Nation: THE RETURN OF THE PUEBLO'S CREW

WHAT began as a bizarre incident on the high seas last January came to an end last week after an equally bizarre series of diplomatic maneuvers. Held captive in North Korea for eleven months, the crew members of the surveillance ship U.S.S. Pueblo were released and flown home to the U.S. The episode will not end there. The crewmen, some of whom said they had been beaten and tortured by their captors, now face a formal court of inquiry that will raise some serious questions. Did the Pueblo at any time stray into North...

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