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X-WR-CALDESC:23 Dec 1968: Crew members of the 'Pueblo' were released by Nor
 th Korea.\n\nFrom History.com: \n\nThe crew and captain of the U.S. intell
 igence gathering ship Pueblo are released after 11 months imprisonment by 
 the government of North Korea. The ship\, and its 83-man crew\, was seized
  by North Korean warships on January 23 and charged with intruding into No
 rth Korean waters.\n\nThe seizure infuriated U.S. President Lyndon Johnson
 . Later\, he claimed that he strongly suspected (although it could not be 
 proven) that the incident with the Pueblo\, coming just a few days before 
 the communist Tet Offensive in South Vietnam\, was a coordinated diversion
 . At the time\, however\, Johnson did little. The Tet Offensive\, which be
 gan just a week after the ship was taken by North Korea\, exploded on the 
 front pages and televisions of America and seemed to paralyze the Johnson 
 administration. To deal with the Pueblo incident\, the United States urged
  the U.N.'s Security Council to condemn the action and pressured the Sovie
 t Union to negotiate with the North Koreans for the ship's release.\n\nIt 
 was 11 long months before the Pueblo's men were freed. Both captain and cr
 ew were horribly treated and later recounted their torture at the hands of
  the North Koreans. With no help in sight\, Captain Lloyd Bucher reluctant
 ly signed a document confessing that the ship was spying on North Korea. W
 ith this propaganda victory in hand\, the North Koreans released the priso
 ners and also returned the body of one crewman who died in captivity. Some
  Americans criticized Johnson for not taking decisive retaliatory action a
 gainst North Korea\; others argued that he should have used every diplomat
 ic means at his disposal to secure a quick release for the crew. In any ca
 se\, the event was another blow to Johnson and America's Cold War foreign 
 policy.\n
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DESCRIPTION:23 Dec 1968: Crew members of the 'Pueblo' were released by Nort
 h Korea.\n\nFrom History.com: \n\nThe crew and captain of the U.S. intelli
 gence gathering ship Pueblo are released after 11 months imprisonment by t
 he government of North Korea. The ship\, and its 83-man crew\, was seized 
 by North Korean warships on January 23 and charged with intruding into Nor
 th Korean waters.\n\nThe seizure infuriated U.S. President Lyndon Johnson.
  Later\, he claimed that he strongly suspected (although it could not be p
 roven) that the incident with the Pueblo\, coming just a few days before t
 he communist Tet Offensive in South Vietnam\, was a coordinated diversion.
  At the time\, however\, Johnson did little. The Tet Offensive\, which beg
 an just a week after the ship was taken by North Korea\, exploded on the f
 ront pages and televisions of America and seemed to paralyze the Johnson a
 dministration. To deal with the Pueblo incident\, the United States urged 
 the U.N.'s Security Council to condemn the action and pressured the Soviet
  Union to negotiate with the North Koreans for the ship's release.\n\nIt w
 as 11 long months before the Pueblo's men were freed. Both captain and cre
 w were horribly treated and later recounted their torture at the hands of 
 the North Koreans. With no help in sight\, Captain Lloyd Bucher reluctantl
 y signed a document confessing that the ship was spying on North Korea. Wi
 th this propaganda victory in hand\, the North Koreans released the prison
 ers and also returned the body of one crewman who died in captivity. Some 
 Americans criticized Johnson for not taking decisive retaliatory action ag
 ainst North Korea\; others argued that he should have used every diplomati
 c means at his disposal to secure a quick release for the crew. In any cas
 e\, the event was another blow to Johnson and America's Cold War foreign p
 olicy.\n
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SUMMARY:1968: 'Pueblo' crew released by North Korea.
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