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SOURCE OBTAINED ADDITIONAL POW !MIA-RELATED INFORMATION.SUMMARY: (U) SEE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, TEXT PARAGRAPH 1, BELOW.TEXT: 1. (U) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THIS IS A STONY BEACH REPORT. THREEAMERICANS UNACCOUNTED-FOR FROM THE WAR IN VIETNAM ARE ALIVE ANDRESIDE IN GIA LAI, THUA THIEN-HUE, AND NGHE AN PROVINCES, VNM.2. (eftNr) THREE AMERICANS UNACCOUNTED-FOR FROM THE WAR IN VIETNAMARE ALIVE AND LIVING IN VillTNAM. THE THREE AMERICANS HAVE MARRIEDVIETNAMESE WIVES AND DO NOT WANT TO RETURN TO THE U.S. THE THREEAMERICANS SPEAK FLUENT VIETNAMESE.3. (CHNF, AMERICAN IN GIA LAI PROVINCE. ONE AMERICAN RESIDES IN GIALAI PROVINCE. THE AMERICAN'S NAME IS JOHN HARTLEY «ROBERTSON».(SOURCE COMMENT. I DID NOT SEE THIS AMERICAN, BUT HEARD ABOUT HIM.)4. €C//~J~ AMERICAN INTHUA THIEN-HUE PROVINCE. THE SECOND AMERICANRESIDES IN THUA THIEN-HUE PROVINCE. THIS AMERICAN HAS BLUE EYES.SOURCE DID NOT SEE THE AMERICAN. (Nfl)5. Eeh'tiF) AMERICAN IN NGHE AN PROVINCE. THE AMERICAN IN NGHE ANPROVINCE CURRENTLY -RESIDES IN AN ETHNIC MINORITY VILLAGE IN THEFOREST NEAR THE VIETNAM-LAOS BORDER. THE AMERICAN MARRIED AN ETHNICMINORITY WOMAN, AND THEY HAVE ONE SON AND ONE DAUGHTER. THE AMERICANIS CAUCASIAN, HAS BLUE EYES, AND IS VERY TALL (NFl). ALTHOUGH THEAMERICAN IS FREE TO ROAM THE VILLAGE, LOCAL ETHNIC MINORITIES WATCHHIM TO ENSURE HE DOES NOT LEAVE THE VILLAGE. THE AMERICAN SPEAKSFLUENT VIETNAMESE. PRIOR TO THE AMERICAN'S ARRIVAL TO THE VILLAGE,VIETNAMESE MILITARY PERSONNEL TOOK HIS DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO SELLTHEM. (NFl)6. EG(;'~~ IN THE PAST (NFl), VIETNAMESE MILITARY PERSONNEL ALLOWEDAN ETHNIC MINORITY MEMBER NAMED ((MO» (MOW) TO ENTER THE VILLAGE.MO TOOK PICTURES AND RECEIVED DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE AMERICAN. MOTHEN FLEW TO THAILAND TO MEET WITH U.S. EMBASSY OFFICIALS, BUTUNKNOWN PERSONS STOPPED MO AND SEIZED THE PICTURES AND DOCUMENTS. MODIED IN 2002.1

(SOURCE COMMENT. I DO NOT REALLY TRUST THE INFORMATION ON THEAMERICANS IN GIA LAI AND THUA THIEN-HUE PROVINCES, BUT THEINFORMATION ON THE AMERICAN IN NGHE AN PROVINCE IS 100 PERCENT TRUE.)(FIELD COMMENT. SOURCE REFUSED TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIFlC ORAPDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE THREE AMERICANS OR THEIR LOCATIONS. HEALSO REFUSED TO NAME OT~ERS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE AMERICANS. SOURCE

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SOURCE OBTAINED ADDITIONAL POWIMIA-RELATED INFORMATION.SUMMARY: (U) SEE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, TEXT PARAGRAPH 1, BELOW.TEXT: 1. (U) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THIS IS A STONY BEACH REPORT.AMERICAN LARRY «STEVENS)), UNACCOUNTED-FOR FROM THE WAR IN VIETNAM,IS REPORTEDLY LIVING IN DIEN CHAU DISTRICT, NGHE AN PROVINCE, VNM.2. ~fPYP>1 UNACCOUNTED-FOR AMERICAN LIVING IN VIETNAM. ON 13 APRIL2008, SOURCE MET LARRY «STEVENS)), AN AMERICAN UNACCOUNTED-FOR FROMTHE WAR IN VIETNAM, IN A HAMLET oFt I.. .I I·~GHE AN"'.R~OVINCE, VNM.STEVENS EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE TO RETURN TO THE,p.S. STEVFNS HAS AVIETNAMESE WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN AND IS LIVING·.yvITH ANQTHERVIETNAMESE FAMILY. STEVENS IS FREE TO ROAM THE ~MLET, BpT ISESCORTED BY TWO PEOPLE WHENEVER HE LEA YES THE HAlyILET. A.GROUP OFVIETNAMESE VETERANS TAKES TURNS WATCHING OVER STE\(ENS . .:qm GROUP OFVETERANS WANT FINANCIAL COMPENSATION BEFORE THEY ~EASE"IjIM. (FIELDCOMMENT. SOURCE DID NOT KNOW THE NAME OF THE HAMLET.'·'S9URC~DETERMINED THE VILLAGE NAME BY LOOKING AT RO'S ATLAS AND'~OINTJNG TOAN AREA, THEN CHECKING THAT AREA IN THE ATLAS' INDEX. RO Got·rHE\ ...IMPRESSION THAT SOURCE WAS NOT TOTALLY CERTAIN OF THE VILLAGI;NAME.SOURCE POSSESSES A LIST OF UNACCOUNTED-FOR AMERICANS FROM THE"'YA~ IN~~W ~\3. (~ UNACCOUNTED-FOR AMERICAN'S CAPTURE. SOURCE LEARNED ""'"\ ...DIRECTLY FROM-STEVENS THAT STEVENS WAS MARRIED IN THE U.S. BEFORE HIS"",.""..CAPTURE DURING THE WAR. HE WAS CAPTURED IN A FOREST IN NORTHERN ....:::\VIETNAM. THE PEOPLE WHO CAPTURED HIM CARED FOR HIM FOR SOME TIME "<,.(NFl) BEFORE THE VIETNAMESE MILITARY DISCOVERED HIM, ./\b)(1)4. ~O"'H'~ DESCRIPTION OF AMERICAN. ACCORDING TO SOURCE, STEVENS IS .> ;:::;' !1.4(c)CAUCASIAN WITH TANNED SKIN, BLUE EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, AND A HIGR,·':::>" !FOREHEAD. HE IS TALL (FIELD COMMENT. SOURCE INDICATED STEVENS IS ".,<:/ .fTALLER THAN 70 INCHES.) HE GOES BY THE VIETNAMESE NAME «TUAl'!}(:::'/ f(TUAANS) AND SPEAKS FLUENT VIETNAMESE. .r> §(FIELD COMMENT. SOURCE REFUSED TO NAME OTHERS KNOWLED'G;EA"BLEOF THE JAMERICAN, AND WAS EXTREMELY HESITANT IN PROVIDING :rItE NAME OF TIlE IIVILLAGE WHERE SOURCE MET HIM. SOURCE PLANS ON REtURNING TO VIETNAM /!IN EARLY MAY 2008 AND STATED HE WILL ATTEMPT,TO'LE;ARN ADDITIONAL ;/INFORMATION.) ./ #/,/' .I/COMMENTS: (FIELD COMMENTS 1. :

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CONSRESP: (U) (DPMOIRA-SEA) ..~.Q.UR-CE'Of.fE:r l"STATEbDWAS HIRED BY A THA1NATIONAL TO FIND PRQ.OF'OF A LIVE AMERICAN INSOUTHEA$.TASIK·'·S'OURCE STARTEDC]s~ARCH IN KRACHEH (P), CB WHERE

DUNKED UP WITH A VIETNAMESE-SPEAKING FRIEND. THE TWO REPORTEDLYTRA VELED BY MOPED FOR ONE AND A HALF DAYS TO LOC NINH (P), VIETNAM,THEN PROCEEDED TO THE "MIEV TRIBAL AREA." ACCORDING TO SOURCE, ratsAREA WAS JUST ACROSS THE LAO BORDER NEAR THE PAKSE RIVER. WHILE INTHE AREA, SOURCE DISCOVERED A 78-YEAR-OLD BLACK AMERICAN POW NAMEDWAYNE MARTEN. THIS POW, WHO REPORTEDLY WORKS AS A COFFEE FARMER, ISMARRIED TO A CHRUNG TRIBESWOMAN AND HAS TWO CHILDREN. SOURCE WASPHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE ALLEGED POW AND OBTAINED BLOOD, HAIR, ANDFINGERNAIL SAMPLES TO SUBSTANTIATE HER CLAIM. THIS EVIDENCE, HOWEVER,WAS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT HAD ALL BEEN GIVEN TO SOURCE'S THAICONTACT.REPORTER: (U) 7-02353.IRDT: (U) 20030409.GUID: 1. (U) (DPMOIRA-SEA) SOURCE'S ACCOUNT IS NOT CREDIBLE. WAYNEMARTEN IS NOT UNACCOUNTED-FOR, NOR DID HE PERISH IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.ID DATA HAS, HOWEVER, BEEN THE SUBJECT OF PRIOR DOG TAG-STYLE

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