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THE ACHIEVEMENT DOCUMENT OF MILITARY ARCHIVES

COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

CHINA AND THE t;~ ITED STATE OF A:YIERICA

[Original Engl ish Tit le in the Chinese Language Document]

September 2009 - August 20 I 0

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t. General Overview ................................... ......... .. .... ................................... ... ............... ...... I

II. Regard ing the Search Work ..................... ... ........... ............. ........ .. .................................. 2

/\.. Search Process ............... .............. ............... .... ... ..... ........... ..... ........... ... .... .. ........ .. ..... 2

B. Number of Pages in Document ............. ... ......... ...................... ...... ............................ 3

C. !\:umber of Days Worked .................... .. ... ............... ..... ... ................... ....... ..... ..... .. .... 3

D. umber of Participants in the Work ............ ........... ........... ............ .. ...... ............... .... )

Ill. Extracts from Archivallnformation .. ..... ............... ... ...................... ...................... .......... 4

/\. . F-86 Fighter That Went Down at the Muuth of the Chang.dian Ri ver Dandong, Liaoning on April 13. 1 95~ ..................... .. ........................... ......... ..... ... ... 4

13. F-86 Fighter That Went Down at ''Kulongshan" Beach in the Changhai District of Dandong, Liaoning on May 3. llJ52 ........... ... ..................... .. ................ ................ .... 4

C. RB-29 Aircraft That Went Down in \\t ulongbei in the 7hl'n'an District of Dandong, Liaoning on January 12. 1953 ....... .. .................. ............ .. ........................................ .. 5

D. F-86 Fighter That Went Down in the Mouth of the Yalu River at Dandong. Liaoning on July 20, 1953 ............. .... ............ .............. .............................. ... .... .... .... 6

E. P-47 Fighter That Went Down m Xiamen. I uj ian on Dett~mber 27. 1952 .......... ... 7

IV. On-site Verification of the Whereabouts of 'v1i ~; ing American Personnel Based on the 'v1ilitary Archives ... .. ......... .... ........... ..................... ........ .. .... ... ........ .. ........ 8

/\. . On-site Investigation ........... ................ ... ...... .......... ..... ..... ...... .......... ...... ..... ... ........... 8

13 . Extracts from Talks with Eyewitnesse .............. ................................................... I 0

C. Some Photographs of the Work ................ ... ........ .. .. ............ .................... ....... ....... 12

V. Suggestions and Key Points Regardmg the \\ ork ................ .......................... ...... ........ 29

VI. Confidential ity Agreement ... ....... .. ........ ............. ................... ...................................... 29

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I. General Overview

Based on the Memorandum ofArrangement Betueen 1he Minist1y ofNationol Defense.

People's Republic of China and the Deparrment of" Defense. Uniled Sw1es oj America to Develop

Military Archival Cooperarion 10 Search .fur Informal ion Rcdaring tu 1..-'.S Mdillll) Penunnel

Missing in Action Before, During, and After !he Korean Wor. anti the Memorandum oj

Arrangement on Developing Military Archival Coo1Jera1ion Be/Ween the People's Liberation

Army Archives Departmenr and the Umted S1a1e' Department o/ Dejeme ?nsoner of

War/Missing Personnel Office on lnfurmatwn Relming tu U.S. \lftliwry Penunne/ .'vfissing in

Action Before. Dur~ng and After the Korean War. the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)

Archives Department and the U.S. Department ot' Defense Prisoner of War/V1isc;ing Personnel

Office have had friendly, pragmatic and d1'ectivt.> cooperation rt.>garding the '>earch for

information relating to U.S. military per<;onnel mi<;sing in action bdore. during. and after the

Korean War.

From September 2009 to August 20 I 0. tht.> PLA Archives Department. bast>d on relevant

leads previously suppl ied by the U.S. side in Tab A of the Memurandum ofAgreement

Regarding Areas Targeted for Search. carried Oll I a genera I inw<>t igat ion 0 r "evera I m iII ion

military files from the Korean War period stored in the archive . . As of the present .time.

approximately 20 percent ofthe work has been completed. Over 105 files have been di scovered

with leads to U.S. military personnel mi .... sing in act ion. In April ol' thi year. the: L.S. c;ide

provided the Case Recommendations to the People 's Republic of China for 2010-2011 .

Accordingly. the PLA Archives Department madl' an organi1ed el1ort to inquir!! about and verify

lour of the recommended cases (Search '\itt: Case 7R I A. Search . ire Case 7R4A. Search Site

Case 654A, and Search Site Case 733A ). Based on informat ion found in a search of the military

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archives, a special investigation team wa<; formed to go to the Dandong area of Liaoning to

conduct interviews and on-site investigation of the e four cases. Result<; have been attained by

searching the archives based on leads and by wril'ying leads ba-;ed on the archi.,es. Poc;itive

developments have been achieved in the '\earch and verification '"ork.

II . Regarding the Search Work

A. Search Process

Under the leadership of the Otlice of the PLI\ General . taiT Department (G<.\D) and the

Foreign Affairs Office of the Min ist ry or '\ntional Oefen-;e (MND) of rhe Pl.'ople's

Repub lic of China (PRC). the PLI\ Arch1ve'\ Department h:1s organi7ed 1ts "ubordinate

departments to carry out a comprt'hensive 'il'arch of tile-; with leads regard ing the

where<1bouts of missing U.S. mil itary per-;onnel before, during. and after the Korean War.

In accordance with the categoriec; or inlorm:nion listed in Tab A oft he Memorandum of

Axreement Regarding Areas Targelecljor Sc.'arch provided by the L.S. Dep:1rtment of

Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office. the Chinese People's Volunteer

Army fi les and the military files related to the same period wen~ soned. con.,ulted and

analyzed. As of the present time. over ~UU.UOO pages or re :evant ti les have been

consulted and analyzed in categorie that include intellig.ence reports. situation bulletins,

dury logs, and sratistical reports.

B. Number of Pages in Document

This annual work report submitted b} thl.' PLA Archives Depanmenr to the U.S.

Department of Defense Prisoner of \Var/ \11 i-;smg Personnel Office contains a total of29

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pages, including four pages of extracts 1·r~1m milita ry arch1val information,:! I pages of

records of on-site surveys and investigations. and four pages of other information.

C. Nu mber of Days Worked

The Chi na-U.S. Military Arch iva l Cooperation Ollice and the archival research team of

the PLA Archives Department, along with related collection, sorting, preservation and

use departments have expended a total or 4500 workdays/persons carrying out archival

co llection. sorting, consulting and anal~7 i ng . and on-s itt' mvest igations.

D. Num ber of Pa rticipa nts in the Work

The PLA Archives Department has a signed six archive r rufessiona l<; and lm ed four

military archival research expertc; to form a research team. The China-L.S. 'v1i litary

Archival Cooperation Office and the derartmt:nts of archi ve collection, "Orting.

preservation and use have a total often reople specializing in work related to China-U.S.

mil itary archival cooperation. The PLA Archives Department has 20 people participating

in this work.

Ill. Ext racts from Archival Information

After the above noted period of\\Ork. tht' PLA Archive" Department has found <;orne

archival informat ion in archives of the Korean War period that correspond to the c:llegories listed

in Tab A of the Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Areas Targf!tedfor Search and in the

Case Recvmmend(l{ions 10 the People's Republic ofChina for 2010-201 I. The~ are summarized

as follows:

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A. F-86 Fighter That Went Down at the ~outh of the Chanf!d ian n iver, Oandong, Liaoning on Apr il 13, 1952

File Record: At 1300 hours on April 14. 195~. the 'lorthc::tst Volunteer Army

Headquarters reported to the Central \1 ilitary Commission General Staff: At 900 hours

on the 13th, an enemy aircraft was shot down at the mouth of the Changdiun River. The

body of the aircraft fell at Huanghuagou (nine k ilometer~ 1'\E of the mouth of the

Changdian River); the pilot landed at X woxigou (I 0 kilometers N E of the mouth of the

Changdian River).

B. F-86 Fighter T hat W ent Down at " Ku longsha n" Bcad 1 in Chan~ha i . Da nd ong, Liaon ing on May 3, 1952

Fi le record: At 2100 hours on May 27. llJS~. the Northeast Volunteer Army

Headquarters reported to the Centra l Military Commission General Staff: At 1720 hours

on May 3. friendly air fo rces shot down one F-86 jet lighter at Kulongshan Fi5hing

Village. Changbai District, Andong County. The aircran came down on the coastline

approximately one kilometer SE of Ku longshan (not visible at high tide).

The body ofthe airc raft was de ·tro~ed and the pilot killed. Partia l documents were

fished out of the sea. including an air tr.wel passport ["AIR TRAVEL. CARD" written in

English in the Chinese source document! with the number /\58555. a picture of the pilot,

rank of captain with name of A. GILBCR r TE 'EY ["/\. CILBERT. TEN"!Y" written

in English in the source document]. erv ice nr. AQ803490.

C. Rn-29 Ai rcra ft T ha t Went Down in \Vulon~bei in the Zhen 'a n District of Da n dong, L iaoning on J a nuary 12, 1953

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Fi le record: On January 17, 1953 the Central Mil itary Commiss ion General Staff

received a telegraph stating: The fo llowing is a report t~legraphed from thr Joint Force

Command Korea on January 14 n:gard ing information on the PO\Vs from the enemy RB-

29 aircraft shot down on the night of the 12th: At 2145 hours on the 12th, a RB-29

aircraft was shot down over Yizhou and Andong: it came down m the area of Daolongbei ,

NE of Andong. The aircraft wa rrom the 5th Flight of the 81 st Strategic Reconnaissance

Squadron: it took off from Yokota ai rport m Japan at 1630 hours and passed over

Xiangyang and Xin' anzhou before arriving at Xinyi7hou at an altitude of6.000-7,000

meters. According to the POWs. their mi<>sion was to drop propaganda leaflet bombs;

they had a total of27 of these bombs. LeaOets were discovered in the area<; of Andong

and Yizhou. Our night aircraft made t\\ O attacks: after heing hit the aircrali exploded in

mid-air. Three of the crew members an: tlr<~d: we have" total of II prisoners: Colonel

Yanuode [Arnold], commander or the 5R I stAir Resupply and Communica tiOns Wing,

13th Air Force, 39 years old, serv ice nr. I~ 12A: Captain Weidi l Vaadi], 91 <;t Squadron.

the aircraft commander, 31 years o ld~ service nr. A0-825008; Captain Liuweilin

[Llewellyn]. navigator, 27 years old, service nr. A0-2072360 (hip injury); V1ajor Baomo

[Baumer]. pilot, 30 years old. ser ice nr. A0-733786 (severe leg injury): I Lt Buke

[Buckl. bombardier, 33 years old. serv ice nr. A0-7R7245: 2Lt Bulang [Brown]. aircraft's

copilot, 26 years old. service nr. A022~ I 92R: A2C Dumite [ chmidtj. gunner. 20 year

old German. service nr. AF 1939 147: A~C Tangfusheng [Thompson] 21 yenrs old. service

nr. AFI3361709; A2C Pengjiemin [Benjamin), 20 years old. service nr. AF27345828;

Sergeant Bulang [Brown]. 21 years old. service nr. AF36R09947: and A I C Jiri (Kiba],

radio operator, 20 years old, service nr. AF 154263 I 0. Among the dead are two identified

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through investigation: I Lr Weiy i i [ We~'\e). service nr. A0-209 1871: and Airman Hete

[Hart] . (no service number).

D. F-86 Fighter That Went Down in rhe 'Vlouth of the Vatu Rivl'r a t Da ndOnJ!, Liaoning on Ju ly 20, 1953

Fi le Record: On July 21 , 1953 the Central \11 ilitary Commission Air Defen-;e

Headquarters reported to the General Stair Department: Accord ing to a reron from the

Andong Air Defense Headquarters. from I :W:! hours to 1207 hours on the 20th. the 51 5th

Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Regiment: I st Battal ion. 523rd AAA Regiment: I st

Battalion. 542nd AAA Regiment: the independent 43rd AAA Battal ion; and the 61 Oth

AAA Regiment, all deployed in the /\n1hou area, engaged in fierce fighting with enemy

aircraft making a raid on the bridge at the Qingzhou River. A tota l of five enemy aircraft

were shot down (two aircraft went down ne<tr the place of combat. one aircraft went

down in the Qingzhou River. one aircrdft exploded in mid-a ir, undone aircraft fell into

the sea).

E. P-47 Fighter That Went Down in Xiamen. Fuj ian on December 27, 1952

File Record: On December 29. 1952 the Cemral \1 ilitary Commission Air Defense

Headquarters reported to the General Staff Department: At 15:!0 hours on December

27th an enemy P-47 fighter was discovered <-iE of Xiamen at an altitude of200-500

meters making a raid on Xiamen. When the encroaching a1rcraft was 3.000-5.000 meters

from our AAA emplacement, our 521 st 1\AA Regiment deployed ar that location opened

intense tire. At 161 2 hours the a1rcrafi was <;hot down at the Xiamen Airport. and one

person. the pilot (a captain). wa killed.

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IV. On-site Verification of the Wherea bouts uf Missing A mer ican Personn l'l Based on Milita ry Archives

A. On-s ite Investigation

I. From April 23 to April 28. 20 I 0. tht: PLA Archives Department sent perc;onnel. along

with personnel from the PRC ror~ign AlTa irs Ollice. tLl accompany a L . <;. party of I 0

people to carry out a detection survey regarding the downing of a U.S. :tircraft in

November 1950 in the area or Chacvhou. Guangdong. They went to Jiaoshui keng

Vi llage, Fenghuang Township. Chaunn County on April :!4th. On April 25. the

personnel from the U.S. s ide. with direction from an eyewitness, went 10 Wuhuali

mountain, near Jiaoshuikeng Vi llagt: to conduct a local survey and to search for the

remai ns of missing personnel and art icles from the downed plane. ~o results were

obtained from the survey. Al'ter th ic;. another eyewitness was contacted: however.

due to the steep mountain tra tl and the physical cond1tion of the elderly perc;on. the

survey was not continued.

2. From May 18 to May 22. 20 I 0. the nve'>tigation team from the PLA Archives

Department went to Chaozhou. Guangdong to continue the investigation and

verification ofthe downed U.S. aircr:.t l't. A deta iled mvestigation was conducted with

eyewitnesses and even more relevant information wa-, learned. A porti1)n of the

art tcles from the aircraft that' illaga ... in the area hatl ptcked up were collected (the

words USN and For U.S. Navy Use were written on the art ic les)

3. From June 20 to June 25, 20 I 0. the PLA Archive Department investig:llion team

went to the Shenyang Mil itar~ Reg1on Archtves Department. the Liaon ing Provincial

Archives Department, the Shenyang \t1unicipa l Arch ives Department, the Liaoning

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Province Public Security Department. and the Dandong Kor~an War Ml:rnorial to

search the archive materia ls lor leads to missing dO\\ ned U.S. personne l. Based on

leads from the archives, the t~am v.ent tu the Dandong area to conduct an

investigation and search regarding lour <.:ases provided by the U.S. side. cases 781 A,

784A, 654A, and 733A. Ten eyewitnesses or persons knowledgeable about the

incident were interviewed in order to mvestigate and understand the situation related

to the missing downed U.S. military per.;;onnel. An on-site investigation and

verification of the relevant Circumstance-; was carried out. and an exploratory

excavation was conducted at the buria l site of the dead U.S. military av iators in

regard to case 784A, resulting. in a large amount of va luable information being

obtained.

4. From August 3 to August 13. 20 I 0. the PLA 1\rchiw'i Department s~nt perc;onnel to

Raoping, Guangdong to assist personnel from the U .. . <>ide in their search for remains

of victims from the crash of a B-29 <"'uperfortress) in Raopmg County. Guangdong

on November 5, 1950. resultmg in ..,,g.nllicant progress. By means o l· site

identification by people with knowledge of the area. using photographs taken that

year by related departments to compare wi th the pre..;en t day site. organizing villagers

to cut down trees and clear ot"lstacb •. anti using pecial equipment to survey and

excavate the site, this search elTon located over 500 c;mall pieces of debris and

corroded parts (the largest pi~ce being. 15 em long anu 12 ern wide): I I cartridges.

shell casings, and bullets (two cartridges are 14 em long. with a diameter ol'2 em):

five pieces of rotted cloth: and one U.S. 50-cent coin. The mformation provided by

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the artic les found at the site confirmed the specific area where the aircrali crashed and

has laid the foundation for the next -.tag~: of searching lor the remains or victims.

B. Extracts from Talks with Eyewitnesses

I. On June 23, 20 I 0, the PLA Archives Department investigation team went to

Huanghuagou Village, Changdian County. Dandong City. Liaoning Province to

investigate and learn from per<;ons knm' ledgeable ahout the incident about the

situation of the U.S. aircraft that went down on Apri l I~. 1952 and the hurial site of

the aviators.

Li Fengxian of Huanghuagou Vii lag~: recalled: ·Twelve years ago. due to

changes in the land, Mou Jun and I moved the remainc; of the U.S. personnel from the

original location on the mountain to the west side ha ir way up the mountain. We

wrapped the remains in red cloth and buned them at the new location, with several

surrounding trees serving as marker.;;."

2. On June 24, 20 I 0, the PLA Archivec; Department im e-;tigation team w~m to

Kulongshan Village, Dongg<mg Cit_ . Liaoning Province to learn from persons

knowledgeable about the situation ahout the IJ.S. aircraft that crashed on May 3, 1950.

Yuan Deyu of Kulongshan Village recalled · 'That was the fall of 1952: I was

returning home from school when I heard that a plane had come down, c;o I ran to

take a look. The plane fel l into the -..c:a: the front of the plane wac; in the sea with the

tai l sticking out of the water. and th~: r ilot was alread)' dead (I saw first-hand that the

pilot had a full beard). To the best or my knowledge the plane has never been

recovered."

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3. On June 24, 20 l 0, the PLA Archives Department investigation team went to Xinkang

Village, Wulongbei Township. Zhen ' an District. Dandong City. Liaoning Province to

learn from an eyewitness about the L .. aircraft that crashed on January 12. 1953 and

the whereabouts of the U . . aviator-;.

Zeng Fanying of Xinkang V illag~: recalled: "At that time I was 30 years old. A

U.S. aircraft came down nearby: there \\ere a total of 14 people. and three of them

died. One was dead at the scene, another person fell into the trees and died from

being impaled, and another ran to a n~arhy hi ll and <..l ied there. The remain ing II

were all captured by the milit ia."

4. On June 24, 20 l 0, the PLA Archive<; Department investigation team went to Gaijiaba

Village. Yiquan Township. Donggang. City. Liaon ing. Province to lenrn from persons

knowledgeable of the situation about the U.S aircraft that crashed on July 20, 1953.

Chu Tinghua ofGaijiaba Vi llage recalled: "At that time an aircraft came down at

a location five kilometers from here: the pilot died at the scene. No one was allowed

to go look, the remains were removed by the loca l AAA un it. I've heard that the

place that the pilot was buried is sti ll there: it is called Zaoshan Cemetery."

C. Some Photographs of the Work

l. June 21,2010, the PLA Arch ive Deranment mvest igation team at the Liaoning

Archives Department searching the archives for cluec; to the whereabouts or missing

U.S. military personnel.

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2. June 2 I, 20 I 0, the PLA Arch ives D~ranment invest igation team at Shenyang

Military Region Archives Department searching the archives for c lues to missing U.S.

military personnel.

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3. June 23, 20 I 0, a villager from Huanghuagou Village. Changdian Town'>hip.

Kuandian County. Dandong City. Liaon ing Province point ing out the fir'>t site where

the remains of aviators from the U.S. <tircraft that went do ..... n on April 13. 1952 were

buried.

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4. June 23. 20 I 0, the PLA Arch ives D~pnrtment investigation team conducting an on­

site survey at Huanghuagou Vil lage. Ch:111gdian Town-;hip. Kuandian County,

Dandong City. Liaoning Pro' •nee. 1llager Li Fengxian (fir<>t from right) gives his

account of moving the burial site of the ~" iator's remains from the C.S. aircraft that

crashed on April 13. 1952

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5. June 23, 20 I 0, based on a local villager's identification of the bu rial site for aviators'

remains from a U.S. aircra n that crnshed. the PLA Archives Department investigation

team organizing an exploratory excavation at Huanghuagou Village. Changdian

Township, Kuandian County. Dandong City. Liaoni ng Province.

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6. June 23. 20 I 0. based on a local villag~r's identification of the burial site for the

aviators' remains from a downed U.<;. airc raft. the PLA Archives Department

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investigation team organizes an on-"ite excavation at Huanghuagou Vi ll~tge.

Changdian Township. Kuand ian Count)'. Dandong Cit). Liaoning Provance.

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7. June 24, 20 I 0, the PLA Arch ives Department invest igation team at Ku longshan

Vi llage, Changshan Townshir. Donggang City. Liauning Province karntng from

those knowledgeable about the tncitknt about the 'v1:ty 3. 195:! crash ol' a L.:.S. aircraft.

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8. June 24, 2010, (from left to right) Mou Cunda (76 y~ar-.. old). Yuan Deyu (R6 years

old), and Shi Yongzeng (72 )'ers old) from Kulongshan Vi llage. Chang"han

Township, Donggang City. Ltaoning Pwvince gtve thei r account of the 'v1ay 3. 1952

crash of a U.S. aircraft.

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9. June 24.2010, the PLA Archives Department invest i ~wtion team at \Vu longbei

Township, Zhen'an District, Dandong City, Liaon ing Province discussing

arrangements for an on-site c;urvey 'v ith Township government worker<-.

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l 0. June 24. 20 I 0, the PLA Arch ives Depnnment invest tgation team talks with Zeng

Fanying (91 years old) (centt.'r) from Xinkang Village. Wulongbei Townc;hip.

Zhen'an District, Dandong City. Liaoning Provtnce to learn about the J:tnuary 12,

1953 crash of a U.S. aircraft and the whereabouts of L' .S. mi litary personne l.

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II . June 24, 2010, Zeng Fanying (center) l'mm Xinkang Village. Wu longbe i Township,

Zhenan District, Dandong City. Liaoning Province describes the January 12, 1953

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crash of a U.S. aircraft to the PL/\ Archives Department investigat ion team while at

the site.

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12. June 24.201 0, at Gaijiaba Village. Yiquan Township. Donggang City, Liaoning

Province, the PLA Archives Department invesrigation team verifies the ci rcumstances

of the July 20, 1953 crash of a L: ... a ircraft with tho-;t.· knowledgeable ahout the

inc ident.

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13. June 24,2010, (from left to right} Sun Yuhe (76 eur-.. old). Chu Tinghu:t (83 years

old), and Sun Qinghe (72 years old) ot'Gaijiaba Village. Yiquan Township.

Donggang City, Liaoning Province give thei r account l)f the Jul)' 20. 1953 crash of a

U.S. aircraft.

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14. August 3 to August 13, 20 I 0. based on local villagerc;' identification of :1 site where

the remains of aviators were huried. the PLA Archi\ e~ Department and lJ .S. side

(JPAC) investigation teams organi7~ an on-sire excavation :11 Raoping County.

Guangdong Province.

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15. August 3 to August 13. 20 I 0. cartridges discovered at the location in R:toping County,

Guangdong Province where the PL;\ 1\n:hive Dep<trtment ant.! L .S. side (JPAC)

investigation teams organized an on-"1te excavation.

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16. August 3 to August 13, 20 I 0. an ain:ra n pan discov~:r~:d at the location in Raoping

County. Guangdong Province where the PLA Archives Def)anment and U.S. side

(JPAC) investigation team organiuJ an on-5ite excavation .

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17. August 3 to August 13. 20 I 0. a canndge discovered at the location in Raoping

County, Guangdong Province where the PLA Archi' es Department and U.S. side

(JPAC) investigation teams orgnni7~d an on-site excavation.

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V. Suggestions and Key Points Regard ing thl· \\ ork

A. The Chinese side proposes that a PLA Vl ili tary Archiva l Delegation visit the United

States in May 20 II or later to hold the annual technical meeting with the L.<;. side. The

main topics would be:

I. Report on the detailed situation or the investigat ion ''ork. and review and appraise the

results of the cooperation over the last th ree years.

2. To listen to the views of the L ... ide on issues regard ing cooperation lor the next

stage

3. Issues of confidentiality and li mits on the use of mil itary archives.

B. Bnsed on the relevant memorandum between China and the U.S. regarding mili tary

archival cooperation. the scope or the earch lor mi smg L. . mil itary personnel is

limited to the Korean War period. A search fo r the whereabouts of miss ing U.S. military

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personnel from other war periods shouiJ he carried out after mutua l agreement is reached

by both parties.

C. Based on the relevant memorandum bet\.\Cen China and the U .. regarding military

archival cooperation and the cons~n us 01' both sides. along. with the deepen ing

cooperation and the expansion of work. we propose that the funding for work that the U.S.

side proposes to the Chinese side should he adjusted.

VI . Confidentiality Agreement

Without the agreement of both sides. th~ ~:ontent of th is docum~nt m~1y not he revealed to

th ird parties.

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