Prisoners and Missing in Action Memo

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File Name (Dublin Core): s-leg_629_013_001
Title (Dublin Core): Prisoners and Missing in Action Memo
Date (Dublin Core): 1970-04-20
Date Created (Dublin Core): 1970-04-21
Congress (Dublin Core): 91st (1969-1971)
Topics (Dublin Core): See all items with this value Vietnam War, 1961-1975; See all items with this value Prisoners of war; See all items with this value Missing in action
Policy Area (Curation): Armed Forces and National Security
Creator (Dublin Core): National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
Record Type (Dublin Core): memorandums
Rights (Dublin Core): http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Collection Finding Aid (Dublin Core): https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=23&q=
Physical Location (Dublin Core): Collection 003, Box 629, Folder 13
Institution (Dublin Core): Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Archival Collection (Dublin Core): Robert J. Dole Senate Papers-Legislative Relations, 1969-1996
Full Text (Extract Text): This document is from the collections at the Dole Archives, University of Kansas
http://dolearchives.ku.edu

April 20, 1970

PRISONERS AND MISSING IN ACTION
Today, the total number of American military men who are classified as Prisoners or Missing in Action is 1,472. Of these, 1,008 have been prisoners or missing more than two years; 493 more than three years; 171 more than four years; and 22 more than five years.

One prisoner of the Viet Cong, an Army Sergeant, recently (March 26, 1970) observed his sixth year in captivity. The second longest known prisoner has been held by the North Viet- namese since August 5, 1964. He is a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy.

By the end of 1968, about 100 separate men out of a known prisoner compliment of 400 had written a letter. The average for these individuals was two letters per year. Since that time, another 90 prisoners have been permitted to write; how- ever, as of this time, less than half of the men believed to be prisoners have written.

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