PATHLET LAO (DELETED) SUBSEQUENT ACCOUNT OF HIS WITNESSING THE INTERROGATION OF A DOWNED AMERICAN PILOT

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• Publication Date: December 28, 1965

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PATHET LA0.1211111111RSUBSECUENT ACCOUNT OF HIS
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CLAIMED DAVID L. HRDLICKA SPENT THE FIRST NIGHT or HIS CAP: lvt1Y AI
A PL HEADQUARTERS IN THE VICINITY or BAN BAN (vH )6:*), Jo KiLumr IFP.S
(Km) EAST OF SAM NEuA, AT APPROXIMAIELY VH 195559. !Hi NE x I DAY,
BEFORE BEING TAKEN OCAVIS V:1iERE-rRISCNERS WERE HI-IDA...0
IN;ERROGATED IN/PONT OF A PL SCHOOL IN 1HE V IC INI I Y OF VH
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ON 25 DECEMBER REPORTED THAT THE ENEMY HAD A COVMAND POST IN A CAVE
AT WI 1915556, 50 METERS NORTH OF BAN NA KAY TEL) AND THAT AMERICAN
PILOTS WERE HELD IN REAR OF A CAVE NEAR THIS COWAND POST. ON
AMS 1:50,00 SCALE MAPS THERE IS LESS THAN ONE KM DIFFERENCE IN THE
LOCATION OF THE CAVES WHERE PRISONERS WERE HELD, SO IT IS PROBABLY
THAT BOTH ARE IDENTICAL.- THE COMMAND POST IS PROBABLY IDENTICAL TO
PL HEADQUARTERS MENTIONED IN PARA ONE ABOVE.)
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