[101012Z.OH 07/28/96] RCV13616 01:18 05/15/93 VVZCZCBT0729 RR RUEHBT DE RUHQSGG #5276 1170001 ZNR UUUUU R 101012Z FM CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI//J2// TO RHEKJCS/DIA WASHINGTON DC//PW-MIA// INFO RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASH DC RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//OACD-ISA/PW-MIA// RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//CA/EAP/VL/CCS/OCS// RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTONDC//OCJCS/J5/PW-MIA/J3-JOD// RUHQHQB/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//J3/J30-M// RUEKJCS/USCINCPAC LO WASHINGTON DC RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC//DEA/SEA/IB/DDO/EA/ICOG// RUEHBT/USDAO BANGKOK TH//PW-MIA// RUEHBT/CJTFFA DET ONE BANGKOK TH BT UNCLAS //N03460// DIA PASS TO DOD POW-MIA CENTRAL DOCUMENTATION OFFICE// MSGID/GENADMIN/CDR JTF-FA/J221// AMPN/SUBJ: SRV ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW WITH MR. VO VIEM// REF/A/RMG/CJTF-FA DET ONE/110827ZFEB93// RMKS/1. REF A REPOROS THE RESULTS OF AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. VO VIEM. A FORMER CADRE ASSIGNED TO THE MILITARY ENEMY PROSELYTING PAGE 02 RUHQSGG5276 UNCLAS OFFICE OF THE TRI THIEN MILITARY REGION. 2. IN PARA FOUR OF REF A, MR. VIEM CLAIMED TO HAVE OBSERVED TWO GROUPS OF AMERICAN PRISONERS SHORTLY AFTER THE "TET OFFENSIVE" IN 1968. THE SOURCE REPORTED THAT SIX DAYS AFTER THE "TET OFFENSIVE" HE OBSERVED TWO CAUCASIAN PRISONERS AT A COMMO-LIAISON STATION ALONG ROUTE 12. THE SOURCE PROVIDED HEARSAY INFORMATION THAT A THIRD PRISONER, A BLACK MAN, WAS ALSO CAPTURED WITH THE TWO CAUCASIAN PRISONERS. ANALYSIS INDICATES THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SOURCE COULD CORRELATE TO ANY OF THE THIRTY AMERICAN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN TCAPTURED DURING THE "TET OFFENSIVE" BY VIETNAMESE FORCES OPERATING IN THE HUE CITY AND QUANG TRI AREAS; HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS INSUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH A CORRELATION WITH ANY SPECIFIC LOSS INCIDENT. 3. MR. VIEM LATER REPORTED HE ALSO OBSERVED TWO FEMALE AMERICAN TEACHERS WHO HAD BEEN CAPTURED IN HUE FOLLOWING THE 1968 OFFENSIVE. INITIAL ANALYSIS INDICATES A PROBALE CORRELATION TO REFNO 1031, A RESOLVED CASE. A. REFNO 1031: ON 1 FEBRUARY 1968, MS. MAJORIE NELSON, A CIVILIAN DOCTOR, AND MS. SANDRA RAE JOHNSON, A CIVILIAN TEACHER, PAGE 03 RUHQSGG5276 UNCLAS WERE CAPTURED BY VIETNAMESE FORCES IN HUE CITY. THUA THIEN-HUE PROVINCE, VIETNAM. THE WOMEN WERE RELEASED FROM CAPTIVITY ON 31 MARCH 1968 AND RETURNED TO U. S. CONTROL. B. JTF-FA FILES INDICATE REFNO 1031 IS THE ONLY LOSS INCIDENT INVOLVING TWO WOMEN CAPTIVES WHICH OCCURED IN THE HUE-QUANGITRI AREA DURING 1968. THE DETAILS OF THE CAPTURE OF THE WOMEN AND THE PERSONAL DECRIPTIONS PROVIDED BY THE SOURCE CLOSELY MATCH THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH REFNO 1031. 4. THE OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SOURCE DOES NOT PERTAIN TO ANY UNACCOUNTED FOR PERSONNEL. EVAL-KLE// BT #5276