国会记录：2003年1月29日（参议院）第S1752-S1756报表提交决议案参议院第29号决议 - 苛求USS普埃布罗美国海军坎贝尔先生的RETURN提交了以下决议;其被称为美国外交关系委员会：尽管USS镇，这是1968年1月23日，攻克了北朝鲜海军，是由一个外国军队在公海劫持第一美国海军舰船在超过150年;尽管普韦布洛号船员，杜安霍奇斯的1名成员，而其他82名船员被关押在袭击中丧生，常常在不人道的条件下，11个月;鉴于普韦布洛号，一个情报收集辅助船只，在国际水域在捕获的实时操作系统，因此并没有侵犯朝鲜领海;鉴于普韦布洛号的捕获造成了对政府或朝鲜在任何时候任何军事行动的人没有报复;和鉴于USS普韦布洛，虽然仍是美国海军的财产，已经为超过30年保持朝鲜，进行展览在元山和Hungham的朝鲜城市，现在是显示在平壤，朝鲜首都：现在，因此，无论是解决，那Senate--（1）要求的普韦布洛号为美国海军的回报;（2）指导教务秘书对该决议总统，国防部长和国务卿的副本转交。坎贝尔先生。 Mr. President, I am pleased to submit a Senate Resolution calling on North Korea to return the USS Pueblo to the United States Navy. The legislation I am reintroducing today is based on a resolution I introduced last year during the 107th Congress, Senate Resolution 246. On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo was unjustly attacked and captured by [[Page S1754]] the North Korean Navy, becoming the first United States Navy ship to be hijacked on the high seas by a foreign military force in over 150 years. At the time of its capture, the USS Pueblo was operating as an intelligence collection auxiliary vessel, and did not pose a threat. This act of aggression resulted in the USS Pueblo's 82 crew members being held in captivity for eleven months, often in inhumane conditions. Another brave crew member, Duane Hodges, was killed during the initial attack and several more crew members were wounded. On December 23, 1968, after nearly a year of being unjustly detained the surviving USS Pueblo crew members were finally released and allowed to return home. It is interesting to note that the USS Pueblo I am calling on the North Koreans to return today is in fact the third ship of the fleet to be named in honor of the city and county of Pueblo, located in my home State of Colorado. The first ship of the fleet to be named in honor of Pueblo was an armored cruiser which had previously been named the Colorado. In 1916, the USS Colorado was renamed as the USS Pueblo when a new battleship named USS Colorado was authorized. The first USS Pueblo served until 1927. The second USS Pueblo was a city class frigate which served from 1944 to 1946. She was later sold to the Dominican Republic where she serves today. The third USS Pueblo is the ship now wrongly held by the North Koreans. Built by the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation, Kewaunee, WI, the ship originally served as a general purpose supply vessel FP-344 for service in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps when she was launched on April 16, 1944. During 1966 and 1967 the ship was converted, redesignated as the USS Pueblo and commissioned as an environmental research vessel, AGER-2. It is important to note that even to this day the capture of the USS Pueblo has resulted in no reprisal against North Korea, demonstrating remarkable restraint by the United States. Even though the USS Pueblo still clearly remains the legal property of the United States Navy, the North Korean Government has kept it on display as a sort of traveling propaganda museum. Recent events have made it clear that many unresolved issues remain regarding our Nation's relationship with North Korea. For example, North Korea's recent high-profile resumption of nuclear saber-rattling presents a serious resurgent challenge that we, our allies in Northeast Asia and the rest of the world community must take seriously. While I certainly agree that successfully resolving this situation is first and foremost, I also believe that there are other positive restorative steps that the North Koreans should take in order to help improve our bilateral relationship. One such action would be to return the USS Pueblo to its rightful owners, the United States Navy and the American people they serve and protect. While returning the USS Pueblo may not necessarily remove the 35 year-old scars inflicted by the attack of January 23, 1968, and especially those suffered by the crew of the USS Pueblo and by their families and loved ones, it would serve as a good will gesture, a salve if you will, signaling hope for a brighter future between our two nation's peoples. I stand with my colleagues back home in the Colorado State General Assembly in demanding the return of the USS Pueblo to the United States Navy. I urge my colleagues here in the U.S. Senate to join me in supporting passage of this important resolution. ______