unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (08/28/89)
DOD: U.S. AND LAOS TO CONDUCT SURVEY
The Laos People's Democratic Republic and the United States
Government have agreed to conduct a joint survey of crash sites
aimed at resolving cases of Americans missing in Laos. The survey
will start on August 28 and is expected to conclude on September
1, 1989. The U.S team, led by Lt. Col. Robert W. Hensley, USMC,
will include technical experts from the Joint Casualty Resolution
Center and the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory in
Hawaii.
The sites to be surveyed are located in Savannakhet Province in
Southern Laos. The findings of this survey will be evaluated in
Washington and Vientiane and be used to plan upcoming excavations.
The United States Government appreciates this step by the Lao
government in keeping with the year round program of cooperative
efforts to resolve the POW/MIA issue, as agreed to in January of
this year. Resolving the issue of Americans still missing or other-
wise unaccounted for in Laos as a result of the war is a matter of
highest national priority.
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