GUERRILLA GROUP ENDS REUNION HERE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300280008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 28, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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America's first special forces'
guerrillas, the fanned O.S.S.I
Detachment 101 that fought
behind Japanese lines inI
World War II's China-Burma-1.
India theater, met at the May-
flower Hotel yesterday to hear
two old comrades in arms.
They were former Assistant
Secretary of State for Fark
Eastern Affairs Roger Hils-'
man 'and Rep. Clark Mac-
Gregor (R-Mir n.), both vet
Brans of sabotage and intelli-i
gence operations against the
Japanese.
Detachment 101, the grand-1
daddy of the Defense Depart-t
ment's current Special Forces E
guerrilla teams operating inl
the'jungles of South Viet-Nam
and elsewhere in Southeast
Asia, held its biennial national
convention in Washington Fri-
day and yesterday.
Its membership roster in-
cludes some of the Nation's
key intelligence and military
figures presently active in
directing training and oper-
ations of Special Forces and
intelligence groups.
Brig. Gen. William R. Peers,
a former commander of the
O.S.S. Rangers in the CBI
Theater, is chairman of the
hoard of the 101 Association.
He now is on orders to the
Pentagon, where he will be
Special Assistant for Special
Warfare Activity. Air Force
Col. Julian Niemczyk is presi-
dent.
The 101 Association mem-
bers began their reunion by
placing a wreath at the grave
of President John V. Kennedy,
who was instrumental in
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