US ASKS PATHET LAO FOR PRISONER

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005527395
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01070
• Publication Date: November 9, 1968

MI N ;, Fri - Ame-
rica,s officials meet here this
week with a representative of
the Pathet Lao in an stlempi
to secure the release of an
,-All, irreriaa employee wise:
was captured by the commssn-
ists in September 1963,
The prisoner, identified as
Eugene DeBruin, s Bridals
resident o( Hon Kong, was
captured at Sepoe, a f'athet
Lao outpost near the Viet-
namese carder in 3Outheas-
tarn Ions, when he parachut-
ed from an Air America 47
Such aircraft ere usually used
bD ferry rice and military
supplies to remote. govern-
ment outixcsu9,
DeBruin was ce r?ediy is
the company of foul s 'er nears.
T
prisoner
three cd them Anricans,
wlsen the plans went dowtL
In an intervipw Scat
Pethrasi, the V meee re-
presentative of t s Pathet Leo,
said that United States had
shown Interest in securing
De Brtdn's release for some
time, and thatthe 2Br#tish Em
baaay had aLso contacted him
rftarding the matter.
American diplomats moot
irregularly with Pe#hr sal us.
ually to discuss matters re-
lated to U9 l "ee on bombing
missions over Laos.,
The United States G ver -
e e
F
n i t zone of I s , These are
meetly officers of the US
Air Fe use planes have
crast: +r'i, missions over
map
Earlier this week, the US
r' say here arransed a
meeting with Arthur J. Has-
ford's brother, Lt Peter
He rd of the LN Air Force,
waiW was last t,er Laos in
,March this year
According well-ieeform-
ad sources, the release d
American prisoners held in
the communist zap of Laos
probably cent be expected
until the Paris met talks
move closer to the ubt of
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