,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #dci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjai,mr4
 ,steube submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,maintaining ,north       
,korea's seizure of the vessel ,,uss    
,pueblo and its detention of the crew   
were in violation of international law  
and seeking the return of the ,,uss     
,pueblo to the ,united ,states4         
,whereas the ,,uss ,pueblo is a         
commissioned ship of the ,united ,states
 ,navy captured by ,north ,korea on     
,january #bc1 #aifh2 ,whereas the ,,uss 
,pueblo carried three #ej-;caliber      
machine guns and were not fired when the
 ,,uss ,pueblo was being seized by      
,north ,korean patrol boats and engaged 
in no hostilities against anyone1       
including ,north ,korea2 ,whereas the   
,united ,states has made clear that the 
,,uss ,pueblo was on an intelligence    
collection mission in the ,sea of ,japan

 at the time of its seizure by ,north   
,korea2 ,whereas intelligence collection
 by vessels of this type is a standard  
and accepted practice in the world      
today2 ,whereas the ,,uss ,pueblo was   
engaged in a mission that is accepted by
 the navies and governments of the      
world2 ,whereas the ,,uss ,pueblo had   
strict orders to remain at all times at 
a distance more than #ac nautical miles 
from the nearest point in ,north ,korean
 territory1 in order to avoid any       
possible incident4 ,the ,united ,states 
has no reason to believe the orders were
 not obeyed2 ,whereas even in the case  
of a warship that has entered           
territorial waters1 the coastal state is
 not entitled to assert any jurisdiction
 over it other than to require the      
warship to leave the territorial sea if 
the warship does not comply with        
regulations of the coastal state        
concerning passage through the          
territorial sea and disregards a request
 for compliance2 ,whereas the ,united   

,states contends international law gives
 no such right to seize a foreign war   
vessel within the territorial waters of 
,north ,korea2 and ,whereas all evidence
 shows that the ,,uss ,pueblo was on the
 high seas3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that
 the ,house of ,representatives--  7#a7 
maintains ,north ,korea's seizure of the
 vessel ,,uss ,pueblo and its detention 
of the crew were in violation of        
international law2 and  7#b7 declares   
that ,,uss ,pueblo is the property of   
the ,united ,states ,government and it  
should be returned to the ,united       
,states4