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| Date 11 April 2000

| Number of pages including cover sheet 4

TO: Dr. Gabor Vargyas FROM: Dave Rosenau
Dept of Ethnography Defense POW-MIA Office |
Hungarian Academy of Current Operations |
( Sciences Center
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Phone (361; 175-9639
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MARKS: Cl Urgent [EI Foryourreview [] Répiy ASAP [] Flease Comment

Vargyas,

My name is Dave Rosenau. | am an analyst in the United States Defense Department's
Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) in Washington, D.C. DPMO oversees the
United States’ effort to account for Americans Jost in service to their nation. During a recent

investigation in Vietnam, we met a forrner associate of yours, Mr, Ho Van Nghe, who suggested

we contact you for any information you may have an the subject: Over the past few years, we
have received a number of photographs from the area you worked in Vietnam, and we would
like your assistance in identifying witnesses, views with regard to the photos, and any other
pertinent observations you may have

We are very interested in meeting with you to discuss this matter. {n particular, we would like
to show you several photos and obtain your in vith regard to when and where they were
taken, who took the photos, and the identities of idividuals shown. We would also be
interested in viewing any photographs you took during your time in Southeast Asia.

“One of our analysts will be in Europe later this month and a brief stop in Budapest could
easily be arranged on April 29". Are you amenable to such a meeting? Please respond quickly
so final details can be arranged. | can be reachad as follows:

La. kép. A washingtoni hadtigyminisztérium POW/MIA Current Operations Center elem¬
zőjének, Dave Rosenaunak Vargyas Gáborhoz írt faxa 2000. április 11-én

központja) részlegéből, lényegében arra akart rávenni, hogy szolgáltassak
számukra bármiféle használható információt — általuk feltételezett — ame¬
rikai hadifoglyokra vonatkozóan, mindenekelőtt pedig arra, hogy segítsek
nekik fotók, fotókon szereplő személyek és helyek beazonosításában. Idézek
a faxból: , Az elmúlt néhány évben számos fotót kaptunk Vietnámnak arról