
Prodigy Interactive personal service June 17, 1992


         Pentagon Probes One Specific Case

The US is investigating a specific report that an American
serviceman missing since the Korean War is in Russia, the
Pentagon reports.

"We have no idea whether it's true or not, but obviously
this is the kind of information that we will pursue very
aggressively," said Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams.

Williams said he assumed the missing American was one
described by the top Russian member of a joint commission
that has been investigating whether American servicemen were
ever held prisoner in the former Soviet Union.

Gen Dmitri Volkogonov said that the Russian siad had
received a letter several days ago from the Ural Mountains
in central Russia saying an American was living there. He
said the Russians are investigating the report and expect to
know whether it is true by the end of this month.

"We are investigating an unconfirmed report that a US
serviceman, probably from the Korean War, is still alive in
the former Soviet Union," Wiliams said.

Williams said he could not reveal the source of the report
or say where the American is believed to be. He said the
Pentagon received the information several days ago.

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