Chinese offical seeks asylum
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The State Department said yesterday the highest ranking Communist Chinese official ever to defect to the United States had arrived in this country seeking asylum. A U.S. intelligence source called him "a great, very important catch."
The Chinese official was identified as Liao Ho-shu, 47, Peking's charge d'affaires at the Hague until he turned himself over to the Netherlands government Jan. 24 and
The State Department declined to assess Liao's value to U.S. intelligence, but one well-placed source who could not be identified said there was no doubt of his importance.
announced he wanted refuge in the United States.
CORONADO, Calif. (UPI)—The executive officer of the USS Pueblo yesterday backed up Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher in his decision to surrender the ship and said the two machine guns aboard were an ineffective defense.
Crew backs commander in inquest
According to reports in the Netherlands, Liao is believed to be the most important link between the headquarters of the Red Chinese secret service in Peking and the espionage network of Red Chinese agents it has created in Western Europe.
The State Department would not discuss Liao's activities before he was assigned to the Hague in 1963, although a source said U.S. officials knew all about them. Neither would it discuss the whereabouts of Liao's wife and two children.
Lt. Stephen Harris, 31, said Bucher was not privileged to enter his area of the ship. Under questioning, Harris conceded that his unit did not fully carry out Bucher's command to get rid of the documents in that area.
Testifying later, the head of the secret intelligence unit aboard the Pueblo said that classified documents were lost to the North Koreans but that his men "did the best we could."
As usual in such cases, McCloskey declined to disclose Liao's whereabouts, but conceded it would be logical to conclude he was in "protective custody."
Lt. Edward R. Murphy Jr., 31, second in command aboard the intelligence ship, told a Navy Court of Inquiry that his only recommendation to Bucher was that they stall for time to destroy secret documents.
The normal procedure is to hold a defector in a secure location somewhere in the Washington area for days or even weeks for interrogation by the Central Intelligence Agency and other security experts.
In his final statement Harris said, "I would like it understood that during this period of destruction there was a tremendous volume of material to be destroyed under the most trying circumstances of combat, with people wounded, smoke in the area, and the matter of time."
"one of the best catches ever to fall into our hands."
Murphy was the navigator of the Pueblo. He testified that at the time of the attack the ship was 15.8 miles from land.
The two machine guns mounted on the deck of the Pueblo did not "appear effective against a task force" he testified.
Murphy expressed the same sentiment that has run through the hearing-utter surprise that the North Koreans would attack and seize an American ship in international waters.
He said discussions—both on the ambassadorial and summit levels—should deal with the Middle East crisis as well as with limitation of missile systems.
The Democratic leader told reporters it was necessary to hold the preliminary talks so that when the leaders meet "they will have something to go on." He made clear he had no indication from the White House that a summit meeting might be in the planning stage.
"I didn't believe until the last minute it would turn into an actual attack," he said.
Mansfield sees possible summit
Mansfield told reporters a meeting between "the two super powers" on the summit level should come after initial discussions between ambassadors of the two nations.
WASHINGTON (UPI) Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said yesterday it might be possible for President Nixon to arrange a summit meeting with Russian leaders following his forthcoming trip to Western Europe.
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Dutch press reports said Liao was believed to be a formidable source of information and quoted "well-informed American observers" in Washington as saying he was
Publishers question legality of guidelines
The ANPA goes to the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Friday to attempt to prove that the commission order would cost newspapers thousands of dollars in advertising revenues and would be a disservice and confusing to readers.
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) asserted yesterday that federal guidelines prohibiting placement of "help wanted" advertisements under separate male and female headings do not have the force of law.
The department of zoology today announced two National Science Foundation grants.
Zoology department awards large grants
Jaime Pefaur, Chilean graduate student and ornithology specialist, received an $8,000 grant to work for the Ph.D in
zoology. Dr. Kenneth B. Armitage, professor of zoology, was awarded a $38,000 grant to study the affect of population increases on social organization.
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