SUMMARY OF STATUS B-150 INTERNEES AND C. B. NABUNG

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005527404
• 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: May 29, 1967

MEMORANDUM
CEC
SUBJECT : Stu~~ary of Status R-lSQ lrYt~+srn+
8eference: (1) SLC~-b5-29~ - copy attavh~d
(2) WC-b5-4893 - caps attached
APPROVED FOR RELEASE
DATE: 12-Aug-2011
DATE : 29s 1967
REF. No. P~-~FC,?,b7Jz~~
and Q. A. ~abung
The attached referenced correspe:ndence c-utlin~ the pay~e~t status through April 3Q,
:1965 of the D-15Q aacider~t survivors who were captured and interned by .the Pathet Iao
since 5 Septem~r?r 19b3.
As of the preset payment accruals for Hr. ~eBruiz~ have been term3.nated as the full
ams~ut~t of benefits designated by the Persor~el l - 2Q,QQQ -have bedn reached?
While z:n longer a contributes to the Air 1l~eriaa Retirem~t Flan, fir. AeBrui.n is
still a partioipant in that ~.rni.ngs fx~'fm h3,s arras and Campaxiy cantributiari.s are still
being geaerated,~
~-~~-:1'3~Bruin in June 1964 The HF~ cas? numbers are . for ~~ ~. =~+s~ra3.n, 5~0(m5
far Y. C. T?, 54Q0(J06 f?~r Prasit Promsuwan, 5~'7 for Pisidhi Iadradat, and 5t~lQt708
for Prasdhi Thanes:,, `~
dir. Fisidhi Indradat was must fortunately released .from. captivity when the prison
camp at which he was ir~terx~ed was overrun by friendly forces in ~eceffiber 19b6.
Payments to hi.s mother in the form of detenti+~ benef3.ts have therefore sassed
and he'h3s returned. to the regular payrgll. T~rtal payments made while he eras in-
tern?d, amount ~I to x.134? x+37 ~ 5Q~
Paym~ts to the benatS.ciaries caf Y. C. To c~tinue unbrmken at the rate v~ ~112~:E~Q
monthly tv each of his bensfici.ar~.es, ~'hes? psymenta rill. ev~,ti~ue thrrough September
1467 as a resu3t cif approval c:f a special grant of ,6oq.vo o~rer and ab~re the
~13,DOQ.QO maximum benefit provid~i. in the Pcrsennel n~aal~,
Payments tm beneficiaries of l~r. Prasidhi Theses and Prdsit Pr~u;sa~t ~ntinue as
stated in attached correspondence and rill continua until 30 September 1471 at the
monthly rate of $$6,/~1~. ,~
The ~C orm 2E?2 ~ s were. submitted for F. Q. Tc~, Pisidhi Tndradat, Prasit Prc:ffisu~ran,
and ,~'~;~~,~ Thanes under cover caf ~'~-6g-92 dated April 6, i9b 5 and far Eugene ~,
Reference 1 above indicated that. 3.t xas the opiriian of ~ at that time that they
pricing ,of AZtJ-439-34~ ~Qtttract would preclude re3.rse~ea~tt tc~ the ~Qmpany cif
benefits u~.~er the Tar I~raards Compensation A.ct~ ~ow+ever, it seems an open question
as to whether or not the individuals annceraed might rata benefits under the WkiCA,.
fir. C, B ~abung was captured Qn lb December 196Q while hiding in az~ air raid shelter
nearby 21is house in ~i.entiane. ~, fellow Filipino employee Wr. La 1~. ~`rigillana was
captured with him. Frigillana becam? separated fr6m ~z'A I~aabung early in their period
of ir~tffient and was released in 1962 with three other I~arican prisoners. ~?. 3~bu~
has never been heard from again and along with the survivors of the ~15Q incident
are presumed tv be either-still in captivity or desd~
 At the fizzes of his capture i~lr. A3abu~ was working in aircraft rzeaintezzance i.ztt VTE,
The ma3nr contracts at tkiat fizzes are understood to have bean ICA. Contracts 57-ObOy
g7-os, and ba009.
BEC Dorms 2t}2 and 219 have been sul~.tted by th+~ C+~pany under cover of ~C-bb~-180
dated 4 Juzzrz 19bb anti BBC Formes 203, 218, and ~0 were s~ut,tted by Mrs. ~abureg
shortly theres~fter. Mrs. ~abtxng received an answer froze the ~C in a letter
from John D. McIrellan Jr. dated. 29 J~Zy 19bb (SEC Cas? Mo, 5ti0tX719) in which
it was stated that Mrs. xabru~ cauld not recs~.ve beuef3ts as she resides outside
the Unit?d States and its territories but that should: Mr. I~abung die before his
release she sho~a7.d write to the ~3EC to find out wheth`~,r ar not .she zzmy rece3.ve
compensation payanants under the War Hasards Compensation .pct.
Tn respona~e to the Cr~~~s an~uis~y the BLC adv3.sed that they had developed
no guidelinezs or standards e~.f its own for malc3.rsg a pree~umptinn of death, but if
a Depsrtneerit or Agcy off' the United States rezpnrtffi to the BBC in accordance
with 20C.F.~.bl.7td) and States its conclusion on the.ffitatus of ~ captured
missing employee of a contractor, the ~C ~t::ll accept that cc~nclusinn (taken
from WC-66-5979 dated 21 P~ov~tlaer l~6}.
DP has raised the question of the propriety of the Ccmttpan6Y~ initiating any action
to effect a presumption of d:eatl~ for 1-~r. 1~'abung as Mrs. ?~abung ht not incur
with ffiuch action.
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