Hostage Report

National Archives and Records Administration - ARC Identifier 4524406 / Local Identifier 330-DVIC-52850 - Hostage Report - Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense. (09/18/1947 - ). Synopsis: Iranian hostage, Colonel Thomas Schaefer, is introduced, discusses four areas of his experience and responds to four pre-arranged questions. Covers major hostage experiences as they relate to their exploitation; efforts to glean military information from them as well as information on other hostages; forced propaganda statements; pressures used in Iranian efforts to accomplish the above. -