North Korea to be a deliberate aggravation of an already serious situation...