AggieDave 6 #1 August 22, 2003 Damn! Actually, I really hope this isn't true, since life would have definately sucked for our missing soldiers. This brings thoughts about the Vietnam POW/MIA movement... Quote POWs in Pyongyang We have obtained a Defense Intelligence Agency report that states four American prisoners of war from the Korean War were sighted in North Korea in 1993. A North Korean defector reported seeing the four POWs at the Changkwangsan Hotel coffee shop in Pyongyang in August or September of 1993. The POWs were described as being in their 50s or 60s and were under the control of the North Korean military's reconnaissance bureau. They were in the North Korean capital to give a lecture on American "armed power." The POWs were being transported in a Mercedes-Benz. The report, declassified at the request of the Coalition of Families of Korean and Cold War POW/MIAs, also said that as of 1990 at least 10 U.S. prisoners, including "an unknown number of black men," were being held by North Korea in the Sungho district of Pyongyang. Also, in 1986 two Americans were spotted in Pyongyang teaching "western customs, western lifestyle and English" at a North Korean Communist Party school. The defector stated that he estimates that as many 60 American POWs are in North Korea. The declassified DIA report comes after admissions by North Korea that its intelligence services kidnapped Japanese nationals and held them for decades. Japan's government wants the issue of its abducted nationals to be raised during the six-party talks with North Korea on its nuclear program. American POW activists want the issue of missing American soldiers in North Korea raised at the Beijing talks as well, we http://www.washtimes.com/national/inring.htm--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallRate 0 #2 August 22, 2003 QuoteThis brings thoughts about the Vietnam POW/MIA movement... Actually there has been a greater accountability of suspected POW's and MIA's from the Vietnam war than any other war we have been involved in. As of a few years ago the US Army had staff stationed in Vietnam with the sole purpose of looking for the remains of US soldiers and investigating the possibility of remaining POW's. The Captain I saw interviewed said that access is freely given by the Government of Vietnam to any site that the US Military requests. The Government of Vietnam recognizes that this is a serious concern facing the American people, and that there would be little chance of normalized relations unless the issue were addressed as effectively as possible. It has helped to answer a lot of questions about many MIA's, and has brought closure to the lives their family members. FallRate Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 August 23, 2003 *bump* I want people to read this! This has upset me to no end.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #4 August 23, 2003 I have a question about this and of course, I can't find the report *sigh*...however, about the time that Japan was making significant overatures to DPRK to mend relations and DPRK had admitted that they kidnapped Japanese civilians in an effort to strengthen their own intelligence, wasn't there also an acknowlegement that there were a couple American or "UN" soliders from the Korean War that "defected" to the north .. or am I completely off base here?So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tenfootswoops 0 #5 August 25, 2003 These dudes were probably the yahoo's that decided to stay in North Korea after the war. The code of conduct, as we know it today, was non existent during the Korean War. There were like 20 dudes that fell for all the propaganda B.S. that was fed to them by the North Koreans while they were POW's. There also was a high percentage of people that gave up info on their buddies in return for leniency. I believe there was a book or two written about the subject. D.J. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #6 August 25, 2003 Wouldn't suprise me. N. Korea is currently negotiating w/ Japan regarding Japanese citizens that they have outright kidnapped (not even prisoners of war) and held onto for 40+years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #7 August 25, 2003 QuoteThese dudes were probably the yahoo's that decided to stay in North Korea after the war. I think you might find the ones you are speaking of are listed here. This was one of the reasons for the development of the Code of Conduct as we now know it. http://www.theforgottenvictory.org/old/powmia.htm#23%20Non-Repatriates Look under the link for 23 Non-Repatriates It says there that all eventually returned home. Buyt there are still 8000 MIA and some were transferred to the former Soviet Union. Amazon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crapflinger2000 1 #8 August 25, 2003 IF this is true, it sure points to how friggin out of touch with reality the North Koreans are. What possible useful intel can these people have when the last time they were in America was 50+ years ago? Hint: To spot the North Korean spy, look for the guy who dresses like the Beaver. __________________________________________________ What would Vic Mackey do? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
