LETTER TO MR. KAENKHAM THANEE FROM RICHARD A. COLEMAN RE: INFORMATION ABOUT SON PRASIT

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005527425
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01070
• Publication Date: July 11, 1967

A~ a~RT~, SA1C.
~~` ~ ~'uly ll, 1967
fir. enkbam Thee
2g, $, Ts~adl Prar3praw
Ampur ~richengma3.,, ~iaxa~k~aai.
T~?and
Dear I~r. Thanes;
We are ~rrting i~his ~.etter `tea advise yeau of certain iz~f~rms.tian eoncexn~.ng
e.ircz~aft crew mfrs taken captive Frith him. by they Fathet L~.v-. Mr. Indradat'
grade hid gray to freedcam early th3,~a year when the pri~can zn ~thich he eras de-
tamed .was overrun by fr~.:ettdly t'~rce~.
According to ~Ir~ Ind~adat, on the day sf the ac~cide~tt shortly after :para.-
chafing from tl~e a~.r~x~~ft `~rhich had been crippled by gTanfi,re, ~e ~ captwred
by the Pathet ~n grid taken t?a village where he met three other crew members
who cl parachuted the grotar~d, Eugene HsBru3r~t, Pras3,t Froms~tan and '~, C. Toy.
The ~'olla~aing day they wars lei to a prison where they were ~ra~.ed: ~d.th yerur
son Frasit, The five were detained tagethsr in various prison=camps from ~
8e~pter 1963 t~til 3o duly 1966, baying all escaped ante pn ,~ dune 196 only
to be recaptured an 6 .Tung 196..
Qn ~0 duly 1966 the f''ive made a second escapes in which they split ixrt? three
group8. Your son paired with ~''rasit Prtzwax~ and planned to f`nllow a nearby.
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river to reach the ~ek~ang 8iver fir. Indradat ?~alk.ed by himself f`or; 37 days
bsfcare bed recaptured attd im~+risoned until hire release:.. Tae stated he never
saw or he~thing
for a bang time, he xould g?t a. severe toothache whidh ~rouid .keep him. a~rake
all night. On the last day T sax him he siso Iryad a high .fever and. became
tired. very easily,
APPROVED FOR RELEASE
DATE: 12-Aug-2011
 Concet~a^r~g the ~+~n~r~l ~~rit~,1 attitude cif the ~rou~a ~dradat stated.
'rlyt ~ sypiniQn ire all ~ainta~,na~d var ~Q~ ~pi~'ite a,nd. comx'adshp during
tha t3.mm m~f our con~'in~nt. ~e t ~. ed tm ~ak~e ,yokes +~rergday ~ri~i,eb d3.v~arted
our thinking from aux pl^ght, ~do~v+er, frequ?ntly eat saP u~ ~u1d drt
into a deesaed asta.~e xb+~ ~r~ tP~ught tea ffiuch +~~ oux~ laved ones and h~~u~--
land. We r~u],~. waiiy end up ~ tae aureelves. No one ev+~x? ge~.ve up
the idea of a~~pe. ~
~e are sorry tlvzt above ir~~ormat^an is rat ~~ eriea~arag3.ng but felt ,~~ ea3ic~uld
pr~+vide it to ycru. Any further inf`or;~at^on ~ri~.]. b+a t'or~rarded td ~rc-v. as it
becoa~e~e available;,
~eerp truly yours,
Richs~rd A.. Cc>3.mmsxa
~arsar~nel Eger