| eps Caw’, a eens CO) (conripiyfiat! -): a i. a on. L SECURITY INGER OALIDN | . [Jrecaiiea that, "they talked like they were going to keep the peace," : 8. Treatment and Internment Be Treatment of UN. Psi described His first search as being very light. He kept His hand grenades after being searched. He recalled that medical care was inadequate at first but improved later. He was photographed in early 1952 at Camp #1 but was not fingerprinted. Recreational equipment, consisting of volleyballs, basketballs, soccerbalis, softballs, ping pong balls, tables, and nets, cards, chess sets, checkers, and Chinese pool, was available. Punishment consisted of self-criticism, wood chopping, confinement, hard labor, and cages. The Chinese issued sefecconduct. passes at the front lines, prom- dsing good treatment and medical care for the wounded. Routine work at camp consisted of wood gathering, ration handling, and general company details. b. Enemy Interrogation | Immediately after capture] __—was. questioned about the organiaation of His unit, about the meaning of the different colored flares, and why UN troops. had a search light on all of the time. Later He was asked - personal questions, including His past military training: -e. Prison Camps and Staging Areas (1) Mining Camps - located in a medium sized valley with a small river running through it. The camp contained. an ore processing plant and had cable buckets coming to it fr _ mountain, The stream was always milky from the ore processing. While Jens there the Ps. population was approximately 400, He could:not estimate the number of PeW of the various UN nationalities. . a if i. . (2) Camp #1 is described by[__as being located in the village of CHANGSONG, The village and ot were in a small] valley with a river runnihg through it. At the time of" internment the PsW population was about 1400 British and Americans. \ (3) From the place of His capture near NUNG-GOL, Korea Lo was marched , always at night, along mountain paths, roads, and railroads to the "Mining Camp". From the "Mining Camp". He was again marched under identical conditions to Camp #1. . d. Camp Administration [sted the following as being in Camp #1: (1) Headquarters of all camps. RRR STE nee EE tos Pao TE Noe Sa ETT LAL! AATION , pence poet ae er aR eee bE aera nese Ot Bone ~ HW 45907 DBocld:32324510 Page 5
HW 45907 Ai af eM OME EEN ns CNET che onl FRR ET RET ot a ABE SecuRn Y INES, cA ARON Three Regimental Commanders Three Regimental Instructors Company Commanders Assistant Company Commanders Company Instructors Platoon Leaders Platoon Instructors 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ( ( ( ( ( ( ( e, Mai 41 ‘and Censorship . [Jrecetved approximately 40 letters, intermittently, during His con jnement. All of the letters were OO Eee eetione and He was limited to three (3) outgoing letters a month mentioned that the Chinese tried to influence » the Pail by explaining what they were to write in their letters. wet fe US, Broadea ste, Periodicals, and News Releases a stated that US broadcasts were not heard in camp, and the only literature He saw was the Readers Digest, cartoons, and sports news. “ge Eneny News L _nirecatie that Radio MOSCOW was heard a few times a week and Radio PRIPING every night. Newspapers, magazines, and other pub- lications emanating from the following listed countries weré available: -. med) China: (a) China Monthly Review (b) Peoples China (c) Shanghai News (d) China Pictorial (a) “Soviet Literature Up) Novels by Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Engels ~ (3) Bulgaria (a) Bulgaria Today (4) Czechkoslovakia (a) Czeckoslovakia Life (5) Britain (a) London Daily Worker (o) I Appeal (a) New York Daily Worker (o) National Guardian DoclId: 323274510 Page 6
* ; ice £3} \ SEC URI y its h. Enemy PsyNar Agencies [haa no knowledge of PsyWar Agencies. 9. Activities in Enemy Rear Areas /* Enemy: Attitudes [___|statea that front line troops were more understanding of Pai ‘and would share things with them. The rear area troops, on the other hand, were “just the opposite. He could recall no incidents of a friendly nature on the part of the enemy. He claimed that He made no friends, thinks bribery would be impossible, and believes Chinese and North Koreans dislike each other » b. Sabotage, Guerrilla Warfare, and Underground Activity -@, Foreed (Slave) Labor d. Psychological Vulnerabilities - | Ds Subject, gave no information pertinent to the following: 10.. Enemy Intelligence Activities a. Enemy Intelligence ee [___letatea that the guards at camp reported to Regimental Headquarters. He also recalled that the enemy seemed completely supplied with US.. Army TO&&s. b. " Communieation Security : On this subject] _|mentdoned. that He was asked if He knew any codes. He neither heard nor saw any instances of the enemy monitoring UN communicatiéns. i. Others had no information on any of the coastal areas in enemy territory. He remembered that the terrain was mountainous, that traffic was ‘usually heavy on roads, but that rain would flood roads and snow would cause | land slides, He observed that everything seemed to have been bombed out, but that the railroads were still operating. . 12. Towns Industry, and Mining Subject had no information pertinent to this topic. HW 45907 DBocld:32324510 Page 7
ee 13,” Recommendations The members of the JIPB indicated no further interest in HIBBERD. e Apparently answered all questions to the best of His ability. Since He 8 in no particular position to observe incidents or objects of good military intelligence value it is doubted that further interrogation would be productive, DISTRIBUTION: 10 = G2 DEPTAR 19 - G2 AFFE ~ 1 - G2 CONUS ARMY (5) 1 - G2 MDW 1 = G2 USARPAC 1 - G2 USARCARIB 2 File — DoclId: 323274510 Page 6