g ot into. trouble, the punishment would not be as harsh | as that , ne "reactionaries. i particularly collaborated with anip al thorities. ~:~ For infractions, ‘of. camp regulations or. ‘the creation of disturbances, pris- oners were * ‘required to sign a-confession of the crime or infraction. At times, oris oners. were ‘required to .read ‘these confessions over the oublic address system, usually dependent. upon the gravity” of the offense. Prisoners were jailed until they agreed. to» sign confessions. "Peace" letters were on the basis of volun- ry signatures with, the ‘document: ‘being ‘placed where everyone in. the company could read it. This” was usually in- ‘the library. . ‘the following persons were impris oned for. alleged crimes, sentences and charges asindicated.. believes the following. will be returned either on or before the sixty day deadline imposed: by | ‘the terms, of the current truce. }— schtenced™ to two or ‘three years: for being drunk, escaping | Camps and attempting to rape a Korean. d ears.for adninistering a was named.by the = sentenced ‘to two. or three beating tol a prisoner. | Chinese as aving informed that| a Teabened Co Jana. sub— | sequently lead to imprisonment. This was told tol_] by L.._}+ same 28 for Live. “iii On or about 20, July 1953,[ ‘fnu)_was transferred to 4th Company. Reason given for this transfer, was t at was a homosexual. The following prisoners were transferred from the Mth Company to a labor p, location unknown: Co a both of lst Platoon, were trans- ferred in 1952 for al egedly urning down the Company Club, (co ~ transferred in July 1953, reason unimown. _ The following prisoners were transferred from the Ath Company, destination unknown ; | reason for transfer unlnown, transferred in sumer of 198e cow MENTIAL nN Security {atetgration 5 HW 56792 DBocld:32324541 Page 6
CONFIDENTIAL | Security, \" __SUBUE Hors : =a ue Ss Dossier + nn transferred during early months of 1952 ing. the leaders of a ku Klux Elan (XXX) organization in \ Jerid ved that the other “prisoners in the company. thought that] was. res sponsible for. turning these.men in. to the camp officials. claims that he does not écall what. actually “happened on the night these ‘prisoners were ‘apprehended as he wag_out of his head." ["_] further claims thatL____ told, other prisoners t at had informied | on the reactionary group in order ot into the a en and St ST later admitted to ' that[—_] | was not ‘guilty of informing to the [das nistreat _by the Chinese. In early 1953, the CCF selected hen in the company for interroga tion in order ‘to determine. the names.of prisoners who smoked marijuana, C7 told}. [that he was _t: _ fromthe company area one night and, detained until the fo ‘lowing night. ° was forced to stand at ttention for ‘a period exceeding 24 hours. .He vassed out: three times ,. was re- ived each time, and.was forced to- resume the position of attention. Lvs xceptionally weak when ‘returned to the company but apparently did not suffer any 111 .effects.. Marijuana was available f: i constant] tried ‘to stamp out this practice. anel_——] were heavy: Smokers. CT ]itm) 5 an ‘airman and acquaintance off | in: 1952, stated that he was frequently . interrogated on all Air Force activities. Of major to the Chinese, at that time, was the radio™ code used by aircraft. | = dd ta not on. of ‘the information’ or if any. information had been divulgzed to the CCR. . a _ Some prisoners ‘kept atari the purpose of keeping ‘records of pris- oners.who diéd in the Pu camp. caoes not lnow if these diaries were con~ fiscated by. the CCR, ; _ f wtf espe petitions in the camp. - _— believes < reat fe circulation of petitions. helsed to accomplish a cease fire. | — |de~ _tkeves that Communism has. some good points, namely collective farming. "If all 90025-10037 Me -f HW 56792 DBocld:32324541 Page 7
-™ 2 y f # . ‘ CONF NTIAL _— Secu J formation a SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF PHASE II INTHEROGATION Dossier # L people in the world could apply the Communist ‘doctrine, it would be good as it would feed all persons, not a few.!! | Says he does not know if Communism _ would work in the United States and i. not advocate a change in the United _ States until he lnew it was correct." \ \ ‘ wou made a recording in January>1953 requesting UN forces to refrain. from bombing the PW camp. was aided by. |in the preparation of the text. made another recording in March 1953 concerning the cease fire, the text of which'was prepared by _ The CCF asked him. to do it + no threats were used. made the recordings. ‘voluntarily. and, | they were transmitted over Radio Peking. x wf . . an In 1952 coh observed. ‘six uniformed Pussiens passing the camp in a truck. There were n0 Russians. stationed at Camp # fe Co hkees not Imow of-e any. prisoners who \ were not. repatriated from Camp #1. No American prisoners were encouraged by the Communists to remain in North Korea ‘or to go to Red China or the Soviet Union. Mo \ . [aid not personally attend” any. Lectures by: USAR. personnel concerning _ bacteriological: warfare; however, heard recordings and stated. that "if an American officer made. ‘recordings and ‘speeches. germ. warfare, on his own accord, it might be true." S ~ ~ . [J spent his off-duty 4 time studying, Playing hess), che walking and reading. ae kers, swimming, e é j Ue Camp officials who, had  aaiiy” Sontact with ‘the. pits x ‘PShin (fou) ~ interpreter for the Regimental ‘Commander. . Heong (fnu) = in charge of sports activities, AE ( (fu) - in charge | of Study. groupe, Agent's Notes: was 3 At one time, stated that|  _ — desires to be placed in neutral hands andn0 be returned eusj] later stated that he was unaware of anyone not repatriated from Camp #1. also stated that es DeGraw were in good health when he last saw them in- Camp FI. |___[Farther stated that [_ } and Let intinates that they would join the Communist Party "upon their return to the US." All of these statements are contradictory. G-2 Comment: Information in this sumnary was not evaluated because the . interrogations from which information in summary was extracted were not evalu- ated in their entirety. L ~ HW 56792 DBocld:32324541 Page 6