lo@ 27 ilay 1953 Contacted @Z@at Contact Office regarding tile possi- bility of -the ng a ceptralized file-"na bkds of interrogat Fr ni has-t-old me therei probably a 2 la@e debrief a2ltb-- ng S out of the rtain our contact man for tli .kpo er interesti?l&.point is that therb arc six or seven people _lh at@ @ who last week conducted a.series'of somin2@ifs on various me-ChoTs--(@-f interroc,,atioii. Tiiese rr-ven li.:Lve been interi@Zgated by the British., Riissian., F-mneh., Geman and other assorted EuroL)ean intelli- gence agenciea. 0 ttier iiame mentioned was a 711 11-@@ was er name t be ph ot will che a o se recora was ese semin an er aps of the possibility of arringing similar ones. lie. expects] o come to .4.-ishiriCton in the next we2ek or so and will see wmeet him. It is interesting to knaw th ha! at the people feel t k JIM M& .up mrAaNdOm _,Iy in_ sa sour apple. T'hosmourz9!mm oup were able to sha "61ybistencies in his sto is felt lie has offered to collaborate. 13 ffice Ni aM NlT D STATES GOVE 0 MO R@MTNT TO Chief, ?echnical Branch DATE.- 2-1/May 1953 FROM SP'BJFCT-.---- 1. On 53 the un( 20 May 19 iersigned 3'.nte loo.3;-2n the presence in thi i4 of the Contact. tated he was quesl-vioned many times by mariy indi- viduals ap representing different divisions-of the govern- ment and the.militai-i but claims there was no co-ordination between ;-a,tions were TeD;, 2 int i)oor un..,til latei2..., NNW lie was interrogated in 9 3.nterpretors. many peop -ry, in- le in this count 2 cludi nd e,-,tensively by this Agency. Accor e d-not see agreat deal in as much as the.group of civilians were isoiated from the GIs for.the most part. 4He states thit he was never beaten although his face-i%Tas slapped and he was never forced to a point of fatigue in questioning and no @musual methods of interr0ogation were used. 6 @pon his rele other Ameri balcen through law m resti7lU that his jo __2int is come@c -ion 3.s -somei-7hat hazy o4w@s r@; 2 IP7-anci triere were some gaps whicfi he claims he vyas later 41r-.. t-.alzp, on-' struct. He says that during this period of time, he at7e 13 food and drar@c large quantities of tea since they were t s would be interesting.to determine if the other tan-aricans, 2durin,-, the same period of tra-,rel, were likewise tbhfusbd and hazy and iTI-letITer drugged drirlis were'served as they passed through areas under military 'control.) -e During his trip throu ay-were not guarded or followed but spent-au @heir tiff2le on t:@a@ins or stops along the way. 9. knother interesting point is thit when he was confronted w-ith the gap of ft day or so, he volunteered to submit@. himself to a truth-serum so that forgotten memories would berevived. When I talked with him he again stated that he Iiid made e offer to take a trut2h serum. Although his information seemed to be somewhat general, in view of his willingness) it rlight be an.bpportunity to -test some ARTICIIOKE techniques. 10. This individual is so co-op -trro 3 motives and eve 2 t e alu-tn e7 w'o9 "t h-e- 3 @@tatd s co-ordir@@ rro at of this group or.Amemeam a@ "g the slou.Id be contacted if further interviews are desired. 8 /4q