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United States of America

Central Intelligence Agency

Bangkok

To: Director/Covert, Langley, Virginia

Re: Operation Burma Road

Class: CONFIDENTIAL

Date: February 21, 1981

Captain Jack Robertson, who served as one of our main operatives in Southeast Asia prior to his disappearance on a mission in northern Laos on Sept. 2, 1971, reappeared at our Embassy office in Bangkok last week. We have commenced debriefing him, and a transcript of the information he has given us so far is attached herein for your reference.

Robertson was in charge of Operation Burma Road when he went missing. His mission was to organize a network of agents and informants in northern Burma and Laos to help us monitor the activities of Burmese Communist troops, the Shan Freedom Army, the Karen Liberation Front, and other insurgent groups operating throughout the region, where they all engage in opium trafficking and heroin production to finance their operations. Robertson's account of his nine-year captivity in a remote region of northern Burma is difficult to verify because his abduction knocked out most of our contacts in the Golden Triangle, and only he knew the key links. We are currently trying to reconfirm details of his deposition through independent fieldwork and will forward any new information to you as it becomes available.