POW/MIA: ABSENCE OF U.S. POWS IN NORTH KOREA

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06585197
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RIPPUB
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U
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1
Document Creation Date: 
July 11, 2023
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February 10, 2022
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F-2016-00538
Publication Date: 
November 4, 1988
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Approved for Release: 2022/02/09 C06585197 SECAETHORCON/NOFORN SEAETHORCON/NOFORN//20420424 Classified by: UNSPECIFIED Reason: UNSPECIFIED Declassify on: April 24, 2042 IS1156414F-4-SUBJ: POW/MIA: ABSENCE OF U.S. POWS IN NORTH KOREA Central Intelligence Agency 04 November 1988 ----- ----------------- ----------------- CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE ------------ ----- ----------- ----- (U) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (U) INFORMATION REPORT, NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE. REPORT CLASS S E (24 E T--WNINTEL--NOFORN--NOCONTRACT--ORCON (U) REPORT CLASS S E C AE T--WARNING -INTELLIGENCE SOURCES OR METHODS INVOLVED--NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS--NOT RELEASABLE TO CONTRACTORS/CON OF INFORMATION CONTROLLED BY ORIGINATOR ALL PORTIONS CARRY LASSIFICATION AND CON OF MESSAGE SE ET END SOURCE A CONTEXT A IR/infs./NMI I (b)(3) (b)(3) (b)(1) (b)(3) (b)(1) (b)(3) (b)(1) (b)(3) --(SheeirlF) 2 -IAD NOT HEARD OF R AMERICAN KOREAN WARERA (b)(1) PRISONERS-OF-WAR (POWS) IN NORTH KOREA NOT BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY LIVING U.S. (2),c3 POWS IN NORTH KOREA. EVEN IF THERE HAD BEEN U.S. PRISONERS AT THE END (b)(1) OF THE KOREAN WAR, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED ANY SPECIAL OR DIFFERENT TREATMEN1(b)(3) THAN OTHER PRISONERS. THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS SUCH AS "POW," FOR EXAMPLE, AND IF THEY DIED, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN BURIED AS ANY OTHER PRISONER WAS BURIED. THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT WOULD BE NORMAL NORTH KOREAN CULTURAL PRACTICE FOR SOMEONE CONSIDERED TO BE AT THE SOCIAL LEVEL OF A PRISONER. E ETHORCON/NOFORN Page 1 of 1 Approved for Release: 2022/02/09 C06585197