CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00975A015100020003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 2, 1969
• Content Type: REPORT

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DIRECTORATE OF
INTELLIGENCE
Central Intelligence Bulletin
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2 December 1969
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Central Intelligence Bulletin
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North Vietnam: Hanoi ma release the names of more
Americans e d captive. (Page 1)
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NORTH VIETNAM: HANOI MAY TRY TO UNDERCUT
CRITICISM OF ITS POLICIES TOWARD PRISONERS BY RE-
LEASING THE NAMES OF MORE AMERICANS HELD CAPTIVE
IN NORTH VIETNAM.
RECENTLY RECEIVED OBLIQUE
CONFIRMATION FROM A NORTH VIETNAMESE OFFICIAL IN
PARIS THAT THE NAMES OF 59 AMERICAN PRISONERS RE-
LEASED BY PEACE ACTIVIST DAVID DELLINGER CAME
OdSTRAIGHT FROM HANOI.' THE OFFICIAL INSISTED
THAT NORTH VIETNAM WILL "NEVER" SUPPLY NAMES OF
PRISONERS DIRECTLY TO US GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES,
BUT HE SAID THAT HE THOUGHT DELLINGER OOWILL BE
GETTING MORE NAMES.~O
HANOI HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE FROM NON-COMMU-
NIST QUARTERS TO LOOSEN ITS PRISONER POLICIES, AT
LEAST TO THE EXTENT OF PROVIDING A FULL LIST OF
NAMES AND ALLOWING REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE WITH REL-
ATIVES. THE RECENT RELEASE OF THE 59 NAMES PROB-
ABLY HAS INCREASED PRESSURE ON HANOI FOR A FULL AC-
COUNTING OF THE AMERICANS IT NOW HOLDS.
MINDFUL OF THE POTENTIAL THE PRISONER ISSUE
HAS FOR FOSTERING SENTIMENT AGAINST THE WAR IN THE
UNITED STATES, THE COMMUNISTS MAY NOW WANT TO GIVE
CRITICS OF AMERICAN POLICY AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR AL-
LEGED CONCERN FOR VICTIMS OF THE WAR. SUCH A MOVE
MIGHT SEEM ESPECIALLY APPEALING TO THEM AT A TIME
WHEN ALLEGED US ATROCITIES IN SOUTH VIETNAM ARE
MAKING HEADLINESa
BEYOND THESE PROPAGANDA MOTIVES, NORTH VIETNAM
CONSIDERS AMERICAN PRISONERS USEFUL BARGAINING
CAPITAL THAT WILL NOT BE GIVEN UP EASILY OR SOON.
THE COMMUNISTS GENERALLY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY
REGARD THE PRISONER ISSUE AS ESSENTIALLY A POSTWAR
MATTER, WHICH THEY WILL NOT DISCUSS, MUCH LESS RE-
SOLVE, BEFORE THE MAIN ISSUES OF THE WAR ARE SET-
TLED.
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EVEN AT THAT POINT, THE NORTH VIETNAMESE PROB-
ABLY WOULD HOPE TO EXTRACT A PRICE FOR RETURNING
AMERICANS CAPTURED DURING THE BOMBING YEARS. THERE
IS STRONG EVIDENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THEY MIGHT
TRY TO LINK THE PRISONERS WITH A DEMAND FOR REPARA-
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