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AMERICAN POW IN SSARAVANE PROVINCE, TO 9 NOVEMBER7
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1. ACCORDINGESIDENT OF THE LAO nOPETO ULMOCRATIC RbrUBLIC (LPDR), SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE, WHO OBTAINED THE INFORMATION FROM AN UNNAMED PERSON IN SEPONE SAVANNAKHET PROVINCE, AS AN AMERICAN POW IS BEING HELD IN PAKXE LANONG VILLAGE, SAPAVANE PROVINCE. THE RESIDENT IDENTIFIED THE AMERICAN AS EUGENEEBRUIN)). (SOURCE COMMENT: PAKXE LANONG VILLAGE IS DESCRIBED AS CONSISTING OF FIVE HOUSES AND IS LOCATED IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE LPDR BORDER WITH THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM, ABOUT 70 KILOMETERS FROMTA OUI DISTRICT, SARAVANE PROVINCE. IT WAS NOT INDICATED IF THEILOMETERS IS BASED ON STRAIGHT LINE OR ACTUAL ROAD DISTANCE. PAKXE LANONG IS POSSIBLY LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF APPROXIMATELYILOMETERS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF HUANG NONG
2. ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENT, DEBRUIN WAS SHOT DOWN IN IN PAGEUEAIIA1 SECRET
THE VICINITY OF NAM PA CHON VILLAGE (NCA), AND FROM4 TO IMPRISONED AT HUANG NONG, SAVANNAKHET
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nam pa chon village is possibly identical to nampa villall epone district, savannakhet.)
3. the residentlack and white photograph depicting five men apparently being guardedoldier armedifle. four of the men appear to be oriental while the fifth appears toaucasian. the resident identified the caucasian as debruin. comment: four of the men in the photograph, including the one ip"ntified as debruin, are dressed imilar manner, wearing dark hbl"> 5pn-style trousers and light colored dress shirts. they also a -ar to be barefooted. the dress and hair styles of the five men give the appearance that the photograph was taken during the period
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