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5 e ,e: 'R E T 5P~.KE FrnAL SECTIOM OF TWO XXMM " -'..'\ . EllPD2 FT B28[J5 l 21 OOl'VC .l~R27 5-71 AVH. AL/\,/\ VSl'Hl GH"'G-tt ;1'1T Rt-Yl'l ;·e ;~z:~ DA IL y GENERAL IHltECTORATE OF REAR._S{hVICES SUM.I'll.RY HR. llt8, 23 M.\Y 1971 xx cc .

TIIE REFERENCE TO MISSILE POSITIOHS MAY RELATE TO ACTIVITIES BY THE 238TH SAM REGIMENT WllICll REro1:TEDLY IJA5 RcCotlHOITERING TllE TEP.RAIN WITH Ut/IDEHTif-IED ELEMENTS OF TltE 22liTH\ Af\/\ REcfIMEtlT AND MAY llAVE DEEN ESTABLISHING POSIT I DUS IN THE BT 14 AREA. C31'00~Rl25-71, 25 M/\Y) 3. ADDITIOllAL IHFORMATIOtl COllCEIHlltlG THE HORTHW/1RD ~:ovE:·:Etli OF /\H AMt=P.ICAN POW WAS CUIH/\lNED IH A 27 MAY DI3PATCH TO TltE MILITARY MOVC:MEIHS SECTIOHUFriT 32. THE BT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AMERICAN POW WAS AT T-12 AND HAD HOT YET BEEN TRANSFERRED TO T-11. me REPORT LISTED THE PRISONER'S HEIGHT AS 1.8 METERS (68.8 INCHES) AND POSSIBLY REPORTED HIS NAME AS ~BOOTS SOW,$ WHICH COULD BE A POSSIBLE TRANSLITERATION FOR BUTCHER. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE AMERICAN WAS WllITE AHD HAD THREE BROKEN TEETH. HIS WEARING APPAREL WAS REPORTED TO COHSIST OF A BLACK SHIRT, UNDERWEAR AND LONG MILITARY TROUSERS. BT 32 COMMUN IC,\ TIONS OM 25 MAY HAD REFERENCED TllE tlORHllJ,\RD MOVEMENT OF A PRISONER WllO WAS VERY STUUDORN MIO llAD ESCAPED ONCE DEFORE. IN ADDITION, COLLATERAL HAS DISCLOSED THAT A LIEUTENANT BUTCHER, AH OV-lS PILOT, HAD BEEN SHOT DOWN IH THE BT 34 AREA IH LATE APRIL. 4. TWO MES5AGES OF 27 MAY TO rnE 5?3D AAA REGIMENT HAVE DISCLOSED LOCATIOCOMPAllY TWO 37-~~ xn 4331, 16-33N HJ6-21E Ol{E 37-Mi1 AliO 57-MM XO 4131, 16-3311 11J6-l?E 21W COi1PAl~Y THREE 37-MN XD 3729, 16-32N 106-17E 3RD.COMPAUY TWO 37-MM XV 33J3, 16-35N ln6-15E Ol{E 57-MM XD 3$33, 16-3.!:iN UJ6-l!:iE '1JH" c·oMPAUY HIO 23-MM XD 3533, l6-35N HJ6'-16E JI.ID 57-MM XO 3333, 16-3511 llJ6-15E IN ADDITION, THE STOR1\GE AREAS FOi! TllE COl'IPAtlIES I.JERE LISTED AS FOLLOWS, 15T COMPAHY XD 4131, 16-33H 1~6-19E 2ND COMPANY XD 3333, 16-35H 106-15E 3RD COMPl\~Y XD 3331, 16-33H 106-15E 4TH COMPAllY XO ~531, 16-33H la6-16E TllE SECOtlD MESSAGE REPORTED THE LOCATIOH OF THE l6TH BATTALIOtl' S GUU

~POSITIONS. THE POSlTIOtlS WERE DISCLOSED TO DE I~ THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS, NUMBER OF WEAPONS LO~ATION lST COMPANY ~ XO 39U3?9, 16-38H 106-13E 2 XD 263289, 16-32H 106-12E 3RD COMPANY 2 XD 292397, 16-3~H UJ6-13E 2 XO 280379, 16-3711 1S6-12E 4TH COMPANY 2 XO 243399, 16-3811 lg6-11E 2 XD 244~65, 16-42H ln6-1UE 6Ttl COMPANY 2 XD 253'1J.J8, l6-3SH llH·-llE 2 XI.> 268't27, 16-4f.ltl lif6-17E HHJTll COMPANY 2 USO-MM> XD 2A8473, 16-4211 lll6-0r.E 2 lHHl-MID XO 2164&?, 16-'tlll ll.l6-S3E FrnALLY TllE 16Tll BATTALIOtl RC:PORTEO TllE STORAGE AREA OF ITS SUBORDIUATE COMl-'/\HIES. TllEY l·IERE. l s·r COl1P/\tlY XD 236 3~9, 16-3611 Irl6-ll?E 3D COMPAHY XD

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192'167, 16-t12H UH1-Cf7E HJIJTH COMPANY XO 190479, 16-43tl 11J6-IJ7E 5. TllE MOHTllLY HEAL Tll SITUATION RC:PORT FOR TllE 16HI AAA DATTALION FROM 2JI APRIL TO 2'1 l'IAY l.JAS llBSERVED ON 22 MAY rn A MESSAGE TO THE 5931> AAA REGIMENT'S MEDICAL SECTION. TllE MESSAGE FUIHllER DISCL05ED TllAT THE ENTIRE TROOPS STREUGTH OF TllE BATH.LION lJAS 352. Al>DITIONALLY, IT COtlTAIHED A DREAKDOWH OF SICK PERSOHNEL BY DISEASE, AS FOLLOLoJS, DISEASE CASES llALl'.RIA 64 FATIGUE 33 OTHER ILLllESSES 22 TOTAL 124 AN EARLIER MALARIA WRAP-UP RC:PORT ISSUED Otl 25 MAY ItlOICAlEll TllAT HIE 16111 AAA BATTALIOtl HAD OllL y 26 MALl\RI1\ CASES FROM EARL y APRIL TO TllE PRESEIH, mus lHDICATIHG THAT A SUUSTAHTIAL tlU~BER OF MALARIA CASES MAY NOT HAVE BEEN Pl~EVIOUSLY REFLECTED IN REAR SERVICES COMl-iUtlICATIOHS. CUGDRSS llR. 1'15, 25 MAY 1971) 6. COMMUIHC1HIOUS OH 2~ MAY DEnJEfH ELEMENTS OF TllE 21Hll AAA DATTA.LION A~D BT 33 HAVE INDICATED THAT THE 27TH COMPANY OF THE BATTALIOH IS TO ~ECEIVE A HEW ASSlGtlMEtlT, TllE COllPAt:Y, OH 20 MAY, WAS TO GATllER ITS 122-l'lrl ROCKETS fltlto SElfD ALL THEIR TROOPS llACK TO TllE UNIT. /1Ll ELE1'1ENTS ATTACllED TO HIE C01'1PAllY lJERE ORDERED TO DE AT THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS TU RECEIVE TllE llEW ASSIGNMEtlT. ELEMEtns OF TllE 21JTll AM DATTALIOH 111\VE DEEH OBSERVED OPERATHIG UH ROUTE 914. 7. TllE REAPPEARAllCE OF TllE PROilABLE 13TH COMl10-LIAISON BATTALION W/\S OllSERVED Itl COl111UllICATIONS 8EWEEN Tto:O UlllDEIHIFIED REAR SE~VICES HEMEIHS OH 18 MAY. TllE nm EL EMEHTS WERE DISCUSSING TllE POSS ID IL ITY OF CONDUCTillG AM EVAl.UATIOH OF TllE CAPADILITIES OF THE BATTALION. WITH THE nELOCA~IOH OF OT JG IN JULY 197U, THE 13TH COHMO-LIAISOH BATTALION WAS RESUDORDINATED TO 8T 35. T•IE DATTALIOH WAS LAST OBSERVED IN DT 3'.i COMr.JUHICATlOllS Oil 23 tlOVEMBER 197'1. THE MESS/\GC.: ALSO DlSCLOSEI> A DISCU5SIOH FOR THE USE OF A HEW REPORTING SYSTEM FOR TllE DISPOSITJOll OF ALL HORTl:~ARD /\Ill> SOUntW/\RD MOVING PERSOllHEL. HOWEVER AH EXPLAtlATIOI~ OF HIE SYS"I EM, lJAS tlOT AVAILASLE. C2/0/VCJ'lR58lJ-70, 232G43Z DECC:MDER> 8. A 27 MAY MESSAGE FROM DT 41 FORWARD DISCLOSED THAT A PORTIOH OF ROUTE D't5 (922/~ft(J) i.u.s TRANSFERED TO BT 42. ml: SECTION OF TUE ROAD F~OM KM 19 EACK TO CPRODADLY LA llAP) MAS TO BE TRAHSPERRED

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TO BT 42. IN MARCii, lJIULE OPERATIOH LAii SOH 719 MAS IN PROGRESS, BT 41 HAD MEtlTIO:iED THAT IT WOULD DE rnAtrSFERRltlG HIE F!ESPONSIDILITY FOR THE ROAD FROM KM JB, TO BT '12. APPAREllTLY TllAT TRAllr1FER NEVER TOOK PLACE. C2/00/V~CJ:IR133-71, 122132Z Mf,RCU) XXHH 91.HJ 13285 Htltltl

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