'ESCAPE FROM INDOCHINA -- SOUTH VIETNAM A YEAR AFTER THE FALL' (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00467A002500170003-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 9, 1976
• Content Type: MF

Approv or Release 467A
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON. D.C.
REPLY TO 9 SE 1J 6
ATTN OF: IN
SUBJECT: "Escape from Indochina -- South Vietnam a Year After the Fall" (U)
The Honorable George Bush
Director of Central Intelligence
1. (C) You may recall that in late June we sent you and other
members of the National Foreign Intelligence Board some of the
highlights resulting from the debriefing of HO KIM HAI, the
former Vietnamese Air Force helicopter pilot who escaped to
Thailand in his UH-1 helicopter, bringing with him his wife, his
four children, and his flight mechanic.
2. (U) At the time, you expressed an interest in seeing a
wrap-up of the significant information obtained from the debrief-
ing. That wrap-up has now been completed, and I take pleasure in
forwarding a copy herewith. Copies also are being sent to other
members of the National Foreign Intelligence Board, the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, and other members of the
intelligence community.
3. (C) Now, with the successful defection of a Soviet MIG-25
pilot to Japan, the 7602d Air Intelligence Group is prepared to
conduct a similar professional debriefing, using the same air-
related expertise that proved to be such a valuable asset in the
exploitation of Lt HAI.
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