{"id":6745,"date":"2019-01-24T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T10:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=6745"},"modified":"2019-01-24T18:35:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T18:35:37","slug":"uss-pueblo-incident-january-23-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/uss-pueblo-incident-january-23-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"USS Pueblo Incident, January 23, 1968"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/h3>\n

On January 23, 1968 the USS\u00a0Pueblo<\/i>\u00a0(AGER-2), Auxiliary General Electronic Research Ship, was attacked, boarded and captured by North Koreans in International waters and taken to Wanson Harbor in North Korea.<\/p>\n

“Thus the USS\u00a0Pueblo<\/i>\u00a0became the first United States warship captured without a fight since June 22, 1807, when HMS\u00a0Leopard<\/i>\u00a0forced the USS\u00a0Chesapeake<\/i>\u00a0to surrender off the Virginia capes and impressed four of its crew into the British Navy.” (Brandt, 1969)<\/p>\n

During the attack one\u00a0Pueblo<\/i>\u00a0crewman was killed and seven others sustained shrapnel wounds — two of which were serious. The absence of shredding devices or effective destructive mechanisms made the task of completely destroying the electronic equipment and classified material aboard the ship impossible.<\/p>\n

Below you will find documents relating to this incident. Specifically, a few documents obtained from the NSA were obtained after a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request for various records. The result were records that were less redacted than originally released.<\/p>\n

Document Archive<\/h3>\n

National Security Agency (NSA)<\/h4>\n

\u00a0Draft of Pueblo Papers, 14 April 1992<\/a>\u00a0[9 Pages, 1.5MB]<\/p>\n

\u00a0SIGINT Information Request – USS Pueblo Incident, 14 February 1969<\/a> [4 Pages, 0.9MB]<\/p>\n

\u00a0Cryptologic Involvement in USS Pueblo Incident<\/a> [140 Pages, 32MB] – 2019 Release<\/strong> – This was the release sent to me in January of 2019 after a Mandatory Declassification Review (MDR) request.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Cryptologic Involvement in USS Pueblo Incident<\/a> [137 Pages, 28.8MB] – 2012 Release <\/strong>– This is the older release of the above document.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Secondary Mission (SIGINT) and Mission Objectives of USS Pueblo, Date Unknown<\/a> [4 Pages, 0.8MB]<\/p>\n

\u00a0USS Pueblo Classified Information OnBoard, Date Unknown<\/a> [4 Pages, 0.8MB]<\/p>\n

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