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 CIS NO: 94-S961-1
 TITLE: Hearings on Cold War, Korea, WWII POWs.
 SOURCE: Committee on POW/MIA Affairs, Select. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iv+1044 p.
 DATE: Nov. 10, 11, 1992
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-2             SUDOC: Y4.P93/8:S.HRG.102-1130
 ITEM NO: 1009-B-13; 1009-C-13       PUB NO: S.Hrg.102-1130

 Hearings before the Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs to review the
 possibility that American prisoners of war (POWs), missing in action (MIAs),
 and other military personnel from WWII, the Korean War, and the Cold War era
 are being held in the former Soviet Union.
   Supplementary material (p. 444-1044 and throughout) includes a witness's
 written statement, correspondence, and:
 -- Office of Sen. Robert C. Smith (R-NH), "Chronology of Policy and
     Intelligence Matters Concerning Unaccounted for U.S. Military Personnel
     at the End of the Korean Conflict and During the Cold War" Nov. 10, 1992
     (p. 11-65).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Prisoners of war and missing in action allegedly held in
     former Soviet Union, accountability efforts
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): COMMITTEE ON POW/MIA AFFAIRS,
     SELECT. SENATE; GOVERNMENT.INVESTIGATIONS; FOREIGN.RELATIONS; WORLD
     WAR II; U.S.-RUSSIAN JOINT COMMISSION ON POWS/MIAS; SMITH, ROBERT C.
     ("Chronology of Policy and Intelligence Matters Concerning Unaccounted
     for U.S. Military Personnel at the End of the Korean Conflict and During
     the Cold War"); INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ("Chronology of Policy and
     Intelligence Matters Concerning Unaccounted for U.S. Military Personnel
     at the End of the Korean Conflict and During the Cold War"); PRISONERS
     OF WAR; MISSING IN ACTION; KOREAN WAR; SOVIET UNION

 94-S961-1 TESTIMONY NO: 1          Nov. 10, 1992 p. 69-119, 171-264,
                                      1018-1044
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PTAK, ALAN C. (Deputy Assistant Secretary, POW/MIA Affairs, DOD)
     COLE, PAUL M. (Analyst, International Policy Department, Rand Corp)
     GAY, JOHN P. (Capt.) (Director, Asia-Pacific Division,
        Politico-Military Affairs, Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate,
        JCS)
     KARTMAN, CHARLES (Director, Office of Korean Affairs, Bureau of East
        Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Accomplishments of the U.S.-Russian Joint
     Commission on POWs/MIAs in assessing the possibility that POW/MIAs and
     other U.S. military personnel are being held in the former Soviet Union;
     progress of Department of State efforts to resolve POW/MIA issues from
     the Korean War.
       Background and overview of DOD-sponsored research findings on the
     possibility that WWII and Korean War POW/MIAs and other U.S. servicemen
     and citizens from the early Cold War period were detained in the Soviet
     Union (related lists and tables, p. 185-257 passim); details of findings
     on the possibility that Korean War POW/MIAs were transported to and held
     in the Soviet Union.
 INSERTION: 
     -- Department of State, suspected Soviet detention of military crew
        members from U.S. B-50 aircraft shot down near Vladivostok, Soviet
        Union, on July 29, 1953, materials (p. 1018-1044).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Prisoners of war and missing in action allegedly held in
     former Soviet Union, accountability efforts
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE; JOINT
     CHIEFS OF STAFF; STATISTICAL DATA: FOREIGN COUNTRIES-GENERAL;
     MILITARY.AIRCRAFT (Aircraft shot down near Vladivostok, Soviet Union
     in 1953, suspected Soviet detention of crew); VLADIVOSTOK, SOVIET
     UNION (Aircraft shot down near Vladivostok, Soviet Union in 1953,
     suspected Soviet detention of crew); DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; RESEARCH

 94-S961-1 TESTIMONY NO: 2          Nov. 10, 1992 p. 119-170
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     CORSO, PHILLIP J. (Lt. Col., ret.) (former Chief, Special Projects
        Branch, Intelligence Division, Far East Command, Army)
     OPRICA, SURBAN (engineer)
     SIMPSON, O'WIGHTON D. (Lt. Col., ret.) (former AF Attache, Hong Kong)
     KIBA, STEVE E. (former Korean War POW)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Affirmation that U.S. POW/MIAs were transported
     to and held in the Soviet Union following the Korean War, citing
     experiences with alleged U.S. policy of abandoning unrecovered POW/MIAs;
     description of Korean War POW/MIAs allegedly sighted in Southeast Asia
     after the Korean War; experiences as a Korean War POW held in the
     People's Republic of China.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Prisoners of war and missing in action allegedly held in
     former Soviet Union, accountability efforts
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): POLITICAL ETHICS; CHINA,
     PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (Korean War prisoner detention in China,
     experiences); SOUTHEAST ASIA

 94-S961-1 TESTIMONY NO: 3          Nov. 11, 1992 p. 265-322
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BOYLAN, RICHARD (Archivist, National Archives and Records
        Administration)
     SANDERS, JAMES D.
     BROWN, JOHN M.
     ASHWORTH, THOMAS V. (all three authors)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Nature of Government documents on POW/MIA
     issues; findings of research on alleged U.S. Government abandonment of
     and subsequent cover-up regarding POW/MIAs detained in the Soviet Union
     and Southeast Asia following WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War
     (related correspondence, p. 283-288); defense of sources used for
     writings on POW/MIA issues.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Prisoners of war and missing in action allegedly held in
     former Soviet Union, accountability efforts
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): POLITICAL ETHICS; SOUTHEAST
     ASIA (Prisoners of war and missing in action in Southeast Asia,
     accountability issues); NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION;
     GOVERNMENT.DOCUMENTS; RESEARCH; VIETNAM WAR

 94-S961-1 TESTIMONY NO: 4          Nov. 11, 1992 p. 322-347, 444-996
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     VOLKOGONOV, DIMITRI (Co-Chairman, U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on
        POWs/MIAs)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Progress of the U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on
     POWs/MIAs in assessing the possibility that POW/MIAs are being held in
     the former Soviet Union; details of Commission findings.
 INSERTION: 
     -- DOD; and Department of Army, translation of Russian archival
        materials on American POW/MIAs and other U.S. citizens detention in
        the Soviet Union during WWII, the Korean War, and the Cold War
        period, volumes I and II, prepared for use of the U.S.-Russian Joint
        Commission on POWs/MIAs, May 11, 1993 (p. 444-996).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Prisoners of war and missing in action allegedly held in
     former Soviet Union, accountability efforts
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): DEPARTMENT.OF.DEFENSE;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.ARMY; GOVERNMENT.INFORMATION.AND.INFORMATION.SERVICES
     (Prisoners of war and missing in action allegedly held in former Soviet
     Union, translation of Russian archival materials)

 94-S961-1 TESTIMONY NO: 5          Nov. 11, 1992 p. 348-379
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     KAUZLARICH, RICHARD D. (Assistant Secretary, European and Canadian
        Affairs, Department of State)
     LOEFFKE, BERNARD (Gen.) (Chief, Task Force Russia, Department of Army)
     GRAHAM, AL (Committee Investigator)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Review of U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on
     POWs/MIAs and Task Force Russia efforts to examine the possibility that
     POW/MIAs are being held in the former Soviet Union; difficulties
     experienced in attempting to investigate POW/MIA issues in Russia.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Prisoners of war and missing in action allegedly held in
     former Soviet Union, accountability efforts
 DESCRIPTORS: DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; DEPARTMENT.OF.ARMY; RUSSIA

 94-S961-1 TESTIMONY NO: 6          Nov. 11, 1992 p. 379-443, 997-1017
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     ALFOND, DELORES A. (Chairperson, National Alliance of Families)
     DUMAS, ROBERT
     SANDERSON, BRUCE W.
     HOWARD, JANE R.
     SKAVINSKI, GREG (all four family members of Korean War MIAs)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Failure of Select Committee to adequately
     address POW/MIA issues; efforts made to locate POW/MIAs from the Korean
     War by surviving family members (related correspondence, p. 1006-1017);
     criticism of Government operations regarding the POW/MIAs issue.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Prisoners of war and missing in action allegedly held in
     former Soviet Union, accountability efforts
 DESCRIPTORS: GOVERNMENT.EFFICIENCY; FAMILIES; NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
     FAMILIES