STATUS REPORT, POSSIBLE POW/MIA REPATRIATION, COB TUESDAY 6 APRIL."

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06157039
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2017
• Case Number: F-2012-01432
• Publication Date: April 7, 1982

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1. FOLLOWING ON 6 APRIL:
"SUBJ: 'STATUS REPORT, POSSIBLE POW/MIA REPATRIATION, COB
TUESDAY 6 APRIL." (b)(3)
"REF: CINCPAC MSG, DTG 242226Z MAR 82.
"1. (S) ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT EITHER GENERAL PHOUMI NOSAVAN OR HIS
SON PHOUMANO NOSAVAN HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. PERSONS WHO CLAIM
TO BE CLOSE TO PHOUMI STATE THAT BOTH HE AND PHOUMANO LEFT BANGKOK
BY AUTO EVENING OF 5 APRIL FOR UNKNOWN LOCATION UP-COUNTRY. REASON-'
FOR THIS TRIP IS ALLEGED TO BE ACQUISITION OF A POSSIBLE POISON
GAS ROUND BROUGHT TO THAILAND FROM LAOS. PHOUMI'S "ADVISORS"
EXPECT HIM TO RETURN TO BANGKOK WITHIN TWO DAYS. THESE SAME
"ADVISORS" HAVE NO NEW WORD ON THE POSSIBLE REPATRIATION
OF A POW/MIA FROM LAOS."
"2 (S) MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AND ASSOCIATED STRAP HANGERS
ARE STILL HERE IN FORCE. THIS INCLUDES ABC, CBS, SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
MAGAZINE, AND A TV CREW FROM AUSTRALIA. CBS STATES THEY INTEND
TO PULL THEIR UPCOUNTRY TV CREW BACK TO BANGKOK, PROBABLY ON 7
APRIL IF NO FURTHER WORD. WE HAVE HAD NO CONTACT WITH ABC FOR
THREE DAYS, OR WITH SOF FOR ABOUT A WEEK. CBS REPORTS THAT ABC
STILL HAS A CAMERA CREW STATIONED UP-COUNTRY."
"DECL: 6 APR 88."
2. TO REVIEW THE BIDDING THERE ARE NOW THREE VERSIONS OF THE
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POSSIBLE DELIVERY IN THAILAND OF A CHEMICAL WARFARE SAMPLE OR
SAMPLES. FORBES IS TRYING TO OBTAIN CHEMICAL POWDERS USED IN A
ROCKET. PHOUMI, PER THE ABOVE, IS TALKING ABOUT A POISON GAS ROUND
THE BEST YET COMES FROM ZABITOSKY, STILL IN THAILAND, WHO CLAIMS
HE HAS TWO AMPOULES OF A SUBSTANCE USED TO POISON RIVERS AND
ANTICIPATES RECEIVING A CHEMICAL GRENADE OR ROUND. THESE ITEMS,
IN THE CASE OF ZABITOSKY, ARE FOR SALE, STARTING PRICE $250,000(b)(1)
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