AP-365-8-1-70-INT

DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

Declassified in
accordance with
Executive Order 12812
22 Jul 92
[handwritten and EO 12958]

NORTH VIETNAMESE PERSONNEL
ASSOCIATED WITH U S PRISONERS
OF WAR (U)

1 JUNE 1970

Declassified in
accordance with
Executive Order 12812
22 Jul 92
[handwritten and EO 12958]

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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301

S-4271 /DI-6C                                                                                                                      1 August 1971

SUBJECT:   Notice of  Change 1 to DIA Publication North Vietnamese Personnel Associated With U. S. Prisoners of War, AP-365-8-1-70 -INT

TO:              Recipients of Publication Cited

1.   The DIA publication Ap.-365-8-1-70-INT, North Vietnamese Personnel Associated With U.S. Prisoners of War, 1 June 1970, is changed as follows:

a.  Delete page v in the Introduction and insert new page v enclosed.

b. Delete page I-49 and insert new pages  I-49 through I-54 enclosed.

c. Delete pages II-1 through II-14 and insert new pages enclosed.

2.   Superseded pages may be destroyed in accordance with regulations prescribed by the respective organizations. Certificates of destruction will be retained by the activity accomplishing the destruction.

3.   The Group-1 marking, as defined by Defense Intelligence Agency Regulation 50-2, Army Regulation 380-6, Air Force Regulation 205-2, and the Office of. the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction 5500.40B,
applies to the enclosure. The enclosure is not so marked because it becomes a part of AP-365-8-1-70-INT which has been appropriately marked as a group-1 document.

                                                                                                    (Signed)
1 Enclosure                                                                                  JOHN S. HARRIS
Revised Pages (11 pages)                                                            Captain, USN
                                                                                                   Chief, Production Support
                                                                                                   and Resources Division
                                                                                                   Directorate for Intelligence

UPON REMOVAL OF ENCLOSURE(S) THIS
DOCUMENT BECOMES UNCLASSIFIED

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INTRODUCTION

         This publication was developed from an unpublished compilation of photographs of North Vietnamese personnel associated with U.S. prisoners that DIAAP-7C has been maintaining.  When servicemen were released by North Vietnam, they were given the opportunity to review the photographs available and provide identifications on the North Vietnamese pictured in the photographs.  The release and subsequent debriefing of Lt R. F. Frishman, USN, Capt W. L. Rumble, USAF, and SN D. B. Hegdahl, USN, in August 1969 significantly increased the amount of information available on North Vietnamese PW camp personnel and other individuals associated with American prisoners in North Vietnam.  As a result of this increase of information, the decision was made to publish this document primarily as an aid for debriefing returned American prisoners of war.

         This publication is divided into two parts:

Part I - contains photographs of North Vietnamese associated with American prisoners.  Many of the photographs in PART I have been reviewed by the servicemen released by North Vietnam and their comments on the photographs are included in PART II.  However, many of the photographs remain unidentified.

PART II - is divided into two sections, A and B. PART II A  contains the available identifications of the North Vietnamese appearing in the photographs of PART I. PART II B presents a brief description of North Vietnamese PW staff and camp personnel with appropriate references to the photographs included in PART I.

         If a North Vietnamese is known by more than one nickname, the nickname listed first is the nickname believed to be most widely in use.  Additionally, North Vietnamese camp personnel occasionally change
assignments and functions.  It is possible, for example, that a guard observed at the Ha Lo FW camp and known by a certain nickname may be the same individual who is subsequently identified as a turnkey at the Citadel PW camp by a different nickname.

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         Change 1
         1 August 1971

This publication will be updated as additional substantive information becomes available. Any comments or queries on this publication should be addressed to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Attention: DI-6C.

         FIRST CHANGE, 1 AUGUST 1971

         This change to the publication incorporates the information obtained from the debrief of Sgt J. M. Sweeney, USMC, and from certain Vietnamese ralliers who could provide information on the North Vietnamese personnel pictured in Part 1. There have been no significant changes in Section B of Part II ("North
Vietnamese PW Staff and Camp Personnel") to warrant changes in these pages.  The first change included the following revisions to the basic publication.

         - Page v in the Introduction superseded the previous page v.

         - Pages I-49 through I-54 superseded and supplemented the existing page I-49 in Part I.

         - Pages II-1 through II-14 superseded the corresponding pages in Part II.  The new pages are indicated by the words "Change 1, 1 August 1971" in the upper right hand corner.

         The reader should be aware that the latest date of acquisition for the information in Section B of Part II ("North Vietnamese PW Staff and Camp Personnel") is July/August 1969.  Subsequent to the release of the last three U.S. PWs in August 1969, the North Vietnamese PW camp system has undergone major changes, including substantial shifts of the PW population.  Although many of the North Vietnamese described in Section B of Part II are probably still associated with PW -handling, their functions and their nicknames may have
changed.

         Part II, Section A ("Identifications of Photographs Contained in Part I") covers pages II-1 through II-13.

         Part II, Section B ("North Vietnamese PW Staff and Camp Personnel") covers pages II-14 through II-34 and is divided into the following subsections.

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