From: jewell@MACE.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry Jewell)
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Subject: 'NamVet Newsletter, Vol.5, no.6, (2/7)
Date: 6 Sep 92 02:40:22 GMT
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         How the United States Betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam."
               by The Staff of U.S. Veteran News and Report
                         Input by: Marsha Ledeman
                      Puget Sound TBBS - Edmonds, WA
                              (206) 745-6340

       When  future historians probe that confusing maze that  is   the
     POW/MIA issue from the Vietnam War,  they undoubtedly will turn to
     one book on the issue that appears to be the most comprehensive to
     date:  "Kiss the Boys Goodbye:  How the United States Betrayed Its
     Own POWs in Vietnam,"  by Monika Jensen-Stevenson and her husband,
     William Stevenson.
       The   authors   certainly  are  not  without   the   appropriate
     credentials  to   delve into such a tangled and  unresolved  mess.
     Monika Jensen,  who  writes  in the first-person of her efforts to
     learn  the  true story of American POWs left behind  in  Southeast
     Asia,   is  a former producer for the much-respected "60  Minutes"
     television show.
       Her husband,  William Stevenson,  who  she dragged  kicking  and
     screaming  into the story,  is the author of such works as "A  Man
     Called Intrepid" and "90 Minutes at Entebbe."
       Their book is a major step forward in the public exposure of the
     issue. It provides in some detail an overview of the POW/MIA story
     from  early 1985,  when Jensen first became involved in it because
     of a story she was producing for "60 Minutes," until early 1990.
       Written  for  the general  public that  has only  a  superficial
     knowledge  of  the POW/MIA situation,  the book makes a number  of
     substantive points.
       One in particular  concerns  former  Secretary  of  State  Henry
     Kissinger and  how  in 1973,   before and after  the  Paris  Peace
     Accords  were  signed,  he  disavowed knowledge of  POWs  in  Laos
     despite  admissions by the Pathet Lao that they were still  there.
     That  Kissinger  sold  out  American POWs  is  once  again  firmly
     established   in  this  book  and  for  that  he  should  be  held
     accountable.
       Another  concerns the National League of Families for  Prisoners
     and Missing  in Southeast Asia,  which took upon itself the burden
     of  being  the activist voice in Washington for the prisoners  and
     their  families in the mid-to late '70s,  when no other voice  was
     speaking for them.
       As Jensen-Stevenson correctly points out, by 1984 the League had
     become  an arm of the government,  fully supporting each and every
     POW/MIA  policy  statement  the  government  spouted  because  the
     League's executive director, Ann Mills Griffiths,  had been made a
     member  of the Interagency Group (IAG),  which formulates  POW/MIA
     policy  and  passes it on to the White House for rubber  stamping.
     Such  a  position lessened the effectiveness of the League  as  an
     activist  organization that could prod the government into  taking
     more action on the issue.

     JENSEN-STEVENSON HAVE DONE A SERVICE FOR THE POW/MIA ISSUE
       Jensen-Stevenson   also  points  out  that  those  charged  with
     handling   the   issue    are  more  concerned   with   preventing
     information about live  POWs  from  leaking  to  the  public  than
     they  are about investigating live sighting reports,  a claim  the
     POW/MIA activists have been making for years.
       The  Stevensons have done a service to the POW/MIA movement  and
     are  to  be commended for their initiative,   their  resolve   and

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     their  commitment  to  the  issue that few in the  media  care  to
     champion.
       Yet,  by the same token,   what was to be the definitive word on
     the issue is something less than that. In addition to a number  of
     relatively minor errors, there are major oversights and omissions.
       Perhaps a major failing of the book is that the authors obtained
     much  of their information from a limited number of sources,  some
     of whom can be verified, some of whom can not.
       There  is  no  questioning the contributions of people like  Red
     McDaniel, Billy Hendon, Mark Waple, Mark Smith, Earl Hopper,  Mike
     Van Atta, John M.G. Brown, Bo Gritz and Jerry Mooney.
       In  researching this book,  the Stevensons wrapped themselves in
     a coterie  of "safe" people connected with the issue. They did not
     include  what  former National Security Council staffer  Lt.  Col.
     Dick  Childress  once referred to as the "North Carolina  crazies"
     and "the nut fringe element."

     THEY "KISSED THE ACTIVIST GOODBYE"
       Just as the  U.S.  government  kissed  the  boys  goodbye,   the
     Stevensons kissed the activists goodbye.
       The activists that the Stevensons kissed goodbye are  the  shock
     troops of the movement.  They are the hundreds of every day people
     who have put their careers,   their reputations and their families
     on  hold  while  they struggled to pressure the White  House  into
     bringing  the  POWs  home.  They are the troops who  landed  in  a
     Communist  prison   after  venturing into Laos to publicize a  POW
     reward,  who   were  jailed for a sit in at the National League of
     Families office,  who chained themselves to the White House fence,
     who  marched   into the National League of Families annual  formal
     dinner  dressed  in POW pajamas,   who have been doing whatever it
     takes  to make that safe echelon of activists,  the McDaniels  and
     the  Hendons  and  the  Browns,   seem  more acceptable  to  those
     perpetrating  the government myth that no more Americans are alive
     in Southeast Asia.
       When   the  leadership  of  the  National  League  of   Families
     abdicated  its  role as  voice and conscience of the  missing  men
     and their families in 1984, it was left to the hard-core "crazies"
     and  "nut  fringe"   to  keep the issue alive  with  their  street
     theater, their takeovers, their protests and their hunger strikes.

     NO ATOM BOMBS WERE SET OFF
       What could have been, what should have been, the definitive work
     on the POW/MIA issue is something less.
       "The  book  is  not a disaster and it's not an  atom  bomb  that
     blows  the   issue  open.   It's  a  disappointment,"   said  John
     LeBoutillier,  the  former  U.S.   Congressman  whose  Skyhook  II
     organization has been highly  criticized by the government because
     of its activist  work in the POW/MIA field.
       That   response   is  typical of those intimately  involved   in
     the issue, many of whom are treated sympathetically in the book.
       One general criticism  of the book by those  familiar  with  the
     subject  is that there was not enough research on the  issue.  The
     Stevensons  seem  to  have  taken  the  large  body  of  knowledge
     available on the issue and put it together without setting off any
     atom bombs.
       They also leave unanswered a number of questions that beg to  be
     answered. Why did Ross Perot give up the POW hunt after he said he
     came so close to getting men out?
       How  and why did the League of Families become a mouthpiece  for

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     the government?
       What  happened to Mark Smith's partner,  Sgt.  1st Class  Melvin
     McIntire?
       Why was Naval  Intelligence Service agent  Lt.  Commander  Frank
     Brown, who was mentioned several times in the book, not identified
     by name?
       Why was Richard Armitage's name deleted from the  manuscript  so
     frequently when it was apparent to anyone who knows anything about
     the  issue  that  he is the anonymous high Pentagon  official  who
     keeps  cropping  up as a major stumbling block on a resolution  of
     the  issue?  If there were concerns by attorneys about  mentioning
     Armitage's name,  they need only quote Jack Anderson or the Boston
     Globe  for  sources  on  the  investigation on  one  of  the  most
     mysterious men in this issue.
       The  book  obviously was not written for those with an  intimate
     knowledge  of the subject.   There are holes and  niggling  little
     errors  that  frustrate,  those who have been in the trenches  and
     talked  to the same sources and dug into the same information  the
     Stevensons dug into. In particular there is the matter of Khun Sa,
     the drug lord of the Golden Triangle,  about whom Jensen-Stevenson
     writes so fearfully.
       At one point she writes:  "I found there was a way to reach Khun
     Sa  by  going  through Rangoon,  the Burmese  capital,  where  the
     government  wanted  to get rid of the drug warlord and occupy  his
     `free state.'"
       Anyone  who has worked in that region,  or who has tried to  get
     into the Golden Triangle to see Khun Sa, will tell you that trying
     to get to him through Rangoon is the fastest way to get one's self
     deported, if not thrown into the Rangoon jail.
       Burmese ethnic resistance groups out of northern  Thailand,  the
     Thai Border Patrol Police and American missionaries working in the
     Golden Triangle are the best means of getting access to Khun Sa.

     THERE WERE OTHER JOURNALISTS TRYING TO UNRAVEL THE STORY
       Another of  the  concerns  about  this  book  involves   Jensen-
     Stevenson's  assertion  that she is the only journalist trying  to
     tell this story of unreturned POWs.
       On page 109 she writes:
       "I  had  a terrific and explosive story,  which had  never  been
       told."
       What   Jensen-Stevenson  failed  to  realize,   or  refused   to
     acknowledge,  is  that  long  before she became  involved  in  the
     POW/MIA  issue  as  a  TV producer there  were  other  journalists
     working hard to unravel this tangled story. Bill Paul of "The Wall
     Street Journal," Ron Martz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and
     David Hendrix of "The Press-Enterprise" of Riverside, Calif., have
     been  among  the  most enterprising of print  reporters  who  have
     delved into the issue.
       David Taylor of the BBC, Ray Robinson of the "Daily  Oklahoman,"
     Charles  Wheeler  of the "Washington Times,"  Mike Blair  of  "The
     Spotlight," Gary Lane of CBN, Karen McConkey of the Kingston "Free
     Press"  and  Jason Brady of the "Fayetteville Observer"  have made
     major contributions toward exposing this story.
       These  news outlets have been among the relative few willing  to
     ignore  White  House  pressure  and run stories  counter  to  U.S.
     government and League of Families positions on the issue.
       Among them is a story which Jensen-Stevenson refers to on  pages
     208  and 209 of the book and involves an intriguing and mysterious
     series  of internal memos from the Carter White House that came to

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     her via the Casino Man, one of her anonymous sources.  Those memos
     show  that the POW/MIA issue was strictly a political issue in the
     Carter White House,  which was paying little more than lip service
     to it.   Jensen-Stevenson makes it appear as if Casino Man was the
     only  person with access to those memos.   Had she researched  the
     origin  of those memos a bit further,   she would have  discovered
     that  they  had  already been written about by Ron  Martz  in  the
     Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
       One senses the creative hand of her husband,  William Stevenson,
     in some of the dramatic aspects of the book.
       Threatening phone calls,  mysterious knocks on the door  in  the
     middle  of the night,  stolen briefcases and purses can be seen as
     anything  one  wants them to be seen.  In  this  case,  government
     intrusion was never proven.
       While  the  Stevensons have gotten very close to the  truth  and
     have  done a great service to the missing men and their  families,
     they  unfortunately  did not take it far enough.  It will be  left
     for  someone  else to write the complete story of the  abandonment
     not only of America's POWs from the Vietnam War,  but World War II
     and the Korean War as well.







































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                                WHAT IF???
                         Input by: Marsha Ledeman
                      Puget Sound TBBS - Edmonds, WA
                              (206) 745-6340

                  My son asked me some questions tonight,

                          About the POW's plight,

                 For he has heard much that has been said.

          What if they're not there? What if they're all dead???

      What if the refugees are lying for some reason we don't know???

     What if there's been no prisoners of war since a long time ago???

       What if they all died in torture in a place without a name???

           What if the POW Issue is all just a horrible game???

                 What if all our hopes are all in vain???

     What if the Vietnamese are using us for their own personal gain???

              What if what many are saying is really right???

        What if we brought them all out at the end of that fight???

          What if they're dead? What if they've all been shot???

        ..... I ANSWERED HIM SIMPLY ..... WHAT IF THEY'RE NOT?????

                                Rhonda Cain

       With every single letter I write to anyone in congress and the
     senate, I enclose a copy of these poems just for their consciences
     to mull over. It is effective as I usually get answers to all my
     letters, not that I always like the content, but they are
     answered...

                            Marsha Jean Ledeman

















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     ==================================================================
                              Remember Them!!!
     ==================================================================

            Better VA Benefit Availability for Incarcerated Vets?
                           Input by: Joyce FLory
               NamVet's Incarcerated Veterans Section Editor
                    Desert Dolphin BBS - Las Cruces, NM
                              (505) 523-2811


                         102D CONGRESS   H.R. 1181
                                1ST SESSION

     To improve the availability of veterans' benefits and services to
     veterans incarcerated in Federal penal or correctional
     institutions, and for other purposes.
                    ------------------------------

     IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28,1991
     Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Evans, Mr. Ravenel, Mr.
     Abercrombie, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Serrano of New York, Mr. Ackerman,
     and Mr. Kopetski) introduced the following bill; which was
     referred jointly to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs and the
     Judiciary
                    ------------------------------
                                  A BILL
     To improve the availability of veterans' benefits and services to
     veterans incarcerated in Federal penal or correctional
     institutions, and for other purposes.

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
     United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
     This Act may be referred to as the "Incarcerated Veterans
     Rehabilitation and Readjustment Act of 1991".

     SECTION 2. FINDINGS.
     The Congress finds that --
       (1) there are rehabilitation needs unique to incarcerated
           veterans which, because of their incarceration, need to be
           addressed;
       (2) the Readjustment Counseling Program of the Department of
           Veterans' Affairs could be an effective part of efforts to
           rehabilitate incarcerated veterans;
       (3) veterans' benefits that incarcerated veterans are entitled
           to are not being provided on a consistent basis;
       (4) the resources provided by the Readjustment Counseling
           Program could be beneficial to incarcerated veterans if the
           Program were utilized to assist veterans released from
           Federal, State, and local penal institutions; and
       (5) incarcerated veterans treated for psychological readjustment
           problems can be expected to have lower recidivism rates than
           such veterans who do not receive such treatment.

     SEC 3. PURPOSES.
     The purposes of this Act are to --
      (1) ensure that the rehabilitation and readjustment needs of

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          incarcerated veterans that are related to military service
          are addressed in a coordinated manner by the Department of
          Veterans' Affairs and the Federal Bureau of Prisons;
      (2) provide mental health care professionals employed by Federal
          prisons with the information necessary to diagnose and treat
          incarcerated veterans with mental disabilities, particularly
          post-traumatic-stress disorder, stemming from their military
          service;
      (3) integrate the resources available from the Readjustment
          Counseling Program and veterans employment programs into the
          parole and probation programs of incarcerated veterans who
          are released from Federal prisons to promote successful
          readjustment of such veterans into society;
      (4) provide incarcerated veterans with information relating to
          veterans' benefits and services;
      (5) assist incarcerated veterans after their release from Federal
          prisons in readjusting to society after their incarceration;
      (6) provide veterans incarcerated in State and local penal
          institutions with benefits similar to those provided in this
          Act by encouraging States and local governments to adopt,
          where applicable, the provisions of this Act; and
      (7) ensure the veterans incarcerated in Federal prisons receive
          the benefits and services from the Department of Veterans'
          Affairs to which they are entitled.

     SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
     As used in this Act--
      (1) the term "Assistant Secretary" means the Assistant Secretary
          for Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training;
      (2) the term "Department" means the Department of Veterans'
          Affairs;
      (3) the term "Federal prison" means a Federal penal or
          correctional institution;
      (4) the term "incarcerated veteran" means an individual
          determined to be a veteran under section 101(b) who is
          incarcerated in a Federal prison;
      (5) the term "prisoner" means an individual incarcerated in a
          Federal prison;
      (6) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department;
      (7) the term "vet center" means a facility as defined in section
          612A(i)(1) of title 38, United States Code; and
      (8) the term "veteran" has the same meaning such term has in
          paragraph (2) of section 101 of title 38, United States Code.

     TITLE I- INCARCERATED VETERAN ASSESSMENT AND ASSISTANCE
     SEC. 101. DETERMINATION OF VETERAN STATUS OF PRISONERS.
      (a) DUTIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.--
       (1) IN GENERAL.-- The Attorney General shall, to the extent
           practicable, identify those individuals who may be veterans
           among those--
        (A) entering Federal prisons after the effective date of this
            Act; and
        (B) who are incarcerated in Federal prisons on the effective
            date of this Act and who are to remain incarcerated more
            than 30 days after that date.
       (2) TRANSMITTAL OF NAMES.-- The Attorney General shall, with the
           consent of the prisoner involved, transmit to the Secretary
           the names and locations of those prisoners identified as
           possible veterans pursuant to paragraph (1).

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       (3) METHODS OF IDENTIFICATION.-- In attempting to identify those
           prisoners who may be veterans, the Attorney General shall
           rely only on the records in the possession of the Attorney
           General, interviews with prisoners, or both.
      (b) DUTIES OF SECRETARY.--
       (1) DETERMINATION OF VETERAN STATUS.--
           The Secretary shall contact those prisoners whose names were
           transmitted pursuant to subsection (a)(2) within 30 days
           after the receipt of their names. The Secretary shall inform
           each prisoner of their ability to have their veteran status
           determined. Those prisoners requesting such determination
           shall be supplied with the material needed by the Secretary
           to make the determination.
       (2) INFORMATION RELATING TO VETERANS' BENEFITS.-- As soon as
           practicable after determining the veteran status of each
           prisoner requesting such determination, the Secretary
           shall--
        (A) inform the prisoners of the determination of their veteran
            status;
        (B) inform those prisoners who determined to be veterans of
            their rights and responsibilities with regard to veterans'
            benefits and services and provide them with the information
            described in section 102; and
        (C) if the incarcerated veteran so desires, provide the
            information described in section 102 to those family
            members designated by the incarcerated veteran.

     SEC. 102. INFORMATION REGARDING VETERANS' BENEFITS.
     The information referred to in sections 101(b)(2)(B) and (C) shall
     include--
      (1) the effect of the incarcerated status of the veteran on the
          receipt of veterans' benefits and services;
      (2) the ability of dependents of the incarcerated veteran to
          receive benefits available to dependents of veterans during
          the period of incarceration of the veteran;
      (3) the ability to have debt collection actions pursued by the
          Department against the veteran suspended during the time
          period provided by section 103;
      (4) the availability of counseling services within the Federal
          prison, wether provided by the Department or the Bureau of
          Prisons;
      (5) the potential effect on parole considerations of the
          participation by the veteran in counseling activities;
      (6) the reasons for any reduction in, or termination of,
          veterans' benefits resulting from the incarcerated status of
          the veteran;
      (7) the ability of the veteran to seek a correction of the
          military records or a review of the discharge or dismissal
          from military service of the veteran;
      (8) services from public and private organizations available to
          the veteran while incarcerated;
      (9) the ability of the veteran and dependents of the veteran to
          appeal the decisions of the Secretary affecting the provision
          of veterans' benefits and services;
     and
      (10) other information the Secretary considers appropriate.

     SEC. 103. SUSPENSION OF DEBT COLLECTION.
      (a) FEDERAL INMATES.-- Within 30 days after the Secretary

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          confirms, pursuant to section 101(b), that a prisoner is a
          veteran, the Secretary shall suspend debt collection
          activities of Department against the incarcerated veteran,
          and the obligation of the veteran to pay for debts owed to
          the Department, for the duration of his or her incarceration
          and for a period not to exceed 6 months following his or her
          release from a Federal prison.
      (b) STATE AND LOCAL INMATES.-- The Secretary shall suspend debt
          collection activities of the Department against any veteran
          the Secretary knows is incarcerated in a State or local penal
          institution, and the obligation of that veteran to pay for
          debts owed to the Department, for the duration of his or her
          incarceration and for a period not to exceed 6 months
          following his or her release from such an institution.

     TITLE II-- INCARCERATED VETERAN REHABILITATION COUNSELING
     SEC. 201. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.
     The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall--
      (1) provide readjustment counseling to those incarcerated
          veterans suffering from mental and psychological disorders
          stemming from their military service;
      (2) take measures to ensure that incarcerated veterans have the
          same ability of being adjudicated as having service-connected
          disabilities as nonincarcerated veterans;
      (3) designate an employee in each of the regional offices of the
          Department to act as a liaison between each Federal prison
          and the Department to coordinate the provision of veterans'
          services and benefits for incarcerated veterans;
      (4) review the physical examinations forwarded by the Attorney
          General pursuant to paragraph (1)(A)(ii) of section 202 to
          determine whether the incarcerated veteran is eligible for
          the benefits provided by the Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation
          Exposure Compensation Standards Act (38 U.S.C. 354 note) or
          other relevant Federal laws; and
      (5) ensure that the employee designated pursuant to paragraph (3)
          provides liaison services between families of incarcerated
          veterans and Federal prisons.

     SEC. 202. DUTIES OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
     The Attorney General shall--
      (1) with the consent of the incarcerated veteran--
       (A) for the purpose of determining eligibility for benefits
           under the Veterans' Dioxin and Radiation Exposure
           Compensation Standards Act (38 U.S.C. 354 note) or other
           relevant Federal laws--
        (i) conduct physical examinations on each incarcerated veteran
            consistent with the protocol utilized by the Department in
            conducting Agent Orange registry examinations;
     and
        (ii) transmit such examinations to the Secretary; and
       (B) as soon as a date has been set for the release of the
           incarcerated veteran from a Federal prison, transmit the
           name and location of that veteran to the Secretary; and
      (2) consistent with the security requirements of each Federal
          prison, encourage and facilitate the organization within
          Federal prisons of "self-help" groups and other such programs
          that may contribute to the rehabilitation of incarcerated
          veterans.


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     TITLE III-- READJUSTMENT COUNSELING EDUCATION
     SEC. 301 DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING CURRICULUM
      (a) DEVELOPMENT.-- The Secretary shall develop a training
          curriculum for use in assisting medical, psychiatric,
          psychological, and other relevant professionals employed by
          the Bureau of Prisons in acquiring the expertise necessary to
          diagnose and treat psychiatric disabilities peculiar to
          veterans.
      (b) AVAILABILITY OF CURRICULUM.-- The curriculum developed
          pursuant to subsection (a) may be made available to
          individuals, organizations, governmental agencies, and health
          facilities interested in the diagnosis and treatment of
          psychiatric disabilities peculiar to veterans.

     TITLE IV-- POST-INCARCERATION READJUSTMENT SERVICES
     SEC. 401. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.
      (a) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.-- Upon receipt of the names
          transmitted to the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1)(A)(ii)
          of section 202, the Secretary shall inform those veterans of
          the veterans' benefits and services available to them upon
          release. This information shall include--
       (1) the effect of the release of the incarcerated veteran on the
           entitlement of the veterans to veterans' benefits and
           services, including those terminated or reduced at the time
           of the incarceration of the veteran;
       (2) the availability of readjustment counseling services under
           the Readjustment Counseling Program of the Department,
           including the location of the vet center nearest to where
           the incarcerated veteran intends to reside after release;
       (3) the availability of additional readjustment services from
           State, local, and private agencies and organizations in the
           community in which the incarcerated veteran intends to
           reside; and
       (4) the availability of veterans programs administered by the
           Department of Labor and the Small Business Administration.

     SEC. 402. DUTY OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
     The Assistant Secretary shall designate a disabled veterans'
     outreach program specialist in each State where a Federal prison
     is located to serve as a liaison between each Federal prison and
     the disabled veterans' outreach program in that State.

     SEC. 403. DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UNITED STATES PAROLE
     COMMISSION.
     The Chairman of the United States Parole Commission, in
     consultation with the Secretary, shall--
      (1) integrate, to the extent practicable, the services available
          from the Readjustment Counseling Program of the Department
          into the parole programs of veterans paroled from Federal
          prisons; and
      (2) require that parole officers employed by the Commission who
          have responsibility for paroled veterans establish and
          maintain contact with appropriate vet center personnel in
          order to ensure that paroled veterans who are eligible to use
          vet center are encouraged to do so.

     TITLE V-- STATE AND LOCAL OUTREACH ASSISTANCE
     SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF BENEFITS TO VETERANS INCARCERATED IN STATE
     AND LOCAL PENAL INSTITUTIONS.

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     Within 6 months after the effective date of this Act, the
     Secretary and the Assistant Secretary shall implement a program to
     extend, to the extent practicable, the benefits of this Act to
     State and local penal institutions with respect to veterans
     incarcerated in such institutions.

     TITLE VI-- MISCELLANEOUS
     SEC. 601. REPORT
     The Attorney General, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, and
     the Chairman of the United States Parole Commission each shall
     submit to the Congress an annual report relating to their
     activities in implementing this Act.  The first report shall be
     due on the January 1 occurring after the effective date of this
     Act and each January 1 thereafter.

     SEC. 602. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.
     Within 3 months after the effective date of this Act, the
     Secretary, the Attorney General, the Assistant Secretary, and the
     Chairman of the United States Parole Commission shall agree to and
     sign a memorandum of understanding detailing how the organizations
     and operations controlled by each shall interact to implement this
     Act. The Attorney General, or his designee, shall be responsible
     for convening and chairing meetings and initiating communications
     in order to reach the memorandum of understanding.

     SEC. 603. EFFECTIVE DATE
     This Act shall be effective 3 months after the date of enactment
     of the Act.































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                      Got a minute?  Just drop a postcard!

                                   ALABAMA
                           Johnny Chadwick 110520
                              Holman Unit 5-U-5
                                  Holman 37
                           Atmore, Ala. 36503-0037

                                  ARKANSAS
                        :===========================:
                        :   Arkansas Dept. of Corr. :
                        :   Maximum Security Unit   :
                        :   Star Route, Box 22-B    :
                        :   Tucker, Ark 72168-8713  :
                        :===========================:
       Chaplain Dennis G Pigman                 James Metcalf    088642
       Jerry Barnett     083876                 George Moore     076781
       Michael Bass      086961                 Charles Moorman  076535
       Ronald Brackett   800013                 Herbert Newman   093888
       Richard Brasher   077897                 Michael O'Rourke 000903
       Darrell Brooks    081683                 Michael Orndorff 000889
       Henry Burris      081658                 William Parker   000899
       John Campbell     078482                 Eldon Patton     060104
       John Campbell     076674                 James Perdue     084302
       Tommy Chappell    091711                 James Phelps     084005
       Stuart Clements   082516                 Perry Powell     092346
       Hoyt Clines       000886                 James Renton     073560
       Raymond Coble     088317                 Darryl Richley   000888
       Jessie Cockrell   082169                 Willard Robbins  080976
       Benny Cooper      089393                 Larry Robertson  089180
       James Dansby      082797                 Craig Ryan       093104
       Thomas Dinger     088756                 Raymond Sanders  000918
       Isiah Dumas       079752                 Larry Sawdon     080276
       Donnie Dunivan    082890                 William Smallwood090456
       David Fain        083803                 Michael Smith    087109
       Lewis Fields      083568                 Reginald Smith   085042
       Dennis Glick      086895                 Jimmy Staton     089671
       Michael Hanshew   086275                 Charles Stoner   084433
       Johny Henderson   082960                 William Sykes    084447
       Harold Hobbs      077219                 Danny Taylor     083979
       Herman Holland    084387                 Robert Upton     066236
       Dewayne Hulsey    000865                 Arthur Walls     079942
       Cecil Jeffers     073300                 James Walters    087938
       Tim Keepes        085209                 Bruce Ward       000915
       Larry King        095569                 Derek Webster    091356
       Harold Krigbaum   087060                 Johnny Williams  079023
       Eugene Lilly      091245                 Alfred Wilson    062356
       Scott Macdonald   082181                 Johnny Witham    065978
       James Madison     083401                 Billy Woodard    089235
       Timmothy Mcdaniel 078129                 Gregory Woods    077991
                           Gary Mcdonald    082306

                                  COLORADO
                         :=========================:
                         :       PO Box 2017       :
                         : Buena Vista, Colo 81211 :
                         :=========================:
                           Chris S.Crespin  45523
                           Dennis E.Prentis 43497

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                           Jerry Baack      57098

                           :=====================:
                           : 0200 County Rd #219 :
                           : Rifle, Colo 81650   :
                           :=====================:
                           Whitmarsh Bailey 56715

                                 CONNECTICUT
                             A. David Baez 57020
                                   Box 100
                             Somers, Conn. 06071

                                   GEORGIA
                         :========================:
                         : EG 172282 RCI Box 8409 :
                         :Columbus, Ga 31907-8409 :
                         :========================:
                                Thomas Adams
                               Dwight L.Lyons
                               Donald E. Head

                           :=====================:
                           :     PO Box 8409     :
                           : Columbus, Ga. 31907 :
                           :=====================:
                      David M. McCook (DA-118) EF 18354
                           Jack T. Ruthledge C.I.

                                   INDIANA
                        :==========================:
                        :         PO Box 41        :
                        :   Indiana State Prison   :
                        : Michigan City, In 46360  :
                        :==========================:
     J Michael Ensley  28828 F  Dorm W-84  Larry Lisenby 853325 CCH-149
     Joe DeRado        902975 E Dorm E-42  Richard Martin  9634 CCH-164
     James L. Davis    892971 E Dorm W-5  William R McCall 8031 ICH-404
     Danny W. Hamby    892631 E Dorm W-93 Pat McGuire    892476 DCH-153
     Scotty Hammack    10422  ACH-148     Dinzel Miller   23977 CCH-370
     Lowell K. Idle    893265 DCH-424   Karl N. Robinson 852525 CCH-343
     Richard Kirby     31358 DCH-262    Steve Swafford   874932 CCH-148

                     :=================================:
                     :  Westville Correctional Center  :
                     :         P.O.Box 473             :
                     :  Westville, Ind. 46391-0473     :
                     :=================================:
                             Harold Mize 863934
                             Cory Naples 901359

                                MASSACHUSETTS
                           :====================:
                           :     PO Box 466     :
                           : Gardner, Ma 01440  :
                           :====================:
            George Herbert                          Tyrone Smith
            Ron Gohn T2-rm 273                      Kevin M Pennell
            Arthur Coy                              Robert Thompson

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            Richard Ortiz                           Frank Komnenus

                                Leslie Gomes
                                 PO Box 565
                           Billerica, Mass. 01821

                                 Lance Koren
                                 PO Box 1069
                            Concord, Mass. 01472

                                  MICHIGAN
                        :==========================:
                        :  2400 South Sheridan Rd. :
                        :   Muskegon, MI. 49442    :
                        :==========================:
      Boyd Blair          156418             David Prieto        193367
      Herschel Davis      163765             Leonard Pikaart     179858
      Willi Henderson-Bey 128457             Tim Shagen          203886
      Ronald Kramer       181007             Richard Sheff       180946
      William Letzgus     187075             Thomas Siemoneit    179536
      David Martin        180065             Tony Slusarski      131661
      Teddy McCray        200255             Teddy Stephens      182636
      Danny McKay         147064             Ronald Triplett     132615
      Wendell Neview      196387             James Wilson        180186
      David Oates         190210             Edwin Zimmerman     184779

                         :=========================:
                         :   G. Robert Cotton Fac. :
                         :       PO Box 3003       :
                         :    Jackson, Mi 49204    :
                         :=========================:
                        Robert Dennstaedt      147258
                        Mr. Peterson           167626
                        Mr. Vaughan            1456962
                        Mr. Ron Duvall         119293
                        Mr. Conklin            159051
                        Mr. Thomas Van Antwerp 184766
                        Mr. Michael Deen       201339

                           :====================:
                           :     PO Box 1900    :
                           :  Adrian, Mi 49221  :
                           :====================:
                            Terry Snyder  193889
                            Alex Beaudine 145559
                            Bill Hammes   204434

                                  MISSOURI
                      :==============================:
                      : 8201 N. Crosswell Rd. S.T.F. :
                      :     St. Louis, Mo 48880      :
                      :==============================:
                           Andy Cascarelli 201886
                           David Fox       200406
                           Tim Grassmyer   206270
                           Rick Isbell     207512
                           Earl Lord       196758
                           Antonio Lyte    165094
                           Charles Ray     205764

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                           Eddie Stenton   198136
                           Robert White    182002

                                  NEW YORK
                     :================================:
                     :  PO Box 618-135  135 State St. :
                     :  Auburn, New York 13024-9000   :
                     :================================:
           Ervun L. Armlin                   Donald W. Knapp
             86-C-0782 D-6-6                   88-C-0072 A-3-8
           Ron Chamberlain                   Micheal Mantice
             81-C-0459 C-17-41                 90-A-7640 B-7-18
           Ed Beaufort Cutner                Thomas H. Marlowe
             89-C-1606 C-13-6                  83-C-0834 E-9-16
           Thomas Delmonte                   Alexander Micheal Marathon
             86-C-1021 A-1-20                  79-D-0127 B-2-7
           Gary Emry                         Ferdinand Quiles
             89-C-1315 A-7-24                  83-A-5609 A-4-38
           Elwood H. Fields                  Robert T. Smith
             88-A-4043 D-8-13                  81-A-2188 A-5-10
           Giacomo A. Frascone               Andrews S. Tenny
             89-A-3512 A-6-22                  81-B-2137 E-10-19
                             William L. Hargrove
                              83-A-4292 D-8-18

                                   NEVADA
                       :============================:
                       :     Nevada State Prison    :
                       :        PO Box 607          :
                       : Carson City, Nevada 89702  :
                       :============================:
        James Bishop    31347                  Eugene Perry     29647
        Brook De Nault  29594                  James Raines     31445
        John Doane      14686                  Dan Richmond     15601
        Roy Fudge       29966                  Eddie Romero     22115
        James McGee     31489                  Eddie Sanchez    26895
        Earl Grissom    27536                  Claude Theriault 11872
        Brain Hern      14535                  Robert Turner    30473
        Ken Jezierski   30790                  Harold Weaver    17624
        Harry Lilly     29894                  Jeff Weil        28242
        George McIntyre 25124                  Cecil Williams   23818

                           :=====================:
                           :   Ely State Prison  :
                           :     PO Box 1989     :
                           :  Ely, Nevada 89301  :
                           :=====================:
                             Sam Howard     18329
                             Pete Huertas   15239
                             Jake Reynolds  21763
                           Paul Stadtlander 23389

                         :=========================:
                         :    Health and Safety    :
                         :       PO Box 7011       :
                         :  Carson City, Nv 89702  :
                         :=========================:
                                 Don Miller

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