INTERROGATION OF ENEMY AIRMEN

[Music] this is the enemy and enemies no longer to be feared an impotent enemy whose fighting days are over prisoners of war who by their capture have been transformed from instruments of destruction into one of the most valuable sources of intelligence each of these prisoners is a potential mine of information about the enemy through under international law all a prisoner of war is required to reveal is his name rank and serial number but the cases where this information alone is forthcoming are the exception rather than the rule of course enemy airmen are not captured in this quantity but like other prisoners they can be made to talk not by violence but through a technique of interrogation carried on by a group of specialists air interrogation officers however one thing must be remembered these men were individuals before they became regimented soldiers all we look like now are just prisoners but this man may have been a scientist a teacher a writer a philosopher a politician a businessman just as this man was an officer in the German army during the last war a magazine writer of Italian American parentage a former missionary in Japan a report on an American newspaper in Tokyo a singer who studied in Italy a teacher of German literature most of the others seated in this classroom beginning their education in prisoner of war interrogation our lawyers our business executives a good interrogator must have four essentials memory tact a wide military knowledge and a fluency in one or more enemy languages only with this equipment can he carry on in the mental flash of prisoner against interrogator well now that we've tabbed them let's teach them prisoner of war interrogation gentlemen is one of the most important functions of intelligence in vwi the sole purpose of your examination of personnel documents or material is to provide information about the enemy to the high command and to all tactical units concerned with a maximum of completeness accuracy and speed conversely a high command to keep you informed of all recent developments in the enemy's organization's equipment plans and activities in Germany there are several distinct peoples it's important to know their various dialects customs habits and religious and social conditions the more you know about your prisoners background the better you'll be able to deal with well these men concentrate on German history economics military language politics organization of the Luftwaffe and so forth other students are being taught the same things in relation to Italy and Japan once you start to become an air interrogation officer you're in for a lifelong education crowded into just a few weeks that's what Savoia Marquette es m79 bomber and reconnaissance powered by 3 750 horsepower radials top speed 295 miles per hour yes they have to learn their aircraft too they never know when the crew of an SM 79 may drop in on them socially prisoners immediately after capture should be segregated in groups of officers noncommissioned officers of type they should also be isolated as individuals until they're interrogated to keep them from conversing with one another over their captain's yes what about beating them back out no food drink or cigarettes until later it's all part of the softening up process how soon should the interrogation take place captain say after a plane crash the sooner the better doesn't the NomCom sometimes question the prisoner before he's interrogated yes but only routine questions about name rank and serial number answers to which he passes on promptly to the AI oh now as soon as a prisoner is captured his belongings should be taken away from him and turned over promptly to the AI Oh for thorough examination the Japanese soldier is swaggering self-confident fanatically devoted to duty and eager to achieve an honored place among Japan's heroes being a prisoner is the worst possible disgrace that can befall our is captured his commander orders a box of ashes sent to his family as far as they're concerned he's dead yes you mean his wife and remarry legally and instantly if she's in the move the emblem of the air force the silver braid with two pips of yellow metal's to captain the silver eagle and gold wreath show you the pilot observant the short wreath with three wings also showed that he's a captain the ground forces who capture air prisoners but turn them over immediately to the AI Oh for the first interrogation after that they can be interrogated interned by the ground forces just as ground horse prisoners especially those who are attached to airdromes or have any connection with the enemy Air Forces should have a second interrogation by the AI Oh are there any questions yes major should you take notes during an interrogation no and there are no exceptions to that rule put your notes down on paper right after you threw it yes what happens when an AI L who knows only German comes up against an Italian prisoner doesn't he have to use an interpreter interpreters are to be used only as a last resort it's never as effective as seeing your prisoner alone I make you interrogation as casual as possible try to make the prisoner feel that you're his friend the first one is mesons is captured frequently during their course these future a i/os hold practice interrogations with one student as interrogator and other as prisoner and have you ever had any Spanish wines in any eye at several times and very good too I must say how do you like it better than Italian wine oh I don't like anyone Oh cigarette I don't smoke have you ever been to Spain tonightly no are you interested in Spain do you ever think you might go there after the war how should I know that maybe you might be even thinking of going there during the war why did you have a Spanish dictionary in your plane just improving my mind what do you think you're fooling Timothy their names right there on the cover why were you flying back to Spain how could I go back if I'd never been there you must not lie to me I only tell the truth now don't try to give me that routine time time gentlemen we'll stop there I'm going to ask for criticisms any volunteers yes lieutenant it's not good to lose your temper that way especially with such a dumb good-natured type lieutenant Jones what is your criticism of the interrogation I think you press too hard for certain information that always tips the prisoner off of what you want is important excellent of course that in practically everything that has to do with PWI there's an exception to every rule except one and that is bait your hook to suit your fish in other words use your own common sense on that excellent piece of advice let's leave the classroom and go into the various theatres of war where we will see how actual air interrogation officers put into practice the education they received captain Schwartz me3 I'll cemetery all right over look at the plane get the three of them up here as fast as you can right these are the personal belongings of the three prisoners taken from them in the field and sent on up ahead to intelligence they are kept separately just as each one of the prisoners is kept separately without food cigarettes or conversation until he's turned over to the interrogation officer in case you're an autograph hunter this citation for bravery is signed by none other than Field Marshal Hermann Goering Ober Lloyd Nam Vader must have been mighty proud of it to be carrying it into action they found it in the lining of the sergeant's coat what is it sir Seri ticket stub folk stay out of 17th of June and stamp Irish a hoof I need you brought up in a concierge tell America how can you tell sir spent two years in Munich could see Hans Raider master sergeant Munich Bavaria he's the copilot sir 76 family co-product they must be running out of officers that's our latest took on kg 76 right here's it commanding officer August like that cruel noble lighten and Vader the 76 was knocked down by a Spitfire last April hmm same name as the lieutenant was piloting as planned our man seems have quite a record comes from Berlin spent some time : last year distinguished by his brutal treatment of the pole think I'll start on the house regular first he seems to the most promising you know something about those new hiker 177th besides Eva Marion is lieutenant is Prussian maybe have them sent a raid earlier you get an addiction saw and it look now as they were shot in a special town it's kind of similar a design certainty say forever ago you see Reba sunday will be respectively I'll still get a Luftwaffe my son discomfort eeshwari section CT be curious dear commander crew gonna death best Bruins Osito calcium's for Dean thanks Alton yet a familiar mentioned with Flo signed us see also you fastened did indeed a safe on is concern is really does an idiot Sam Samantha they will stick to the Schmidt Emma know him folks tiara yeah is the latin-american of us from Villa Schmidt doesn't be 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hankered one dirty mangy tissue our hands in our family room each Fulani nastasi military cigar hi Missy for Rodney yo listen Shawn for 9-iron I agree she liked me rusty silver Alaska obvious nation cemetery of Long Beach is this very civil wunderbar shop I'm twenty-one Episcopalian elect no doubt in viña could be cry Sigma Nu T so the interrogation goes on and very successfully to thanks to captain Schwartz training and common sense you notice how he won the prisoners gratitude by promising to inform his family of his safety how he established immediate contact through mutual interest in the Munich theater how he played on the Bavarians prejudice against his Prussian lieutenant and how he pretended that he's already seen lieutenant vague ler and gotten information from him how he pretended to know more about the new Heinkel 177 than the sergeant thereby peeking his vanity and causing him to talk as a result he is now in possession of valuable information he knows that kg 76 has been moved from Russia that the sergeant has flown a new Heinkel 177 that they are probably based a truer if captain Swartz thinks any information is sufficiently urgent he will send the flash to headquarters then he's ready for the next prisoner corporal Schloss which is pretty to nose function area so doc Marsh however especially EC 100 seer my name is Russ if you nod off its here just a few invective melanoma that's impressive machinist try and see basic apart really sensitive unsteady naman serenity unsteady per hundred and she was me Austria in and give us a for a killer Morrissey and I'm still half my internet my name is look good but this prison here by myself for a while yes sir no assault that time but that's all part of the game captain Schwartz very wisely realized that he had a tough nut to crack so in order not to waste valuable time he put him aside a couple of days may make him a lot more pliable in the meantime there's wait a minute why is Rai or putting on wings another trick of the trade he's about to interrogate a flying officer so it helps break the ice if he can talk as one flower to another let's see how that works with over Lloyd meant vague ler take 18 an hour Beloit 9c have nearly machine guns cash it up just as the suppose I'm a man following on dargahs e MC class edit moment kind of human Deena dare overload Nance very fussy Essen verdad movers anger Borden not happen we should respect behind it so it does to me Anoosh mittens and clicks co-founded that's glavish our students cell right does he miss bahar the world the song is so I'm I'll skip cipher tousled art they see you later starts to feel certain that they sure didn't destroy friend left over like not bow signal and power are instilling Duncan addressed see then don't exist no no no like I live endless rush Ali she can earn them come fresh water section 60 Connie from the service mishka's art that's present in Easter sorry that spicy shown yet along is asked excitement Frank Semyon 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speed of a Yonkers 88 he could have been fooled that's why it's so essential for your a io to know all about enemy planes captain Schwartz started off by being friendly it didn't pan out then he tried the often successful method of assuring a prisoner that his side was losing and that failed too however by using the information he'd received from a sergeant making Weber think he knew more than he did and finally threatening him with Polish reprisal the prisoner broke down immediately he makes his report evaluating his information namely stating what he thinks is true or false in the light of his estimate of the prisoners character intelligence in turn will do its own evaluation and dissemination all right let's leave the captain to his work and look in at another a Isle Madero and gate role of Ostrava Athena respond TT a cocky demanded ouzo Lazaro Gras Lupita's competitor mizerock elusive James a sono stato Fortunato credit in a last roll Aegean Hitler cradle astrology Romano near any 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met resistance he changed the subject then came back to it and finally his ace card uncle Mario that's where a careful study of the documents found on a prisoner is so invaluable well time to leave the Italian arena and head east this jet pilot just bailed out of a smashed zero g kg o communal meal I were coming war came out through your look at all hang out tomorrow more thing ha okie dokie the die-cut all cushy system HTML Latinos attraction megaraptor so space just a good user to nagamma total wall canto grass otherwise such must it's a more logical - oh you say la mañana Mateo hey Soto state a Cheeto uri nearest edge can touch you are so loco yamato damashii toy stay on target Annie cement Arturo Mata de Quneitra what are you doing menial commuters oh what a cute actua anti-aging hamachi oh no stay some cook we take it you desire toys take anti-god would you table control we can pretty much oh yeah Coco when I got this not me to decide Thursday because I'm a you're a cobra get oh 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all my mother switch to a Matar hookah no senior tattoo artists kuroky camera in my show okay there are 90 anymore Mata Auto Kiki I can't see you anymore overseer cutting art Acacio lanka she were to turtleman hi now that you are keke desktop okay 2nd ed suppose Khushi Long Island after low looks he isn't it almost too easy well it wouldn't have been if the interrogator hadn't known the psychology of the Japanese that in war capture is the ultimate disgrace and means that the prisoner is dead so our job has decided to be as comfortable dead as possible the lieutenant was short and direct in fact all the interrogations you've seen have been directed there's also the indirect method when direct interrogation gets you no place this German pilot brought down over England is in a prison hospital recovering from his wound and this man as good an American as you are is planted here to pose as a fellow prisoner of war the first AIO who tackled his pilot couldn't even get to first base so he decided to use the indirect method through this second a aisle it seems to be working two hospitals are good places in which to share conferences another good place is this this man was told that a contagious disease was floating around and prisoners had to be current for three days he's been kept in a dark room without company or reading matter or entertainment of any kind now he's being let out for exercise worth a few fellow-prisoners among them and a io using the indirect method of interrogation after three days of being penned up alone this italian feels like talking especially to a supposedly disgruntled nazi who shows contempt for the nazi cause a few kind words about how badly the italians have been treated by their German allies and our Italian officer is only too ready to confide in him there is no masquerading here just a convivial evening you think so this is work loosening a prisoner's tongue entertaining him with fellow pilots who by prearrangement will soon start boasting about their exploits and experiences and it won't be long before Jerry tries to top them and then this AIO will prove an interested listener hospital quarantine station dinner party these aren't the only locales for indirect interrogation you may dream up a better one every day on all our fighting fronts these manned man contests are taking place the advantage lies with the interrogator but he has to know how to use it every prisoner presents a different problem but Jack or German or Italian all are human underneath our interrogators job is to play upon those weaknesses to dig out the important information of the enemy's situation and capabilities to help make up the complete intelligence picture on this depends every vital action from here to victim [Music]