[221812Z.OH 07/21/96] RCV10592 00:47 06/24/93 VZCZCBTO623 RR RUEHBT DE RUHQSGG #5408 1741812 ZNR UUUUU R 221812Z JUN 93 ZYB FM CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI//J2// TO RUEKJCS/DIA WASHINGTON DC//PW-MIA// INFO RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASH DC RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//OASD-ISA/PW-MIA// RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//CA/OCS/CCS/EAP/VLC// RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC//OCJCS/J5/PW-MIA/J3-JOD// RUHQHQB/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI//J2/J3/J30-M// RUEKJCS/USCINCPAC LO WASHINGTON DC RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC//DEA/SEA/IB/DDO/EA/ICOG// RUHVAAA/CDRUSACILNI HICKAM AFB HI//TAPC-PED-H// RUEHBT/USDAO BANGKOK TM//PW-MIA// RUEHBT/CJTFFA DET ONE BANGKOK TH BT UNCLAS //N03460// DIA PASS TO DOD POW-MIA CENTRAL DOCUMENTATION OFFICE// MSGID/SYS.RRM/CDR JTF-FA/J2// AMPN/SUBJ: INTERVIEW OF REQUESTED SOURCE,VAN DUY// REF/A/FAX/DET 2/16MAY93// AMPN/SUBJ: LIST OF PERSONS FOR INTERVIEW-SENATOR KERRY, ENTRY PAGE 02 RUHQSGG5408 UNCLAS NUMBER 19 OF 83// RMKS/1. BACKGROUND. ON 17 MAY 1993, A JOINT US/VIETNAM INTERVIEW TEAM INTERVIEWED BRIGADIER GENERAL (BG) VAN DUY, A HANOI RESIDENT. BG DUY IS CURRENTLY HEAD OF THE CENTRAL INSPECTION COMMITTEE FOR RED CROSS VIETNAM. HE IS THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S ENEMY PROSELYTING DIRECTORATE. THE TEAM MET AT THE ANTE-BUILDING MEETING ROOM OF THE GOVERNMENT GUEST HOUSE, 2 LE THACH STREET, HOAN KIEM DISTRICT, HANOI, TO INTERVIEW BG DUY, LISTED IN REFERENCE, BELIEVED TO BE A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING U.S. PERSONNEL MISSING IN ACTION IN VIETNAN. THE U.S. CONTINGENT CONSISTED OF MR. KIETH GARY FLANAGAN, DET 2, JOINT TASK FORCE-FULL ACCOUNTING (JTF-FA) CASUALTY RESOLUTION SPECIALIST; AND PETTY OFFICER JOHN HARVEY, JTF-FA ANALYST. THE VIETNAMESE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTINGENT CONSISTED OF LTC LE KY, MINISTRY OF DEFENSE; AND MR. NGUYEN THANG LOI, MINISTRY OF INTERIOR. BG DUY STATED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN INTERVIEWED BY A JOINT TEAM BEFORE. 2. SUMMARY. THE SOURCE, BG VAN DUY, PROVIDED NO DETAILS CONCERNING THE STATUS OF U.S PERSONNEL MISSING IN ACTION IN VIETNAM. HE DESCRIBED BRIEFLY HIS DUTIES AS HEAD OF THE ENEMY PAGE 03 RUHQSGG5408 UNCLAS PROSELYTING DIRECTORATE AND EMPHATICALLY STATED HE KNEW NOTHING OF MISSING U.S PERSONNEL, ALIVE OR DEAD IN VIETNAM. 3. DETAILS. A. BG DUY BEGAN BY SAYING THAT FROM 1980 TO 1990 HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT'S ENEMY PROSELYTING DIRECTORATE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL PROPAGANDA UNIT. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS WAS AFTER THE CHINESE INVASION INTO VIETNAM AND HE WAS TOTALLY OCCUPIED WITH THAT CONFLICT, NOT ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE U.S./VIETNAM WAR. IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR DURING THAT PERIOD, HE WAS NEVER RELEGATED TASKS CONCERNING THE AMERICAN POW/MIA ISSUE. THOSE MATTERS WERE OUT OF HIS PURVIEW. B. THE ONLY KNOWLEDGE HE CLAIMED CONCERNING THE U.S. POW/MIA ISSUE WAS OPERATION HOMECOMING IN 1973, NOR DID HE EVER HAVE, AFTER THE PARIS PEACE ACCORDS. HE STATED HE DOES NOT HAVE, KNOWLEDGE OR DOCUMENTS CONCERNING CAPTURED U.S. PERSONNEL, U.S. PRISONERS, OR MISSING U.S. PERSONNEL IN VIETNAM. IN RESPONSE TO WHETHER HE KNEW OF ANY LIVE AMERICAN PRISONERS IN VIETNAM SINCE 1973, HE REPLIED THAT YES, HE KNEW FORMER POW, SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN HAD VISITED VIETNAM, INCLUDING THE OLD POW CAMP AT 17 LY NAM DE STREET (THE CITADEL): ASIDE FROM THAT, SINCE 1973, HE KNEW OF NO PAGE 04 RUHQSGG5408 UNCLAS LIVE AMERICANS, LIVING WILLINGLY OR OTHERWISE, IN VIETNAM. C. THE INTERVIEW SUBJECT, BG DUY, CONCLUDED BY LAMENTING THE FEROCITY OF THE WAR, DURING WHICH HIS MOTHER'S GRAVE WAS OBLITERATED IN A B-52 BOMBING RAID, AND DECLARED THAT HE IS NOW TOTALLY DEDICATED TO HIS HUMANITARIAN RED CROSS WORK. O. WITH NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR BG DUY, THE JOINT TEAM AGREED TO CONCLUDE THE INTERVIEW. 4. CORRELATIONS TO EXISTING POW/MIA CASES. NONE. 5. POTENTIAL LEADS. NONE. 6. MATERIAL EVIDENCE: NONE. THIS SOURCE BROUGHT NO RECORDS, NOTEBOOKS, DIARIES, OR ANY MATERIAL EVIDENCE CONTEMPORARY TO THE WARTIME ERA WHICH COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY UNACCOUNTED FOR U.S. PERSONNEL. 7. COMMENTS. A. THE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT TEAM CONFERRED ON THE QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED DURING THIS INTERVIEW. TEAM MEMBERS AGREED THAT THE NEED TO REINTERVIEW THIS SUBJECT WOULD DEPEND ON WHETHER FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR BG DUY ARISE DURING THE COURSE OF THE SPECIAL INTERVIEW TEAM'S FUTURE WORK. B. REQUEST THE VNOSMP MAKE BG DUY AVAILABLE FOR REINTERVIEW PAGE 05 RUHQSGG5408 UNCLAS IF NECESSARY.// BT #5408