MR. GOLDBERG SPEAKING AT UNITED NATIONS. HERE IS AN EXTRACT FROM MR. GOLDBERG'S SPEECH.......



TRANSCRIPT: GOLDBERG: " IN AS MUCH AS HE LOCATION OF THE PUEBLO IS OF COURSE A MATTER OF VITAL IMPORTANCE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE UNITED STATES AS REPORTERS BY OUR VESSEL TO OUR AUTHORITIES, AND THE NORTH KOREAN AUTHORITIES, AS REPORTED BY ITS VESSEL, AND AS TRANSMITTED BY ITS WON SHIP, WAS VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL. THERE'S ONLY A SMALL MARGIN OF DIFFERENCE AND, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE NORTH KOREAN SHIP REPORTED THE PUEBLO TO BE ABOUT A MILE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE THAN THE UNITED STATES FIX OF ITS POSITION. THAT DISTANCE IS ABOUT (BETWEEN THE BLUE AND THE RED) IS ABOUT A MILE. SO YOU SEE ACCORDING TO THE NORTH KOREAN REPORT, BROADCAST, MONITORED, IT WAS REPORTING WHAT I HAVE STATED TO THIS COUNCIL."




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Background: THE SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, OVERRIDING COMMUNIST OPPOSITION, TODAY (FRIDAY) AGREED TO CONSIDER THE UNITED STATES COMPLAINT AGAINST NORTH KOREA OVER THE SEIZURE OF THE PUEBLO. THE SOVIET UNION, HUNGARY, AND ALGERIA VOTED AGAINST INSCRIPTION OF THE FORMAL AGENDA ITEM, BUT THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE 15 NATION BODY VOTED THEIR APPROVAL. THERE'S NO RIGHT OF VETO ON A PROCEDURAL VOTE. AFTER THE VOTE, MR. GOLDBERG, THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR, SAID THE POSITION OF THE PUEBLO WAS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE, AND USED A MAP TO ILLUSTRATE HIS POINTS. HE SAID THAT THE NORTH KOREANS REPORTED THAT THE PUEBLO WAS ONE MILE FURTHER FROM SHORE THAN THE FIX MADE BY THE UNITED STATES. MR. GOLDBERG CLAIMED THIS OPPOSITION WAS 16.3 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE NEAREST NORTH KOREAN COASTAL POINT.