ILL-TREATED, SICK AND IN LOW SPIRITS (Classified) HAD NO HOPES OF GETTING OUT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400210016-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 16
• Content Type: NSPR

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ILL-TREATED, SICK AND IN LOW SPIRITS
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`?f1ONG ' KONG, Sept. 14- A
IvOHIan is priest, prisoner
of ire. lhe4 liinese until last
April, 22, sad 'today that Hugh
Red+ftnd of New York ree blved
the worst treatment of all pris,,
uners held b'ie communists.
Peiping Radio, 'voice of Red
that
China, annou ed yesterday, ,nced
Mr. Resim d been sente
to life dm c ent on "espionage l
wd retce~ived 'thb' ara
nd five others 99g z
Informed' sou
and had died bd`t~as 4 L f Ath
n l the communists were trying
FreerAmer1 uty
re Stills-, Missing
The Rev. Louis urcuffe shared
a vitt'`Mr. Redmond in Shang-
hat. `
He said Mr. Redmond was "in
low spirits and got the worst trcat-
rnent..;of all because his bad temper
cause'd-trouble for hts guards."
Mr. Redmond's teeth fell out and
lie prdbably hac "beri beri, disease
caused by malntrition, the priest
said. The Am n's le ere
swollen and he li dizy sp~ Ile
had..bo bck pftiilg out pi-is-
Re'Jmonct and ottrers In the alleged
CPYRGHT
ally train frbin Canton arrived a
IU. pslUIIe u.l ties z ,
#Verchant sea Capt. Ben Kra ,,
Were aboard.
ys ego they had expelled the
Its cori!idered possible 'the
mmunists had taken the three
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