[241102Z.OH 07/21/96] ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE ROUTINE R 2411D2Z SEP 93 ZYB PSN 697337P35 FM CDR JTF-FA HQNOLULU HI//J2// TO RUEHBT/CJTFFA DET ONE BANGKOK TH CDRPERSCOM ALEXANDRIA VA//TAPC-PED-P// INFO WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASH DC SECDEF WAS-HINGTON DC//USDP: RSA// RUEHC/SEC ST ATE WASHINGTON DC//CA/OCS/CCS/EAP/VLC// 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 WASHINGTON DC//DEA/SEA/IB/DDO/EA/ICOG// RUEHBT/USDAO BANGKOK TM//PW-MIA// CDRUSACILHI HICKAM AFB HI//TAPC-PFD-H// UNCLAS //N0346O// MSGID/SYS.RRM/CDR JTF-FA// AMPN/SUBJ: EVALUATION OF SRV ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW - MR. TU CUONG// REF/A/RMG/CDR JTF-FA/220112ZSEP93// RMKS/1. REF A DOCUMENTS AN INTERVIEW OF MR. PHO BIEN CUONG (AKA TU CUONG), A FORMER LEGAL OFFICER IN CHARGE OF PRISONER EXPLOITATION AND DIRECTOR OF PHUOC LONG PROVINCE DETENTION CAMP. MR. CUONG PROVIDED INFORMATION POSSIBLY PERTAINING TO REFNO 0054 [XXXX][XXXX], AN UNRESOLVED CASE. HE ALSO PROVIDED THE NAMES OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO UNACCOUNTED FOR U.S. SERVICEMEN. 2. REFNO 0054: ON 9 FEBRUARY 1965, ARMY SPECIALIST FOUR, [XXXX][XXXX][XXXX] A MEDIC, WAS CAPTURED IN THE VICINITY OF GRID COORD YU458068, DUC PHONG, SONG BE PROVINCE. A. MR. CUONG RECALLED THE CAPTURE OF AN AMERICAN MEDIC BY AN UNIDENTIFIED PAVN UNIT IN EARLY 1965. HE DESCRIBED THE MEDIC AS BEING BETWEEN 20 AND 25 YEARS OLD, TALL AND THIN. WITH WHITE SKIN AND LIGHT COLORED HAIR. MR. CUONG ALSO SAID THE MEDIC WAS CALLED "[XXXX]" AND HAD BECOME FLUENT IN VIETNAMESE. MR. CUONG RECALLED THAT IN MAY OR JUNE OF 1966, DUE TO A BOMBING RAID IN THE DAK NHAO Page 1 AREA. THE MEDIC WAS MOVED TO SAFETY. ON THE THIRD NIGHT OF MOVEMENT THE MEDIC WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED BY A TIGER, WHO ALLEGEDLY ALSO TOOK THE BODY AWAY. MR. CUONG ALSO SAID HE WITNESSED THE DEATH OF THE MEDIC. B. MR. CUONG'S INFORMATION CLOSELY MATCHED THE TIME FRAME OF CAPTURE. LOCATION AND PART OF THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MEDIC. HOWEVER, HIS STATEMENT THAT [XXXX] WAS KILLED BY A TIGER IS INCONSISTENT WITH TWO PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS (TRAN NGOC KHANH AND DO VAN NGUYEN) WHO CLAIM [XXXX] WAS EITHER KILLED OR LOST DURING THE RAID ON DAK NHAO CAMP. C. JTF-FA FILES INDICATE REFNO 0054 WAS THE ONLY GROUND LOSS INCIDENT INVOLVING A MEDIC IN THE DU PHONG AREA. SONG BE PROVINCE DURING THIS TIME FRAME. 3. FORWARDED TO CDRPERSCOM-TAPC-PED-P FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION A SANITIZED COPY OF REF A WILL BE FORWARDED SEPARATELY FOR RELEASE. EVAL: [XXXX]// BT DLVR: CDR JTF-FA HONOLULU HI(1) . ORIG J3(l)...INFO FOR USCINCPAC HONOLULU H(13) J30-M(1) 00-01-04(1) MDT(0) LRN061PCMT(1) J52(1) J51(1) J2(1) J1(l) J032(3) JO3(1) CDO(1) *** MDU office codes that have received this message:** MDUOPR Page 2