US POWS: DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PROGRAM.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01065A000100030018-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: September 2, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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2 September 1953
R: CHIEF. PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARN DIVISION
US PO t Defense Department Progr
I. I discussed sut jest with Lt. Carroll, Army Psyver POC/S
representatives this morning, looking for information to supply
General Cabell for his PSB Bo4rd lunch n to4sy with reference to
Mr. Kyss' White Paper agenda aa~sd ear f`"! `e followings
a. General Ridgeway b As ordered an all-out paywar plan
on putting across to the American and world publics Cot ie
atrocities against .US P03. Ridgeway is shocked by the
murder of 10,000 Americans in Commie camps and wants the
public, to hear about it day after day after day -via radio,
television, newspapers, photos, stories, releases, pamphlets,
inteer S iews,, ate., even including a Defense White Paper on the
subject..
b. Carroll says the latest info shows about 6,000 killed
by the Worth Koreans and 4,000 by the Chinese.
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2 i diately passed this on at 1100 hours this morning to
He still had time to pass this on to the General
before the General left for the meeting.
3.
will be asked to
ligence and inform:.
General Ridgeway.
bility of their 'being called upon to assist the Defense POW a
appropriate divisions and branches involved be alerted to t ee
believas, and I feel be is right, that CIA
A all possible assistance, in the way of intel-
.Ion, to this all-taut Defense program ordered by
4. I suggest the information above be passed on to CPP and the
a_'SIGNEJY'
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