THE POSSIBLE MAP LOCATION



Where three POW/MIA were located. Revealed by their coded message they held in a photo.

THE MESSAGE.

The three POW/MIA gave to the world what I believe was their map location. In hope that someone would decode their message and come looking for them. When decoding the cryptic message, I limited all the possibilities down to be obvious and simple. That the three POWs were located somewhere in South East Asia and they needed to somehow tell someone where to find them.

Their message was short and simple. They gave the date of the photo and the general Iocation of their whereabouts. They also gave a partial geographic coordinate for their location, hoping somebody would infer (conclude) which country they were in and the other half of the coordinates.

THE LOCATION.

The message showed that they were in the north and near the Thailand border. That they could be found along the latitudinal line 19 degrees North. For reasons of keeping the code simple and undetected by their captors, they left out the longitudinal line of the geographic coordinate and the country they were in. Both pieces of information could easily be inferred (concluded) by whoever decoded the message.

The latitudinal line 19 degrees N crosses the northern area of the border between Thailand an Laos.

The Thai - Laotian border runs parallel north and south between longitude 101 degrees E and longitude 102 degrees E.

IN LAOS.

This should put the three POWs in an area on the map at geographic coordinates latitude 19 degrees N by longitude 101 to 102 degrees E. This should put them east on the Laotian side of the Thai - Laotian border area.

Why place the three POWs in Laos and not in Thailand? Taking all things into account, Laos was the logical conclusion. Laos was and still is communistic and was sympathetic to N. Vietn during the Vietnam War. Thailand on the other hand, has been on friendly terms with the USA and is not governed by communists.

THE RIVER?

In that area of Laos there is a small river called the Pouy river. After the Pouy river branches from the Makong river, it runs westward toward the Thai border for about 33 miles. The Mekong river runs south through Laos and into Cambodia and ending in the far southern tip of Vietnam, emptying into the South China Sea. The Pouy river ends about 2 miles from the Thai border. The river runs parallel with and is about 2 miles south of the laditudinal line 19 degrees N.

Instead of the 3 POWs being confined to a prison camp, which would have had a fixed location, prone to detection sooner or later, they could have been confined on a boat. In that way, they and others could easily be transported to new locations and constantly hide their whereabouts.

On the Mekong river and other rivers, the captors could ferry their prisoners undetected as far north into China or far south into Cambodia or Vietnam. And along the way choose a smaller river, such as the Pouy river to hide for a period of time.

One of the main sources of transportation in South East Asia is by water craft of all kinds. The water crafts are a livelihood and a home to many South East Asians.

It would have been easy to blend in with the many boats on the waterways of South East Asia or hiding on a lonely tributary, deep in the jungles.





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