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OCR Page 1 of 5THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN dif
MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
is
SEARET
INFORMATION
WASHINGTON
May 19, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: THE PRESIDENT
ART
FROM:
HENRY A. KISSINGER B
SUBJECT:
Debrief of the MAYAGUEZ Captain and Crew
We have received a report (TAB A) of the debrief of the MAYAGUEZ
Captain and crew, including chronology of events and a report of Singapore
developments regarding the ship.
Chronology
The MAYAGUEZ Captain and crew present the following sequence of events
(all times in Washington EDT):
-- The vessel was challenged and stopped by a Cambodian gunboat
off Poulo Wai (see map at TAB B).
-- Their engines stopped at 0021 on Monday, May 12. They were,
however, able to send out several distress signals.
-- The gunboat crew that boarded the vessel ordered the Captain to
proceed to Kompong Som, which he refused by claiming his radar
was broken.
-- The MAYAGUEZ remained at anchor off the island of Poulo Wai
from 9:00 a.m., May 12, until 9:30 p. m. that evening, and was
then instructed to proceed to the island of Koh Tang.
- em The crew observed reconnaissance aircraft before "nightfall"
Cambodia time (or by dawn EDT).
- - After the vessel had moved to the vicinity of Koh Tang, an
English-speaking Cambodian came aboard and asked the Captain
about the ship's mission and about whether it carried military
cargo. The Cambodians even brought the Captain, the Chief
Engineer, and several crewmen back to the vessel the following
night to open locked rooms for the Cambodians to inspect. But
8.
FORD
U.S. aircraft dropped flares which frightened the Cambodians
and they turned away from the vessel.
DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.5
NSC Memo, 11/24/98, State Dept. Guidelines
SECRET
By let
, NARA, Date 12/20/99