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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ROGER HALL, etal., Plaintiffs,
C. A. No. 04-0814 (RCL) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY, Defendant
DECLARATION OF CAROL HRDLICKA
I, Carol Hrdlicka, declare and say as follows: 1. I am the wife of Colonel David L. Hrdlicka, a known Prisoner of
War ("POW") captured in Laos in 1965. David has been repeatedly reported alive since the United States withdrew from Vietnam, Laos and Southeast Asia in March 1973. The United States Government has informed
me that he was captured butdied in captivity. On three different occasions, the Department of Defense ("DOD") told me that he had died.
2. A Russian correspondent, Ivan Shchedrov ("Shchedrov")
interviewed my husband several times in Sam Neua, Laos. My husband was
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was seen at the dedication of a cave complex which Sheldon witnessed, See Attachment 1.
3. My husband and anotherPOW named Sheltonwere attempted to be rescued from the communists in 1966, but later recaptured. State Department documents found in the President President Johnson
Library by Roger Hall reveal this attempted rescue. See Attachment 2.
Retired GeneralRichard Secord, the then head of Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") Air Operations in Laos, authorized that rescue.
4. Documents obtained from the CIA over the years never had my husband's name in them. The CIA never has released documents
pertaining to the escape and recapture of my husband. At long last, a document released by the CIA in Hall v. CIA. Civil Action No. 04-0814, indicates that my husband was alive in 1968. See Attachment 3. It has
my husband's name handwritten in the right-hand margin and at the bottom of the document. There should be many other relevant documents which have not been released to date.
5. General Secord is still alive and has personal knowledge about this mission that attempted the rescue of David and Shelton. This Court
should allow Mr. Hall to take General Second's deposition and also
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taKltgofo^scovery ofCIAoffieials whomay have:per#ientksiowle%e abo^Me^ant records and eveftfo
Ideiiar^und^penal^ofpfjtttyihatthe Foregoing is true and correct* Ixeeuted mm .15* day ofJune, 2012.
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