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RMKS/DATE OF REPORT: 29 AUG 93//
RON LOCATION: GUEST HOUSE NR 3, PLEIKU CITY, GIA LAI PROVINCE,
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PERIOD COVERED: 23-29 AUG 93//
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1. AREA OF INVESTIGATION, KONTUM, GIA LAI, AND DAC LAC
PROVINCES.
2. SUMMARY OF EVENTS: DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD, THE
INTERVIEWED NINE WITNESSES THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND
BELIEVED TO HOLD INFORMATION PERTINENT TO CASES 1868 (KONTUM
0372, 0109 (GIA LAI), AND 0333 (DAC LAC) . AN ADDITIONAL WITNESS
WAS IDENTIFIED DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF CASE 0109, IN AN KHE
DISTRICT, GIA LAI PROVINCE WHO PROVIDED INFORMATION ASSOCIATED
WITH CASE 0715 (A PCIT CASE SCHEDULED FOR INVESTIGATION IN QUANG
NGAI PROVINCE).
A. ARCHIVAL: NFI.
B. INTERVIEWS: THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE INTERVIEWED
DURING THIS PERIOD:
1. TRUONG QUAN HOA (TRWONG QUANG HOA), FORMER COMMANDER
OF COMPANY 1, 7TH BN, PAVN 66TH RGT, IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL
WITNESS FOR CASE 1868. HOA PROVIDED GENERIC HEARSAY REGARDING THE
1967 MOVEMENT OF A U.S. PW TO B3 FRONT HEADQUARTERS. THIS
INFORMATION IS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH CASE 1868.
2. DANG QUANG CHAU (ACTUAL NAME - DAWMF QUANG CHAAU), A
FORMER PW CAMP DIRECTOR IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL WITNESS FOR
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CASE 1868. CHAU PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THREE AMERICANS AND ONE
GERMAN FEMALE HELD AT THE PW CAMP FROM APR-MAY 68 THROUGH 1969.
THE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE FEMALE PW IS ASSOCIATED WITH
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1071, A RESOLVED CASE. THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE THREE AMERICAN PW'S
WAS TOO LIMITED TO DETERMINE A CASE ASSOCIATION; HOWEVER, BASED SOLELY
ON THE DATE, THERE IS NO ASSOCIATION WITH CASE 1868.
3. VU KHAC DIEP (VUX KHAC DIEEPJ), FORMER PATHOLOGIST FOR HOSPITAL V211
(AKA V84), WAS RE-INTERVIEWED IN AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON
MEDICAL RECORDS RELEVANT TO CASE 0372 PER JTFFA/DIA LEAD SHEET
RECOMMENDATION. DIEP PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THREE AMERICAN PW'S WHO
DIED IN CUSTODY DURING 1967 OR 1968 TWO CAUCASIAN PW'S DIED OF MALARIA
AND MALNUTRITION AND ONE BLACK WHO DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND. THE
INFORMATION ON THE BLACK PW IS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH CASE 0372. THERE
WAS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO DETERMINE AN ASSOCIATION FOR THE
REMAINING AMERICANS
4. LE DANG LUON (ACTUAL NAME - LEE TAANS LUAAN), FORMER DISTRICT MILITIA
COMMANDER, WAS RE-INTERVIEWED PER JTFFA/DIA LEAD SHEET RECOMMENDATION AS A
POTENTIAL SOURCE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CASE 0109. LUAN PROVIDED
INFORMATION SIMILAR TO
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EARLIER STATEMENTS MADE DURING THE 21ST JFA. THIS INFORMATION WAS
PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH CASE 0109, LUAN ALSO IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL
SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR A SEPARATE CASE (0715).
5. MAI TIEN MY (MAJ TIEENS MYX), FORMER COMMANDER OF THE PAVN 2ND
DIVISION, IDENTIFIED BY LE TAN LUAN, AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF
INFORMATION REGARDING CASE 0715. MY PROVIDED CONVINCING TESTIMONY
REGARDING THE AMBUSH, DEATH, AND BURIAL OF FIVE AMERICANS NEAR XUONG
RONG MOUNTAIN, IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE. MY'S INFORMATION REGARDING THIS
INCIDENT CLOSELY MATCHES THAT OBTAINED DURING THE 19TH JFA AND IS
PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH CASE 0715. MY WAS A DIRECT PARTICIPANT IN THE
BURIAL OF THESE FIVE AMERICANS AND FELT HE COULD STILL IDENTIFY THE
GRAVE SITE OF THE THREE AMERICANS WHO REMAIN UNACCOUNTED FOR. MY ALSO
PROVIDED INFORMATION ON A BLACK AMERICAN CAPTURED AFTER SUSTAINING A
WOUND TO THE LOWER ABDOMEN NEAR MO DUC, QUANG NGAI PROVINCE SOMETIME IN
1965 OR 1966.
ANOTHER BLACK AMERICAN, A MEMBER OF THE U.S. 196TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, WAS
SHOT AND KILLED AFTER HE REFUSED TO ACCOMPANY THE CAPTURING FORCE NEAR
LIET KIM MOUNTAIN, QUANG NAM DANANG PROVINCE IN LATE 1967 OR EARLY 1968.
ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF THIS INFORMATION IS NECESSARY TO DETERMINE A CASE
ASSOCIATION.
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6. RO MA THUAN (ACTUAL NAME - RAH LAN THUAANJ), FORMER MILITIAMAN,
IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL WITNESS FOR CASE 0372. THUAN, AND ETHNIC
JARAI, PROVIDED A DISJOINTED HEARSAY ACCOUNT INVOLVING CLASHES WITH
U.S. FORCES BUT, DUE TO HIS SEVERELY INTOXICATED CONDITION, NO
ASSOCIATION TO ANY CASE COULD BE MADE.
7. RO MA LUYNH (ACTUAL NAME - ROW MAH LIN), IA NAN VILLAGER, IDENTIFIED
AS A POTENTIAL WITNESS FOR CASE 0372. LIN WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY
INFORMATION RELATIVE TO INCIDENTS INVOLVING UNACCOUNTED FOR AMERICANS.
8. DINH GRIT (ACTUAL NAME - DINH GITS), A FORMER PUBLIC
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SECURITY OFFICIAL IN K'BANG DISTRICT, RE-INTERVIEWED TO SEEK
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CASE 0100 PER JTFFA/DIA LEAD SHEET
RECOMMENDATION. GRIT WAS UNABLE,TO ADD ANYTHING TO HIS
PREVIOUS TESTIMONY.
9. DINH KHIT, KONG LO KHONG VILLAGER, RE-INTERVIEWED
TO SEEK ADDITIONAL WITNESSES/INFORMATION RELATIVE TO CASE 0109
PER JTFFA/DIA LEAD SHEET RECOMMENDATION. NO ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THIS WITNESS.
10. MA GIAY (ACTUAL NAME - NGUYEENX VAWN CHI),
FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE DAC LAC PROVINCE COMMO-LIAISON
NETWORK,
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IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL WITNESS FOR CASE 0333. CHI PROVIDED
INFORMATION ON A MALE AND FEMALE PW HE OBSERVED UNDER ARMED ESCORT
SOMETIME DURING 1968. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED
WITH CASE 1018.
C. REMAINS: NFI.
3. CASES UNDER INVESTIGATION: 1868, 0372, 0109, 0333, 0715
4. COMMENTS
A. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR THE COMING WEEK IS AS FOLLOWS: 30
AUG - TRAVEL TO GIA TRUNG PRISON, GIA LAI PROVINCE TO
INTERVIEW HO DAC DIEM, IDENTIFIED AS A POTENTIAL WITNESS FOR
CASE 1308, RETURN TO PLEIKU AND OUTBRIEF WITH PROVINCE
OFFICIALS; 31 AUG - TRAVEL TO QUI NHON AND MET WITH BINH DINH
PROVINCE OFFICIALS TO COORDINATE UPCOMING INVESTIGATIONS
WITHIN THE PROVINCE; 1 SEP - TRAVEL TO DANANG TO BEGIN
INVESTIGATIONS OF QUANG NAM DANANG CASES.
B. REQUEST GUIDANCE WITH REGARD TO INFORMATION OBTAINED
FROM MAI TIEN MY (PARA 2B5 ABOVE). DURING THE UNSCHEDULED
INTERVIEW, MY PROVIDED EXTREMELY CONVINCING INFORMATION
REGARDING CASE 0715. QUERY THE FEASIBILITY OF COORDINATING AN
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INVESTIGATION USING AN ELEMENT OF THE JOINT RECOVERY TEAM NOW
OPERATING IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE. THE PCIT PLANS TO AGAIN MEET WITH
MY IN AN KHE DISTRICT WHILE ENROUTE TO QUI NHON ON 31 AUG. ALTHOUGH
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HE INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO RETURN TO THE SITE OF THIS INCIDENT TO
ASSIST IN LOCATING THE BURIAL LOCATION, FURTHER GUIDANCE IS NEEDED
IN ORDER TO COORDINATE THIS WITH THE VNOSMP AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.
C. PCIT UPDATE FOR PHASE TWO OPERATIONS: SINCE BEGINNING
PHASE TWO, THE PCIT HAS INTERVIEWED A TOTAL OF 17 INDIVIDUALS
IDENTIFIED AS POTENTIAL WITNESSES FOR EIGHT PCIT CASES. THE MOST
ENCOURAGING INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS, AS WELL AS
PHASE ONE, IS THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY MAI TIEN MY REGARDING
CASE 0715. THIS UNSCHEDULED INTERVIEW WAS A FURTHER EXAMPLE OF
THE COORDINATION BEING PROVIDED BY VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS ON EVERY
LEVEL. MY WAS LOCATED AND BROUGHT TO THE AN KHE DISTRICT
PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE HOUSE FOR INTERVIEW WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF BEING
IDENTIFIED DURING THE INTERVIEW OF A WITNESS REGARDING ANOTHER
CASE. IN ADDITION TO THIS, AND OTHER EXAMPLES OF COOPERATION
PROVIDED IN THE PCIT'S 3 JUL 93 MEMO TO CDR DET 2, PHAM TEO HAS,
FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS, BEEN SUFFERING FROM FEVER AND HEADACHES
PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH MALARIA WHICH HE CONTRACTED MANY YEARS
AGO. DESPITE THIS, HE HAS INSISTED ON CONTINUING THE PCIT
MISSION (WHICH HAS INVOLVED 3 GRUELING ROAD TRIPS OVER THE
PREVIOUS DAYS) IN ORDER TO SAY ON SCHEDULE. ON AN INDIVIDUAL
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LEVEL, THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF PCIT OPERATIONS, IT HAS BECOME
APPARENT THA MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF VIETNAMESE VETERANS GROUPS,
MAY BE THE ONLY MEANS OF DETERMING THE FATE OF MANY OF OUR
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UNACCOUNTED FOR. THE EMOTION DISPLAYED BY THESE RETIRED SOLDIERS WHEN
INFORMED OF THE U.S./VIETNAMESE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON THOSE
UNACCOUNTED FOR, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO THEIR OWN MISSING HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANT. ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, HIGH RANKING RETIRED PAVN
OFFICERS HAVE HAD TEARS WHILE PLEDGING TO DO ALL CAN TO HELP IN THE
EFFORT TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON UNACCOUNTED AMERICANS. IN ALL CASES,
THEY HAVE EXPRESSED AN EMPATHY WITH THEFAMILIES OF THESE AMERICANS DUE
TO THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. MANY HAVE ALSO STATED THAT, AS U.S. AND
VIETNAMESE RELATIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, THEY FEEL THE CHANCES FOR
FINDING ANSWERS TO THE FATE OF UNACCOUNTED FOR FROM BOTH COUNTRIES WILL
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