SIGHTING OF U.S. POWS AND POW DETENTION CELLS NORTH OF CHAVANE IN SARAVA NE PRO

Created: 1/13/1971

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-. HO AMERICANS *HO HAD BEEN CAPTURED IN SOUTH VIETNAM VERE DETAINEDM TAN CELL FORAYS FROUOVtX'BElECEMBER0 IKCEKTERICE STORAGE $HED_ IK

THE BANrea. ADC/JTI LOU ITERS NORTH

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OF CHAVAKC. THE RICE

KILOGRAMS OF RICE, WAS ABOUT FIVE METERS IONG. FIVE METERS

KIDS AND THREE MEIERS HIGH. ONE OF THE AMERICANS WAS DESCRIBED

AS BEING FAT AND SHORT WITH BUCK HAIRROMINENT NOSE.

THE OTHER AMERICAN* VAS THIN , TALI., AD WHITE HAIR.

3. WHILE THE AMERICANS WERE KEPTHE PRISON, OHTH VIETNAMESE ARMY (NVA) AND ABOUT TWO COMPANIES OF PATHET UO (PL) TROOPS WERE CAMPED AT YCETERSj SOUTHEAST OF THE PRISON. THE NVA/PL TROOPS DID NOT SETERMANENT CAMP HUT lived SCATTERED ABOCtTHE AREA IN GROUPS OFEN EACH. THEY HADM MORTAK, 0 ROCKET LAUNCHER, AND

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4. ONECEMBER THE SAME PRISON HELD TWO UO THEVNG PRISONERSWERE GUARDED BY ONE NVA AND ONE VI. SOLDIER.

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as of'va/pl detention camp eor. o prisoners was in ike vicinity op ban tamprin, aboutws east ok sara vane. the camp vt'as cam.lt> the supreme command training center and contained

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information *as provided by district1 ranraining course conducted. by him eor pl canton and village chiefs. pheng told about the campoastfulHHH^comment: ifamp does exist, it appears that the figures for prisoners detained were grossly exaggerated by pheng.)

7. ugust. prisoners and lao armed forces first lieutenant were taken through saravanenoer armed guard on their kay to the supreme command training center. osesy'sesident oe saravane, appealed to district chief' pheng to release her step-son. pheng told her thatas impossible and that

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