COLONEL DAVID HRDLICKA

Created: 5/25/1966

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(FOLLOWINGDKU.S. PILOTvi RADIO OF THE PATRIOTIC NEUTRALIST FORCES (CLANDESTINE) IN LAO TOS GMT MAY (FIRST OF TWOUKS. PILOT STATEMENT) (IEXTI ON EIGHTEEN IB MAY. THE SECRETARIAT OF THE NLHX CENTRAL COMHITIFLTATEMENT IN WHICH IT REVEALED THAT ONB MAY NINETEEN SlXTYFIVE THE ARMED FORCES And LAOTIAN INHABITANTS. PILOT WHEN HE WAS BOMBING ANO STRAFING THE LI HERATDO AREAS OF LAOS. THIS PILOT.APTAIN NAMEO (DAVID LOUIS TEFLEKA--PHONETIC)t

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serialix two five four of. alr forcet had taken off from. airbase of (paki in

thailand. ofi iwentyfourapril nineteen-si xt ysix

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prince souphanquvong. nlhx chairman and.vice prehier-

of the tripartite national coalition government of laos.

the following are some important passages of this letter: tourave been authorized and take this good occasion to "rite this letter to your highness to cnform toum one of the American pilots whonhave flown jet planes to carry out bombing missions in order to commit criminal acts against the innocent laotian people. however* my criminal acts have been pardoned by your highness and the laotianook off from the axr baseak ly) in thailand to bomb the liberaeo areas of the laotian patriotic forces. my plane was hit by the armed forces and laotianarachuteo from,,he/plane and was captured by the armed forces0

the letter continued! during the pastave seen clearly the situation ofnthe struggle of the laotian

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PEOPLE. I AM NOW AWARE THAT THE LAOTIAN PEOPLF arf STRUGGLING FOR PEACE AND INDEPENDENCE AND THAT THIS

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itruflole is just an human.. imperialists ano

johnson administration*her hanof have< outbr4zen interventionn laos. tmf laotianthe country love peace and tranquillity,

u.isrb-.i. imperialists love to create

the letter op thii american ulaucdtsisss btbi durxnqthe past tear* xsick.ave seen w

taken care op it laotian phthciansten and women*

have riven me evert medical attention toto recover prom myould like to

sincerely that ourinb october nineteen sxxtyfxveisease caused by constipation apter havinbkinos op pood.the laotian doctors and

took rood care ofhe and treated me with very ippective medicine. they aleo save me special pood.as able to recoverish to express mt oaatxtuoe rto the armed porces and laotian people.

the letter went oni your hishness. the efforts that your

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hishness and people are exertins to build your nation Into an independent and prosperous nation reminds op theittle rot dreaminq opilot,aw the planes lanoinb on thehoush "hat everyone couldilot* utas sent by. imperialists* who are only veekinb to carrt out evil acts to killnhuman beinoe* to commit riumxnal acts of aoqression. at present* my thoughts always "urn to mt wife anoived veryyaaujihjisjx

x my wife

always tendrlt embraced BYNCHXLORCN and my wipe. now

m vert eaier to SEE my wife andant to live

athcr and husbano tooether with my children ano my

ould vrndmbisould never forbet my

ratjtudc of youran say here THAT THE nlhx

WOER THE buxdance of tour HlBHNESS istrubblerecovert in oroer to achieve peace and independence

h THE basis of thc beneva abasements and the abreementsthe three parties. at the same TIME* THE johnsonCESTRCVfTnd thc coalition BOVERNHXNTi

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