POW/MIA: POSSIBILITY OF EXISTENCE OF AMERICAN POWS IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM

Created: 11/10/1987

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POW/MTA: POSSIBILITY OF EXISTENCE OF

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IN PRIVATE IN LATE7 THAT HE IS CERTAIN THAT THERE ARE AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR (POW) STILL BEING HELD IN REMOTE AREAS OF SOUTHERN VIETNAM BY PRIVATE MILITANT GROUPS ACTING WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SRV LEADERSHIP. ACCORDING TO THIS OFFICIAL, THESE GROUPS ARE ANTI-COMMUNIST MEMBERS OF THE FORMER SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT WHOSE MOTIVATION IS FINANCIAL. THIS OFFICIAL COMMENTED THAT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THE VIET CONG MAINTAINED THEIR MILITARY JNITS IN THE JUNGLES AND TUNNELS FOR YEARS WITHOUT BEING DISCOVERED,T SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE THAT POW COULD STILL BE HIDDEN.

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