REPORT OF INTERVIEW WITH (DELETED) A 23 YEAR OLD AIRMAN, FORMER CHINESE POW, WHO WAS OPERATED UPON FOR APPENDICITIS WHILE IN THEIR CUSTODY.

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00146136
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 17, 2024
• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: November 3, 1955

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$UDJSCT: Report of interview with crAV41::A7tAtIttf22.12tIV a 23-year old
airman, Zormer Chinese FOU, who vas operated upon for appendicitis
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at the time of surgery must have been an injection he received
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2. After listening to his account it is my opinion that
.d4==toundoubtedly was operated on under local anesthesia.
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- 3. 1....,.!areperted that he became ill on the 2nd of August
1934 about 1700 hours and. was operated upon at 24C0 hours.
Fifteen minutes prior to surgerzhe was given an injection in the
� . right forearm with a syringe which was, as he described it, one
inch in diameter, 5 inches long and 2/3 full. It raised a large
welt on his forearn. At-surgei7 he wan 'draped and was unable to
see anything. He reported that he felt a few initial cuts with
a knife before the incision was made. He felt considerable pain
but did not struTn-le or cry out during the Procedure. He has a
typical McBurney incision.
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4. - prcbably.misinterpreted the pricks of needle
injecting th- local-anesthesia as knife pricks. It is well known
that the Russians are using local anesthetics extensively.
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