AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : “AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : ‘RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 45907 Docld:327324510 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90029-10002 HQ CR 100-408384-1 Document Information ARMY USA 11/06/1953 7 THOMAS R. PEASNER [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 3 Redact 09/15/1998 APPROVAL OF USA SUMMARY; Page 1 Date: 6/8/2015 Released under the John Kennedy Assassination Records Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NU 45907 Date: 4-11-2015
BUTE NT ttrette een anata matt atin Ae She OREO Nea i wey EA . © . . A Po Py tia i ; C) Bae ad <7 . , WET Y ARES ORMATIO! fl o§ g tal Sax f Pin yan ge | Secua HEADQUARTERS SIXTH ror PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, Ge2 HECLADSIFIED qi al w“ Py score yer Re am an) push | coe aie I has NCE SUMMARY RECAP=-K PHASE III INTERROGATION *) Lat aa Subject surrendered to the CCF at NUNG-GOL, Korea on 16 May 1951. Subject stated that His group which was down to three (3) men, was surrounded and they were trying to fight their way out when they surrendered. When He surrendered Subject had a Heavy Weapons MOS, “He acted as a platoon runner, assistant radio operator and ammo bearer in Company D, 1st Battalion, 38th Regiment, 2nd Division, Subject was returned to UN contre] at "PANMUNJON" on 19 Aug 53. He was returned to CONUS on the USNS Marine Adder on 5 Sep 53. In the Psychiatric Survey it was stated that Subject was marched to the north for nine (9) days after his surrender, but then managed to escape for four (4) days before His recapture. No other details given. Subject was interned at the following locations: CAMP OR PLACE LOCATION oe DATES _ "Mining Camp", (none given} . July» - 18 Sep 51 Camp #1 CHANGSONG - 6 Oct 51 = 13 Aug 53 1. War Crimes and Atrocities, when approxima PsW, mostly American, died of malnutrition, dysentéry, and exposure.” can testify that many PsW were without shoes andy possessed only’ the minimum of clothing. j 2. Esc and Evasion /p0- YY) $ 354s / AM PUDE ITIALI PURITY PMEOR MATION i Suk eee eee a Copies HW 45907 Docld:32324510 Page 2?
Subject claims to have knowledge of escape attempts, but further ques- tioning discloses that He had reference to several spur of the moment and abortive efforts on the part of individual prisoners. 3. UN Prope anda Broadcasts and Leaflets saw one leaflet drop approximately 50 miles north of the 38th parallel in Central Korea. Later He had oégasion to observe one of the leaflets closely, and He remembers that it pictured an oriental begeing for food. He saw some of the leaflets piled up in’ ‘a Korean. house and others being used as wall paper. 4. Foreign Weapons and Equipment -[___Jeoula not recall seeing weapons or equipment of unusual | design. — | 5, Health and Medical Service mo ee had but meager knowledge of this subject. He made no “mention of the prevalence of any disease, and the only medical facility He observed was the hospital at Camp #1. He describes this as a small insti- » tution capable of handling 30 patients at one time. The attendants were very poorly trained; amd, while drugs and equipment were in evidence, they _ were used sparingly.” [___reeattea that there was a marked difference cin the food and living standards of the CCF and the native Koreans. This ‘was not because the CCF had plenty, but because the North Korean civilians had. 80 ttle. 6. Conmunt at Political Indoctrination [_ Frecetves the full range of indoctrination consisting of lectures, study periods, conferences, and Communist reading matter. He was told to ask His friends and relatives at home to Fight for peace and to have ° them petition their senators. co Chinese North. Korean and Soviet Army, Na and Air Force a uilitary Installation | (4) [J states that He saw about twelve (12) jet bombers and. fifteen (15) MIG fighter planes. dand approximately 10 miles south of PYONGYANG -on. or about 15 Aug 53. “(2) Early in His captive! — a repair plant at the Mining Camp. The plant contained a machine shop equiped with lathes, milling machines, drill : Presses, and electric welding equipment. (3)[_____]remembered that He saw a radio station at CHANGSONG, ; Camp #1, while He:was interned there. A Pst, who claimed to be familiar with CONFIDENTIAL [ SSCURTY HP ORMATION | HW 45907 Docld:32324510 Page 3
| radio equipment, told Him that the station had a range of 10 megacycles, and was the center-fed antenna type. bo Military Movement . ee re that approximately 1500 southbound eneny troops moved throvgh Camp #1 in Jun 53. / c¢. Military Construction Subject's only observation of military conetruction was at PYONGYANG while enroute to PANMUNJON for repatriation, He said that the Chinese were laying new railroad tracks. d. Special Defensive Measures (1) At Camp #1{__reported, that the CCF used bunker- type shelters covered with logs and dirt. Tree branches and limbs were used as camouflage on positions and trucks. In the Winter time the trucks were --gplashed with white wash. , @) Camp #1, was completely encompassed by a trench and fox S fall. of 1952. En OS a) “Ade raids were fairly regular at Camp #1 during! \ internment. The air raid signal was communicated by a siren. Blackouts ~~ were frequently enforced, “ . (5) Nearer the front ines,[_____ ]notteea that the air raid alert was signaléd by rifle fire. | Ne Military Training s [__]reoats seeing military training during His captivity but He does not say, where, whenor whom He saw training. He remembered that the training consisted of hand grenade practice and small unit maneuvers. f. Personalities Tle no knowledge of any important enemy personalities at the camps of His nternment. Bo Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) Subject saw no evidence of CBR equipment in North Korea... h. Enemy Intentiong 3 ONE ~ HW 45907 DBocld:32324510 Page 4 oe