[211102Z.OH 04/14/96] ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 211102Z OCT 93 ZYB PSN 853997P41 FM CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI//J2// TO SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//USDP:RSA// INFO WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASH DC RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//CA/EAP/VLC/CCS/OCS// JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//J5// DI.A WASHINGTON DC USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//J2/J3/J30-M// USCINCPAC LO WASHINGTON DC CIA WASHINGTON DC//DEA/SEA/IBiDDO/EA/ICOG// RUEHBT/CJTFFA DET ONE BANGKOK TH RUEHBT/USDAO BANGKOK TM//PW-MIA// CDRUSACILHI HICKAM AFB HI//TAPC-PED-H// UNCLAS //NL3460// MSGID/SYS.RRM/CDR JTF-FA// AMPN/SUBJ: EVALUATION OF SRV ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW - SENIOR COLONEL VU VAN HO// REF/A/RMG/CDR JTF-FA/170002ZAUG93// RMKS/1. REF A DOCOMENTS AN INTERVIEL WITH MR VU VAN HO. A RETIRED SENIOR COLONEL (SRCOL) AND FORMER POLITICAL OFFICER OF THE 4TH REGIMENT, PAVN MILITARY REGION TRI THIEN HUE (MR-TTH) SRCOL HO PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT PROBABLY CORRELATES TO CASE 1402, [XXXX],[XXXX][XXXX]., AN UNRESOLVED CASE. 2. SRCOL HO'S ACCOUNT OF THE CAPTURE OF A DOWNED U.S. HELICOPTER PILOT IN THE NORTHERN PHU LOC DISTRICT PROBABLY CORRELATES WITH REFNO 1402, BASED ON THE LOCATION AND YEAR OF THE INCIDENT AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS. HIS INFORMATION IS CONSISTENT WITH INFORMATION CONTAINED IN JTF-FA FILES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE INCIDENT DATE. THE REFNO 1402 INCIDENT OCCURRED IN MARCH 11969, NOT AUGUST AS REPORTED BY SRCOL HO. 3. SRCOL HO ALSO PROVIDED LIMITED SECOND-HAND INFORMATION CONCERNING AN INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN NOVEMBER l967. THIS INFORMATION DOES NOT CORRELATE WITH ANY DATA IN JTF-FA FILES. 4. FORWARDED TO CDRPERSCOM FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION. A SANITIZED Page 1 COPY OF REF A WILL BE PROVIDED SEPARATE FOR RELEASE. 5. EVAL: [XXXX]// BT DLVR: CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI(1)...ORIG J2(1)...INFO FOR USCINCPAC HONOLULU H(13) J3O-M(1) J3(1) 00-01-04(1) WWMCS(0) MDT(0) LRNOblPCMT(0) J52(1) J51(1) J1(1) J032(3) J03(1) CDO(2) *** MDU office codes that have received this message: *** MDUOPR Page 2