NO MIAS STILL ALIVE, CIA OFFICIAL ASSERTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00901R000700070032-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2005
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: March 18, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN

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United Press tncerna[ionaV killed in action in Southeast
There is no evidence that Asia."
.any .American prisoners of U.S. records show ~ more
war are still alive" iiy South- than 800 MIA cases still un-
on the basis of previously ``We should hold their"
classified information. (North Vietnam's) -feet to
The agency's' deputy the humanitarian. fire until
director, Lt. Gen. Vernon A. they give out the informs-
" Walters, told the House Se- tion," Walters 'said': "We
lect Committee on Miss;ng .should tell them that this
Persons- in Southeast Asia isn't how "civilized` nations
yesterday: "I regret Ivan- operate." ,'~ . ` " ..
'-not tell 'you' that there are He" described` as` `''not
American prisoners left in accurate" a report quoting
Indochina. The hard evi- 'Rev: Pau] ~ Lindstrom of
dente is there is not."` Chicago- " as ~ saying some
However, Waiters' -told Americans-are being held
the commitkee that some irr a border area in or near
government, "particularly "China. ` "~ ''
North - Vietnam, could And he said the CIA now
quickly ~ clear up questions has. provided .the House
aboutAmericans missing in committee with all the
action. if they would supply information it ; has on the
possession.
Wafters said tkie CIA col-
lected an enormous amount
of information on a top- ".
.priority basis .for more than
a decade. in trying to pin
down information about the
Americana prisoners and
missing in action.
Walters said that "it is .
believed that North ' Viet-
- nom holds significant
amounts of "accurate infer- --
motion on former and cur-
rent American missing. or
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