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CV. os Ofice MeMOrANdun • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT nr!

TO 1 Dr. Chief, M/OSI. DATE: 3 llovember 1955 FROM W/SI

airan, lorar Chinesc Pow, wtio vas operated upon for eppendicitis while in their custody.

1.T Aiman Erete reported that the only enesthesia he hed et the tise of surgery must have beon an injecticn he receiveà in the right forezr about 15-20 minutes beforehand.

2. After listening to his eccount. it is my opinicn that raundoubtediy vas operated on under local enesthesia.

3. reportel that he bocome ill on the 2nd of August 1954 about 1700 hours end was cperated upon at 2h00 hours. Fifteen minutes prior to surgery, he was siven an injection in the right foreara with s syringe vhich was, es he describei it, one inch in dianeter,5 inches long cnà 2/3 full, It raised a large welt on his foresrn. Àt surgery he wes draped and was unable to see enything. Ee reporteù that he felt a few initial cuts with a knife before the incision was made. He felt consiserable pain but did not strussle or cry out during the proceäure. He has a typical NeBurney incision.

4. à prcbably nisinterpreted the pricks of needle injecting th- local-enesthesia as knife pricks. It is vell known . that the Russians are using local enesthetics extensively.