OBJECTIVES

1. ASSEMBLE ALL RELEVANT FACTS ON EACH CASE FROM ALL AVAILABLE SOURCES:

GOVERNMENTS OF AUSTRALIA, USA AND VIETNAM.

INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THERE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RESEARCHED THE INCIDENTS.

2. GENERATE AWARENESS OF THE FACT THAT SIX MEN HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR FROM THE VIETNAM WAR:

LOBBY THE GOVERNMENT INTENSIVELY.
APPROACH US AGENCIES, AUTHORITIES AND INDIVIDUALS TO GAIN SUPPORT.
GENERATE PUBLIC AWARENESS AT ALL LEVELS.
AT ALL COSTS AVOID THE ISSUE BECOMING A "POLITICAL FOOTBALL."

3. ENSURE FULL DISCLOSURE OF ALL RELEVANT FACTS:

ENSURE THAT THINGS DO NOT GO UNDERGROUND.
ENSURE THAT ALL RELEVANT SOURCES ARE TAPPED.
ACKNOWLEDGE THE SENSITIVITIES OF THESE MATTERS.
MAINTAIN THE PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUALS.
TAKE CARE NOT TO JEOPARDISE ANY ONGOING OPERATIONS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES.

4. ARRANGE FOR A FULL INVESTIGATION AND SEARCH FOR EACH CASE AS WELL AS PLANNING FOR FUTURE EVENTUALITIES:

UTILISE ANY SUPPORT AVAILABLE FROM US AGENCIES.
UTILISE THE SPECIALIST RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA AND ELSEWHERE.
ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THE GROUND ARE USED AS GUIDES.
ENSURE FULL DOCUMENTATION IS AVAILABLE FOR EACH CASE.
ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS mtDNA PROFILING.

This page was last updated on 7 September 2002.