Originator: ARMY
From: USA
Document date: 1954-01-11 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/8/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90029-10016

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 100-405298-NR

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO:

TITLE :

ARMY

USA

Heleased under the John F. Kennedy

Ascassination Records Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW

56000 Date: 11-03-2021

DATE: 01/11/1954

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

THOMAS R. PEASNER

THOMAS R. PEASNER JR.

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 3

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF USA

COMMENTS: SUMMARY;

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73000,

LASSIFIED

3

COMSOENTALO

M do to ma

SUMMARY OF

INFORMATION

Freparing Office:

10 Of S, G2, FOURTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS

SUBTECT:

- PRASNER,...

Thomas R. Jr.

RA1 8323089

4923 Reiger Streêt S

Dallas, Texas

Date: 11 January. 19541

Dossier io. C 8054100

I 2FEB

1954

Received from ar

ALL FBI INFORMATION CONTAINED

Date

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIEU

COUNTER INTELLIGENCE

ĐAT 11-15 94 8150& MAC/156

JFIL

SUBJECT was captured at UndanJan, central

sector,

10 miles Northe

"Of the 38th Parallel, on 23 Apr 1951, by an unidentified CCF unit whew

he became separated from his unit?

PEASTER used a CCF Safe Conduct

Pass.

He was serving as 2nd Gunner on 2 57rim Recoiless Rifle with Coj

C, Ist Bn,

Zhith Inf Div,

He was interned at Peaceful Valley

durin dun 1951, at Main camp luca dui st to be 5l, and it Can v

from Sep 51 until his release at Munsan-ni on 16 Aug 53.

Squad leaders were picked by the Chinese, mostly for their leecer-

shin qualities.

The Chinese always called the roi:

Two prisoners appeared

sincere in their leanings toward Communism, One was transferred to Calip mi

The prisoners who were ill, but not sick enough to be sent to the

hospital were placed on a special diet. All IsOw received about the

sane treatment.

Three prisoners who attempted to escape were tied .

and beaten.

Another prisoner was pistol whippod by the CCF because

he attended a study group without permission during Feb- 1953. PEASNER

heard of & Marine POW who was reloased through UN lines: - It was rumored

that

the "KKK" was formed by members of the camp to oppose the Communist

teachings.

An

escape organization had been formed in the British Com-

-98

pany •

PEASNER had heard of an escape station being established by CIC

approximately 50 miles east of Camp HI. SUBJECT was a member of a stuly

froup which was formed to study literature supplied by CCE,

The study

was confined to Irade Unions.

attendance was volurtary:

The group had

to official title and never studied politicni subjects or questions.

203 ECt was interrogated during the Spring of 1953, regerding an

elleged espionage ring which the CCF suspected to exist in the camp.

14 INNER was required to make and sign a statement regarding the things

is lad seen and heard about the espionage ring:

Each company in Cann

bat its own newspaper.

The nane'

of the paper in PEASNER's company was

une diGlobe,"

The magazine "New Life" was not published at Camp #1, but

S03500l saw about three issues of the magazine.

There appeared to

be no

regular listrizution, and it is believed the publicntion was discontinued,

loccuse PEASIER did not see an issue after the sixth week of his imprison.

aedto

SubTECT met a man from the organization known as workers! (run-so

wow, approximately 15 miles behind the CCT lines, who was being utilized

? crient the newly captured personnel as to what they could expect, wher

they reached their permanent camp.

This men wore a uniform sitter

OF LACROSE

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