European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Government committed to resolve pow Issue the government s commitment 981 the Dia team working he Issue had decreased to six people and was in danger of being phased out completely there Are now so people on that team and that s just Al Dia Headquarters it does t count All the other intelligence people who Are  he said the government is committed to pursuing the Issue because officials Are convinced that the indochinese have much More information than they have provided thus far. The one certainly among All the uncertainties surrounding his Issue is thai Hose government have information which would resolve most of our live sighting  he said. Contrary to what some people think the answers Are no in Washington by in Southeast  he said the most frustrating aspect of the negotiations with Hanoi is the fact thai the vietnamese and laotian governments arc apparent willing to share All the information they have. It s especially puzzling because they have agreed with Iho uni cd Stales that it should be treated As a humanitarian Issue completely apart from any other issues that separate our  Hill said. He said there has been Progress in the no rotations although in has Boon very slow. Thus tar it s been mostly in the area of recovering american remains. We Haven t been Able to provide As much Progress in the live prisoner area As we would like. But that does t mean to re not trying. The Bottom line is that to just Don t know whether americans Are being held prisoner in Southeast Asia he said. Based on the information we have we can l Rule out the possibility. I d like to have a Crystal Ball thai i could use to predict when to might get answers. Unfortunately i Don  a v Appato Toomaj. Albert Carlson left end Cape Mark Smith in 1973 Etler release torn prison in Southeast Asia. Smith now a civilian says Vietnam still has american Prito Naf. Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesday. E