My apologies, this may be a long toilet break read. September 15th, 1972 then Lt General Tran Van Quang of the North Vietnamese Army sent a message to the Russian Politburo. Quang had been implemental during the siege of Dien Bien Phu which was the death nail for French colonialism. His voice had ears. Rumor has it the last French POWs captured during the French Indochina war which ended in 1954 was released in the early 80's after reparations were paid by the French to the Vietnamese. During what the Vietnamese call the "American War," Lt General Tran Van Quang was responsible for overseeing the conduct and treatment of US POWs captured by North Vietnamese forces. His September 15th, 1972 report speaks volumes...that the Vietnamese and American government wants silenced. The document was discovered by Harvard researcher Stephen Morris in the post-cold war years digging through Soviet documents in Russia. Titled "The Quang 1205 Document," then President Bill Clinton wanted this document considered "TOP SECRET." The reason why the US Government wanted this document found in former Soviet archives labeled "TOP SECRET" is because of the date, the number, the originator, and the recipient. On September 15, 1972, Lt General Tran Van Quang of the North Vietnamese Army gave a briefing paper to their Soviet allies. It details their current efforts in military, strategic, and propaganda efforts, and also strikes down into ink the exact number of American POWs they held under their captivity...1,205. After the January 27, 1973 Paris Peace Accords were signed "ending" US combat actions in SE Asia, 591 American POW's were released. So what happened to the 614 not released? Were there more? Here are several quotes from the Quang 1205 document: Continued on part 2 due to character limits in posts.