[070032Z.OH 04/14/96] ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 070032Z SEP 93 ZYB PSN 620228P20 FM CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI//J2// TO RUEHBT/CJTFFA DET ONE BANGKOK TH INFO WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASH DC SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//USDP: RSA// RUEHC/SECSTA TE WASHINGTON DC //CA/EAP/VLC/CCS/OCS// JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//OCJCS/J5/PW-MIA/J3-JOD// USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//J3/J30-M// USCINCPAC LO WASHINGTON DC DIA,WASHINGTON DC//CH-3// CIA WASHIN6TON DC// DE A/SEA/ IB/DDO/E A/IC O G // RUEHBT/USDAO BANGKOK TM//PW-MIA// CDRUSACILHI HICKAM AFB HI//TAPC-PED-H// UNCLAS //N03460// MSGID/GENADMIN/CDR JTF-FA/J223// SUBJ/EVALUATION OF SRV ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW - MR NGUYEN HONG NIEM// REF/A/SYS.RRM/CDR JTF-FA/200002ZAUG93// RMKS/1. REF A DOCUMENTS AN INTERVIEW WITH MR NGUYEN HONG NIEM, WRITER AND CO-AUTHOR OF "THE AIR AND AIR DEFENSE MEMOIRS," VOLUMES II AND III. MR. NIEM PROVIDED NO INFORMATION PERTAINING TO UNACCOUNTED FOR U.S. SERVICEMEN. HOWEVER HE DID PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FOLLOWING RESOLVED CASES: 0035 -[XXXX],[XXXX][XXXX]; 0055 - [XXXX],[XXXX][XXXX];0080 - [XXXX],[XXXX][XXXX]; 0146 - [XXXX,[XXXX]; AND 0080 - [XXXX], [XXXX][XXXX]. MR. NIEM SAID HE OBTAINED INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE CASES THROUGH OPEN SOURCE VIETNAMESE NEWS AGENCIES. 2. MR. NIEM RECALLED THE VIETNAMESE AIR AND AIR DEFENSE FORCE HAD DOWNED LT. [XXXX] ON 5 AUGUST 1964. THIS INCIDENT, HOWEVER, DID NOT APPEAR IN THE VIETNAMESE NEWSPAPERS UNTIL FOUR YEARS LATER. HE ALSO RECALLED INFORMATION REGARDING U.S. PILOTS [XXXX], [XXXX] AND WAS DERIVED FROM THE VIETNAMESE NEWS AGENCY. EVAL:[XXXX] // BT Page 1 DLVR: CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI(1)...ORIG J3(1)...INFO FOR USCINCPAC HONOLULU H(12) J30-M(1) 00-01-04(1) MDT(0) LRN061PCMT(0) J52(1) J51(1) J2(1) J1(l) J032(3) J03(~) CDO(1) ***MDU office codes that have received this message:*** MDUOPR Page 2