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: 1104-10069-10132 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET 21 July 63 RI/ANALYSIS OFFICER'S INITIALS DATE NO. FUSA-3202 COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from, to whom. Draw line to comment of each officer. PAYELRAD, EDOUARD Date 10 July 63 FR Veles EF6/4/Sim FR/4/C84 OCT 27 1650 FOR OUR OF RI ONLY" Do not write below this line RI/AN 11/5 12. 13. 14 RITY RI/FI-1409 L EDITIONS OP-1410-86 SECRET CONFIDENTIAL FOR ACTION OR INFO ONLY UNCLASSIFIED DATE 1 JUL 1963 07483 REPRODUCTION IS BEST OBTAINABLE FROM APERTURE CARD SUBMITTED 14-00000

VIA ALF From: Chief of Station, Viet Nam Info: Chief, FE General: Operational/FU Only July 63 Subject: Specific Information concerning Lam A ACTION REQUIRED None In answer to request of Gregory G. SAMMAS, the following is a composite of information from P. ALE (TOFU) (IFN 1) and VERALL N. ANDREEV (IFN 2) concerning Lam A.

  1. Description of subject: Between 30 and 40 years old, about 6 feet tall, rather bald, well spoken, very strong and vigorous, Mao shirt taste, Jewish. Speaks English and French. He is married and has one 9 or 10-year old daughter. He has a sister in Nam Khart who is a materialized American citizen. May always speak French; some English; has an impressive library; reads continuously and paints very well.

  2. Early during the war he was deported as a Jew to a German concentration camp (tattooed prisoner's identification number on right forearm--0976), there he spent several horrible years and survived only by luck. Since 1949 he has spent part of his time in Laos and was apparently in intelligence or related activities most of the time. (Former reports indicate that former map is located 1930-1932 connected in Laos by an officer from SDECE to neutralized operations and was shortly afterwards declared persona non grata by the French).

  3. Subject took part as a civilian in the Atlantic Operation, AO. According to one report, was in this work as a means of money to make propaganda, buy off the opposition, etc. (Lassa D) and MARKEN (LAM) collaborated in Lam A's accomplishment in Central Viet Nam among the few notable achievements in that area, particularly in respect to his contribution to the Vietnamese pacification program which he coordinated throughout the course of Operation Atlantic.

  4. Subject is an old friend of Col. Jean Gardeneral, former chief of UNIS at Da Lat (Sam-1999). In one National Security Division, during which time he proposed to VILLIEM joint operations--postal resources and experience (similar to Banoi proposal, above) but VILLIEM refused, considered proposal pre- varication resource.

  5. March-April 1954, subject approached Station and USOM/ID for military support for program to support smallness of a people's militia (month militia) in the Hua Hong area. Information and correspondence on this proposal will be sent upon request. SECRET REPRODUCTION IS BEST OBTAINABLE FROM APERTURE CARD SUBMITTED GALLIWENS CAUTIOUS

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  1. In February-March 1954, subject was sent by the French on a special mission to Poland and East Germany to attend a conference.

  2. Subject claims that while working for USIS he supervised an operation from Saigon, the latter stated that he be removed from Saigon. Subject claimed that the USIS wanted to get rid of him for "political" reasons--approximately 15 December 1954.

  3. At present subject is (sometimes addicted to French Film productions) at Kamp 7 or of 31 December 1954. He frequently travels to Saigon, and can have lost 17 days.

Headquarters Vienne, US 20 June 1955

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