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HEADQUARTERS, CFC 9518
Seoul, ROK
1June 19XX
TAB B TO APPENDIX 5 TO ANNEX B TO CFC OPLAN (KOREA) 9518X-XX
EPW/CIVILIAN DETAINEES
REFERENCES:
a. Army Regulation 381-10, “US Army Intelligence Activities,” 1 Aug 84.
b. JP 2.0, “Doctrine For Intelligence Support To Joint Operations,” 5 May 1995.
c. DCID 5/1, “Espionage and Counterintelligence Activities Abroad,” 19 Dec. 1984.
1. PURPOSE. To Establish general policies and procedures governing interrogation/debriefing of enemy
and other detained personnel and the relationships among the participants in the process. Cross
reference Appendix 1, Annex E, Personnel.
a. Upon execution of this OPLAN, HUMINT organizations and units will conduct collection
activities to satisfy intelligence needs of JTF Korea.
b.
directives.
Reporting channels and procedures will be based on CFC and component command
2. ORGANIZATION
a. The JTF Korea and ROK JCS is responsible for establishing of enemy prisoner of war (EPW)
compounds that will include facilities and logistics support for a collocated Joint Interrogation and
Debriefing Center (JDIC). The JDIC provides the joint-level theater collection and reporting of strategic,
operational, and limited tactical intelligence information obtained through the interrogation and debriefing
of EPW, detainees, and other human sources.
b. The 800th Military Intelligence Brigade will function as the primary HUMINT element in support
of this OPLAN. Other HUMINT may be added as reflected in the CINCKorea Time-Phased Force and
Deployment List (TPFDL).
c. Specific language qualifications and technical skills will be identified and stated.
3. PROCEDURES. Guidance for processing of EPW and other detainees from the point at which they
come under US control until final disposition. Categorize EPW’s and detainees, assignment of
interrogation serial numbers, document and equipment evacuation procedures and reporting formats and
channels.
a. Enemy Prisoners of War (EPW), Civilian Internees (CIVIN), Detainees (DET), and Inhabitants.
To ensure maximum intelligence exploitation, subordinate commanders will prepare plans and procedural
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instructions required for the screening, identification, segregation, and treatment of EPW, apprehended
agents, defectors, and inhabitants.
(1) All interrogations will be conducted according to the provisions of the Geneva
Conventions of 1949. All detainees will be accorded humane treatment and interrogations will not
interfere with necessary medical treatment.
(2) Within 48 hours, the extent of the source’s knowledge of priority intelligence
information will be determined and reported in accordance with reference (a).
b. Civilians. The initial interrogations of detained civilians will be accomplished concurrently with
medical treatment consistent with the situation and the significance of perishability of the information. The
scope of the debriefing should be limited to obtaining information of immediate tactical significance and
information concerning US personnel detained by hostile forces.
c. Captured Documents
(1) Component commanders will develop procedural instructions to ensure
documents are expeditiously processed, exploited for their tactical intelligence value, and subsequently
evacuated to the appropriate echelon that can fully exploit them.
(2) Technical documents of material design will be evacuated with the equipment
or with photographs of the equipment when possible.
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