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SUBJ/EVALUATION OF SRV ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW - MR NGUYEN HONG
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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] //

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