James Wold Papers, 1943-2003

James Wold Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: James Wold Papers, 1943-2003

ID: OGLMC1524

Primary Creator: Wold, James (1932-2003)

Extent: 12.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 05/23/2007

Subjects: Legal, Military History - Prisoners of War (POW), Military History - Vietnam War, University of North Dakota - Alumni

Languages: English

Abstract

1932-2003; Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs and Director of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The James Wold Papers date from 1943 to 2003 and have been divided into eleven series as follows:

Series 1: Personal History and Military Career

Series 2: Legal Career

Series 3: Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

Series 4: POW/MIA Organizations

Series 5: Legislative Documents and Materials

Series 6: United States Russian Joint Commission

Series 7: Correspondence

Series 8: POW/MIA Reports and Media Documents

Series 9: Oversized Materials

Series 10: Photographs

Series 11: Artifacts

Collection Historical Note

James William Wold was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 18, 1932 to Peter and Hulda Christine (nee Olson) Wold. Peter, a native of Lillehammer, Norway, immigrated to the United States in the summer of 1923 and farmed briefly in North Dakota before permanently relocating his family to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hulda Christine, an American by birth, was originally from Colfax, Wisconsin. As a teenager, Wold attended Minneapolis South High School for two years before transferring to Hillcrest Academy in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. While studying at Hillcrest Academy, he became acquainted with Joan (JoAnne) Abigael Norheim, a fellow student who would later become his wife. Following graduation from Hillcrest Academy in 1949, he attended Augsburg College for one academic year.

In 1951, Wold enlisted in the United States Air Force wherein he attended the Russian Language Program at Syracuse University. After the language studies were completed, in August of 1952, Wold entered the Aviation Cadet Program. He received his aeronautical instruction through the 3505th Pilot Training Wing at Greenville Air Force Base located in Mississippi. On September 16, 1953, Wold received his commission with the rank of Second Lieutenant and the rating of Pilot. Less than a week after being commissioned, Wold married JoAnne in Pasadena, California.

As a result of being newly commissioned, Wold was briefly stationed at Mather Air Force Base in California, followed by another short assignment at Shaw Air Force Base located in South Carolina, where he flew the RB-45C reconnaissance aircraft. Once Wold became familiar with the new aircraft, he relocated to RAF Sculthorpe in the United Kingdom, where he flew missions with the 19th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron from May 1954 to June 1956. Following the completion of this placement, the Air Force assigned Wold to study mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Wold completed his bachelor's degree in two years, graduating in August 1958, whereupon he entered service with the 9th Bombardment Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho where he remained until 1961.

Thereafter, Wold was assigned to March Air Force Base in California to serve on staff, Headquarters, 15th Air Force. During Wold's various assignments worldwide, his four children were born: daughter Christine Annette (at Norton Air Force Base, California), son Kevin Daniel (in the United Kingdom), daughter Lisa Karen (while studying at the University of Michigan), and daughter Holly Susan (at Mountain Home Air Force Base). Following completion of his headquarters assignment in May of 1964, Wold was once again assigned to study engineering. Wold's second stint in the engineering field occurred while studying at the Air Force Institute of Technology located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio where he would complete his Master of Science degree in March, 1966. The Air Force immediately utilized Wold's technical background by posting him to the Test Requirements Branch and Acquisition Test Branch, Directorate of Operations, United States Air Force Headquarters, where he remained for three years.

In July 1969, Wold was deployed to South Vietnam, where he served as operations officer for the 6th Special Operation Squadron operating out of Pleiku. He then went on to command units at Pleiku and Da Nang air bases. While in Vietnam, Wold personally flew 241 combat missions in the A-1H attack bomber, many of them providing direct air support to American ground forces engaged in close-quarters combat with enemy guerillas. For his service in Southeast Asia, Wold received the Bronze Star, six Distinguished Flying Crosses, and sixteen Air Medals.

During the summer of 1970 and after returning from Vietnam, Wold he served one year as the chief of the Test Operations Branch and the Test Support Division at Strategic Air Command Headquarters, Offutt Air Force Base located in Nebraska. Thereafter, Wold worked in the Pentagon where he was assigned to the Air Force's Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel handling colonel assignments, earning a Legion of Merit in the process. In August of 1974, Wold attended the Defense Language Institute and the Defense Intelligence School at Anacostia Annex in Washington, D.C. in preparation for an assignment as the Defense and Air Attaché to the Soviet Union. Upon completion of Russian language training, in the summer of 1975, Wold was stationed at the United States Embassy in Moscow. After serving two years in the Soviet Union, Wold returned to the United States and settled on a 420 acre farm near Luverne, North Dakota. Wold retired from the Air Force on August 31, 1977 at the Grand Forks Air Force Base.

Shortly after retiring from the United States Air Force, Wold enrolled in courses at the University of North Dakota School of Law eventually graduating in the spring of 1981. Wold established a law practice in Luverne, North Dakota eventually securing the appointment as Griggs County State’s Attorney.

In 1994, Wold was appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs, acting as the Director of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (hereinafter DPMO). The main function of the DPMO is to ensure that the United States government achieves the fullest possible accounting for POW/MIA United States servicemen. In this capacity, Wold traveled widely, meeting frequently with the families of missing service members, and coordinating investigation and remains-recovery efforts with foreign governments in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

While serving as the Director of the DPMO, Wold was embroiled in the controversy over the POW/MIA issue, with many members of the public (particularly family members of the missing and numerous United States Senators and Congressmen) alleging that the government was not doing enough to repatriate lost Americans as well as claiming that there existed evidence of live Americans still being held prisoner in Southeast Asia.

After serving three years as the Director of the DPMO, Wold tendered his letter of resignation to President Bill Clinton on June 26, 1997. Following his resignation from the DPMO, Wold returned home to Luverne, North Dakota, where he died on February 11, 2003.

Subject/Index Terms

Legal
Military History - Prisoners of War (POW)
Military History - Vietnam War
University of North Dakota - Alumni

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: JoAnne Wold, Luverne, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation, Acc.2007-2918

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). James Wold Papers. OGLMC 1524, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in July 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Personal History and Military Career],
[Series 2: Legal Career],
[Series 3: Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office],
[Series 4: POW/MIA Organizations],
[Series 5: Legislative Documents and Materials],
[Series 6: United States Russian Joint Commission ],
[Series 7: Correspondence],
[Series 8: POW/MIA Reports and Media Documents],
[Series 9: Oversized Materials],
[Series 10: Photographs],
[Series 11: Artifacts],
[All]

Series 3: Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

The contents of this series are centered on Wold's service as the Director of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (hereinafter DPMO) including materials relating to its operation as well as the organizational and personal efforts of Wold in accounting for the missing military servicemen from the more recent United States military conflicts, primarily the Vietnam War.

Sub-Series 1: Creation, Function, and Reorganization

The first sub-series contains documents regarding the creation, function and eventual reorganization of the DPMO when Wold worked as Director.

Box 1

Folder 53: Documents About Functions/Responsibilities of the DPMO
Folder 54: Documents, Correspondence Relating to DPMO Office: 1991-1994 [Folder I]
Folder 55: Documents, Correspondence Relating to Organization of DPMO Office: 1991-1994 [Folder II]
Folder 56: DPMO Staff Listings and Organizational Charts Including Hand Notes from DASD Wold: 1994-1997
Folder 57: DPMO Floor Plans for Office and Correspondence from DASD Wold: 1994-1997
Folder 58: DPMO Long-Range Departmental Goals as Determined by DASD Wold: 1995-1997
Folder 59: Documents, Correspondence about Naming/Establishment of DPMO Correspondence Management Directorate (w/ notes from DASD Wold): 1996
Folder 60: Documents about DPMO Re-engineering Initiative Including Hand Notes from DASD Wold: 1996
Folder 61: DPMO Art Project Documents on History of DPMO and POW/MIA Matters in General Including Correspondence to DASD Wold: 1996
Folder 62: DPMO Strategic Plans Generally and Specifically for Fiscal Years 1996-2001: 4 April 1996 and April 1997
Folder 63: DPMO Process Action Team Brief Documents w/ Notes by DASD Wold: 23 May 1996 [Folder I]
Folder 64: DPMO Process Action Team Brief Documents w/ Notes by DASD Wold: 23 May 1996 [Folder II]
Folder 65: Documents about Establishment of Missing Personnel Office Naming DASD Wold Director: 5 June 1996
Folder 66: DPMO Reorganization: 1997
Folder 67: Documents, Correspondence to DASD Wold from DPMO about the Operation/Management of DPMO: 1997

Sub-Series 2: Family Update Presentations

This sub-series consists of multiple Family Updates, wherein Wold would travel to cities throughout the United States presenting the latest recovery and repatriation information to those family members of lost POW/MIAs.

Box 1

Folder 68: DPMO Family Update Held in Marina Del Ray , California (Documents include correspondence to DASD Wold): January 1995 [Folder I]
Folder 69: DPMO Family Update Held in Marina Del Ray , California : January 1995 [Folder II]
Folder 70: DPMO Plans and Policy Talking Points for Family Update in Southeast Asia : 4 November 1995
Folder 71: DPMO Family Update Held in Orlando , Florida : 24 February 1996
Folder 72: DPMO Family Update Held in Seattle , Washington : 18 May 1996
Folder 73: DPMO Family Update Held in Norfolk , Virginia : 15 June 1996
Folder 74: DPMO Family Update Held in Boston , Massachusetts ; Chicago , Illinois and San Antonio , Texas : 1996-1997
Folder 75: DPMO Family Support Team Presentation: 18 October 1996

Box 2

Folder 1: DPMO Family Update Held in San Francisco , California : 26 October 1996
Folder 2: DPMO Family Update Held in Honolulu , Hawaii : 13-18 December 1996
Folder 3: DPMO Family Update Held in New Orleans , Louisiana : 14 December 1996
Folder 4: DPMO Family Update Meeting Schedule for 1996-1997
Folder 5: DPMO Family Update Held in Los Angeles , California : 18 January 1997
Folder 6: DPMO Family Update Held in Colorado Springs , Colorado : 22 February 1997
Folder 7: DPMO Family Update Held in St. Paul , Minnesota : 23 August 1997

Sub-Series 3: Memoranda

Box 2

Folder 8: Memorandum to DASD Wold on Confidential Personal Scenario Role of the National Security Advisor with Notes from DASD Wold
Folder 9: Miscellaneous DPMO Job Application Materials
Folder 10: Memorandum to DPMO from the Under Secretary of State about Confirmation Books GC Edits
Folder 11: Top Secret National Security Information on POW/MIA Matters with Note to DASD Wold: November 1994
Folder 12: Memorandum to DPMO About Conversion of Temporary Military to Civilian Team Positions: 7 December 1994
Folder 13: Correspondence to DASD Wold about Potential Employment Opportunities with DPMO: 1994-1995
Folder 14: Documents about POW/MIA Commemorative Stamp with Invitation to DASD Wold: 1995
Folder 15: Documents, Memoranda and Correspondence to/about DPMO Corporate Board: 1995-1997
Folder 16: POW/MIA Ceremony Featuring DASD Wold: 17 February 1995
Folder 17: DPMO Reference Document - United States Personnel Missing, SE Asia and Selected Foreign Nationals: March 1995
Folder 18: Memorandum to DASD Wold about Administrative Support from the Under Secretary of Defense: 14 April 1995
Folder 19: DPMO Memorandum to DASD Wold about Remains and Fate of Lt. Col. Pogreba, Donald Casey and James Booth: June 1995
Folder 20: DPMO Policy Memorandum: Compensation for Information Relating to Unaccounted-for United States Service Personnel: June 1995
Folder 21: DPMO Memorandum for DASD Wold about Compressed Work Schedule: 5 September 1995
Folder 22: DPMO Dealings with the Republic of Korea with Correspondence to DASD Wold: 1995-1996
Folder 23: Memoranda about the Office of Personnel Implementation Initiatives Including Designating DASD Wold as Director: 1996
Folder 24: DPMO Contract Document with the Larkin Corporation to Contract Researchers: 1996
Folder 25: DPMO Memoranda Regarding Summary of Telephone Conversations: April May 1996
Folder 26: DPMO Reference Document: United States Personnel Missing, SE Asia and Selected Foreign Nationals: May 1996
Folder 27: Draft Proposal of DPMO Third Criterion Review Process with Notes from DASD Wold: July 1996
Folder 28: DPMO Memorandum: Clarification of Policy for Blood Chits Information Memorandum: October 1996
Folder 29: Documents of Summary of Customer/Stakeholder Interviews with Memorandum to DASD Wold: November 1996
Folder 30: Documents on DPMO Environmental Scan Including Hand Notes by DASD Wold: November 1996
Folder 31: DPMO Employee EST Focus Group Documents with Notes from DASD Wold: 1997
Folder 32: DASD Wold's Long-Range Schedule: February 1997
Folder 33: DPMO Reference Document: United States Personnel Missing, SE Asia and Selected Foreign Nationals: May 1997
Folder 34: Memorandum to DASD Wold about Visit to Belarus and Ukraine : 1 August 1997
Folder 35: DASD Wold's DPMO Report on Vietnam 's Collection and Repatriation of American Remains: June 1999

Sub-Series 4: Conferences and Presentations

Box 2

Folder 36: 1995 Executive Forum Attendees
Folder 37: DPMO Quarterly Casualty Affairs Conference: 24-25 January 1995
Folder 38: DPMO Off-Site Conference Held in St. Michaels , Maryland : 27-29 February 1996
Folder 39: DPMO Off-Site II Presentations (Meeting Agendas, Presentation by DASD Wold): 26 April 1996
Folder 40: Documents on DPMO Creativity Workshop with Notations from DASD Wold: June 1996
Folder 41: DPMO Strategic Planning Off-Site Documents Including Goals, DPMO Vision Statement and Notes from DASD Wold: November 1996
Folder 42: DPMO Press Conference Transcript of Deputy Director of DPMO Alan Liotta: 8 August 1997

Sub-Series 5: Department of Defense Documents Relating to DPMO

Box 2

Folder 43: Department of Defense (hereinafter DoD) Key Officials 1947-1995 Including DASD Wold
Folder 44: Miscellaneous Documents, Memoranda and Correspondence to/from DoD
Folder 45: DoD Interagency Report of Reagan Administration on POW/MIA Issue in Southeast Asia Including Personal Note to DASD Wold: 19 January 1989
Folder 46: DoD POW/MIA Fact Book: October 1992
Folder 47: DoD Defense Issues Newsletter Vol. 9 No. 86 Written by DASD Wold about Remarks Given at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota: 1994
Folder 48: DoD White Paper Entitled The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Office by the Inspector General and Evaluation Report of the Inspector General: August, November 1995
Folder 49: DoD Comprehensive Review: 13 November 1995
Folder 50: DoD Report Entitled Strategic Implication of the DoD Personnel Recovery System: 1996
Folder 51: DoD SE Asia POW/MIA Q & A: 19 January 1996
Folder 52: Directory of the Under Secretary of Defense Policy: Principal/Key Points of Contact: 15 April 1996
Folder 53: DoD Evaluation Report of the Inspector General: 19 February 1997
Folder 54: DoD Evaluation Report of the Office of the Inspector General about DoD Control over DPMO: 19 February 1997
Folder 55: DoD Issues and Initiatives Working Group Agenda and Program Outline: 26-27 February 1997
Folder 56: Correspondence from DASD Wold and Others about Task Force on Defense Reform: June July 1997
Folder 57: DoD Newsletter Entitled DoD Personnel Recovery Update: January June 2000 and January 2001

Sub-Series 6: DPMO Celebrations (National Day of Prayer and Recognition Day)

Box 2

Folder 58: Documents about POW/MIA Recognition Day
Folder 59: National Day of Prayer and DPMO Prayer Breakfast Hosted by DASD Wold (Documents include: Schedule, Flyer, List of Invitees, Statistics, Notes from DASD Wold): 2 February 1995
Folder 60: National Day of Prayer and DPMO Prayer Breakfast Hosted by DASD Wold (Documents include: Schedule, Flyer, List of Invitees, Statistics, Notes from DASD Wold): 1 February 1996
Folder 61: National Day of Prayer and DPMO Prayer Breakfast Hosted by DASD Wold (Documents include: Schedule, Flyer, List of Invitees, Statistics, Notes from DASD Wold): February 1997

Sub-Series 7: Interoffice Newsletters and Correspondence

Box 2

Folder 62: Holiday Greeting to DPMO Personnel From DASD Wold
Folder 63: DPMO Monthly Newsletter and Bulletin Written by/about DASD Wold: 1994, 1996
Folder 64: DPMO Weekly Update Newsletter Written by/about DASD Wold: 1995-1996

Sub-Series 8: Personal Notes of DASD Wold

Box 2

Folder 65: Miscellaneous Hand Notes by DASD Wold: Undated
Folder 66: Miscellaneous Hand Notes by DASD Wold: 1994-1995
Folder 67: 3 Personal Notebooks of DASD Wold: Staff Meetings: 10 June 1994 14 October 1994 ; Staff Meetings: 14 November 1994 26 April 1995 ; Staff Meetings: 26 April 1995 18 October 1995
Folder 68: DASD Wold's Personal Notebook Entitled Phone Calls To Do: 10 June 16 June 1994
Folder 69: 3 Personal Notebooks of DASD Wold: Projects 1: 7 July 1994 8 February 1995 ; Projects 2: 9 February 1995 28 July 1995 ; Projects 3: 28 July 1995 18 December 1995

Box 3

Folder 1: DASD Wold's Personal Notebook Entitled SEA 28 Oct 7 Nov 1994
Folder 2: DASD Wold's Desk Calendars: February 1995 September 1995, January 1996
Folder 3: Miscellaneous Hand Notes by DASD Wold: 1996
Folder 4: 2 Personal Notebooks of DASD Wold: League/AMG Notes: 16 April 1996 ; League/AMG Notes: 31 May 1995 2 April 1996
Folder 5: 3 Personal Notebooks of DASD Wold: Projects: 2 October 1996 5 August 1997 ; Projects 5: 14 June 1996 1 October 1996 Including Dornan Meeting 1 October 1996 ; Projects 4: 19 December 1995 13 June 1996
Folder 6: 4 Personal Notebooks of DASD Wold: Staff Meetings: 20 October 1995 4 March 1996; Staff Meetings: 8 March 1996 13 June 1996 ; Staff Meetings: 14 June 1996 4 December 1996 ; Staff Meetings: 9 December 1996 29 August 1997
Folder 7: 2 Personal Notebooks of DASD Wold: Life Science Eqpt. Lab.: 6 August 1996; Town Hall: 1 June 1995 15 August 1997
Folder 8: Miscellaneous Hand Notes by DASD Wold: 1997
Folder 9: Checklist for DASD Wold: 6 March 1997

Sub-Series 9: DASD Wold Employment Evaluation

Box 3

Folder 10: DASD Job Description and DASD Wold's Employment Evaluation Documents: 1994 and 1997
Folder 11: DPMO Leadership and Cultural Survey Results with Questions and Comments [Folder I]: 1995
Folder 12: DPMO Leadership and Cultural Survey Results with Questions and Comments [Folder II]: 1995

Sub-Series 10: Appointments, Honors and Resignation of DASD Wold from DPMO

Box 3

Folder 13: Invitations in Honor of DASD Wold
Folder 14: Name Tags and Other Types of Identification for DASD Wold
Folder 15: Newspaper Article about DASD Wold's Appointment as Director of DPMO: 1994
Folder 16: Correspondence, Articles about Wold's Appointment as Director DPMO: 1994-1995
Folder 17: Documents and Correspondence about Resignation of DASD Wold as Director of DPMO: July August 1997

Sub-Series 11: Correspondence and Media Responses to/from DASD Wold

Box 3

Folder 18: Newspaper Articles about Miscellaneous POW/MIA Matters Featuring Comments about/by DASD Wold
Folder 19: Press Pack Weekly Newsletter: 26 December 1994
Folder 20: Letters to the Editor Written by DASD Wold Regarding DPMO and POW/MIA Matters: 1994-1996, 1998
Folder 21: Documents about DASD Wold's Interview by Associated Press Reporter Bob Burns: 18 January 1996
Folder 22: Correspondence to DASD Wold about DoD's Conversion to Performance-Based Organization with Note by DASD Wold: June 1996
Folder 23: Correspondence to/from DASD Wold Addressing Function of Analysis in DPMO: June July 1996
Folder 24: Correspondence to/from DASD Wold about File Organization and Function of the Freedom of Information Act: July 1996
Folder 25: E-Mail Correspondence from DASD Wold to all DPMO Personnel about DPMO Activity Day: October 1996
Folder 26: Correspondence to/from DASD Wold about DPMO Rumor Control and Public Affairs of DPMO: 1996-1997
Folder 27: Proposed Correspondence from DASD Wold to Members of Congress about DPMO Reorganization
Folder 28: DPMO Correspondence to DASD Wold about Joint Commission Support Directorate Coordination and Phou Pha Thi: 20 May 1997

Sub-Series 12: Unclassified Reports

Box 3

Folder 29: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters, 1993-1994
Folder 30: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters, 1995
Folder 31: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters, January-April 1996
Folder 32: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters
Folder 33: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters
Folder 34: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters
Folder 35: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters
Folder 36: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters
Folder 37: DPMO Unclassified Reports on POW/MIA Matters

Sub-Series 13: Joint Task Force Full Accounting

Box 3

Folder 38: Defense Intelligence Agency Remains Estimate Slides
Folder 39: DPMO Implementation Status
Folder 40: DIA Fullest Accounting Slides: 23 January 1992
Folder 41: DPMO Accounting for POW/MIAs Briefing: 3 February 1994
Folder 42: DPMO Discrepancy Case Review Slides with Correspondence to Joint Task Force Full Accounting (hereinafter JTF-FA): 28 April 1994
Folder 43: JTF-FA Update: 27 June 1994
Folder 44: Correspondence from JTF-FA to DPMO about Congressional Delegation Visit to Hanoi , Vietnam : November 1994
Folder 45: JTF-FA Future Operations: 18 September 1995
Folder 46: Information Packet: JTF-FA: Det Three, Vientiane Lao PDR: 6 January 6 February 1996
Folder 47: DPMO JTF-FA Newsletter: October 1996
Folder 48: DPMO PowerPoint Presentation on POW/MIA Concerns in Laos with Talking Points of DASD Wold: 25 July 1997
Folder 49: DPMO Recovery XXI Slides: 28 July 1997

Sub-Series 14: Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii

Box 3

Folder 50: Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii (hereinafter CILHI) POW/MIA Statistics with Documents and Correspondence: 1994
Folder 51: DPMO Monthly POW/MIA Statistical Reports: 1995
Folder 52: CILHI POW/MIA Statistics Documentation and Correspondence: 1995
Folder 53: CILHI POW/MIA Statistics Documentation and Correspondence: 1996
Folder 54: CILHI POW/MIA Statistics Documentation and Correspondence: 1997
Folder 55: Documents Sent to Numerous Organizations about CILHI Statistical Data: 1997

Sub-Series 15: Delegations and Trips

Box 3

Folder 56: DPMO and DASD Wold's Flight and Meeting Itineraries
Folder 57: DPMO Presidential Delegation to CILHI Facility Documents Include Schedule, Invitations, Correspondence: 28-29 June 1994
Folder 58: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam : Documents Including News Article Mentioning DASD Wold, Memoranda, Schedule, Fax Correspondence: 28 June 8 July 1994
Folder 59: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam Pictures: 28 June 8 July 1994 [Folder I]
Folder 60: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam Pictures: 28 June 8 July 1994 [Folder II]
Folder 61: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam Pictures: 28 June 8 July 1994 [Folder III]

Box 4

Folder 1: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam Pictures: 28 June 8 July 1994 [Folder IV]
Folder 2: DPMO Southeast Asia Delegation to Laos , Cambodia and Vietnam : Itineraries, Talking Points of DASD Wold: 29 October 5 November 1994
Folder 3: DoD Trilateral Cooperation/Witness Utilization Meeting Held in Hanoi , Vietnam : Documents Include Agenda, Talking Points, Hand Notes by DASD Wold and Memoranda: 1 December 1994
Folder 4: DPMO Visit to Laos , Vietnam and Cambodia : Talking Points by DASD Wold, Agenda: 7 17 March1995
Folder 5: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam on POW/MIA Matters with News Articles about DASD Wold: 15 May1995
Folder 6: DPMO Itinerary for Kuwait Delegation Visit to the United States : 2-10 October 1995
Folder 7: DPMO POW/MIA Delegation to Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan Including Hand Notes by DASD Wold, Agenda and Talking Points for Ambassador Malcolm Toon: 7-9 November 1995
Folder 8: Documents Relating to North Korean Visit to CILHI with Correspondence to/from DASD Wold: 9-13 January 1996
Folder 9: DPMO Delegation to Phnom Penh , Cambodia with Talking Points from DASD Wold: 26 January 1996
Folder 10: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia on POW/MIA Matters Binder Contents: 8-15 March 1996 [Folder I]
Folder 11: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia on POW/MIA Matters Binder Contents: 8-15 March 1996 [Folder II]
Folder 12: Presidential Delegation to Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia on POW/MIA Matters Binder Contents: 8-15 March 1996 [Folder III]
Folder 13: Trip Report and Congressional Response to Presidential Delegation to Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia with Correspondence to DASD Wold: 21 March 1996
Folder 14: Documents about DASD Wold's Visit to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as part of Delegation to Southeast Asia with Itinerary, Speech, Case Summary Reports: 4-16 November 1996 [Folder I]
Folder 15: Documents about DASD Wold's Visit to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia as part of Delegation to Southeast Asia with Itinerary, Speech, Case Summary Reports: 4-16 November 1996 [Folder II]
Folder 16: United States-Vietnamese-Cambodian Trilateral Working Meeting in Phnom Penh , Vietnam : 10 December 1996
Folder 17: Documents on United States-North Korean Delegation on POW/MIA Matters Held in New York City Including Notebook of DASD Wold, Agenda, Correspondence, Reports, Talking Points, Hand Notes from DASD Wold: 4-9 May 1997 [Folder I]
Folder 18: Documents on United States-North Korean Delegation on POW/MIA Matters Held in New York City Including Notebook of DASD Wold, Agenda, Correspondence, Reports, Talking Points, Hand Notes from DASD Wold: 4-9 May 1997 [Folder II]
Folder 19: DPMO Delegation to Southeast Asia Including Agenda, Talking Points, Itineraries: 28 May 8 June 1997
Folder 20: DPMO Trip to Russia , Poland and the Czech Republic with Correspondence to/from DASD Wold, Remarks, Agenda: 26 June 4 July 1997
Folder 21: Socialist Republic of Vietnam Delegation Representing Vietnam Office for Seeking Missing Persons Held in Washington, D.C. with Agendas, Talking Points of DASD Wold: 9-16 July 1997

Sub-Series 16: DASD Wold's Talking Points and Meetings

Box 4

Folder 22: DASD Wold's Talking Points to AMB Hiem Regarding Military Museum and Film Repository
Folder 23: Untitled Talking Points for DASD Wold and Talking Points for Meeting with Tim Tyler: 11 August ????
Folder 24: Point Paper for Meeting with DASD Wold: 11 August 1994
Folder 25: DASD Wold's Talking Points for Meeting with Vietnamese Permreps to the United Nations: 18 October 1994
Folder 26: Meeting Summary Between Mr. Clift, Major Burkett and Norman Kass: 25 October 1994
Folder 27: Notes of Meetings with Vietnamese Government Provided to DASD Wold: November 1994
Folder 28: Wold Presentation at North Dakota Bull Session: April 1995
Folder 29: DASD Wold's Speech Entitled Keeping America 's Promise Held in Harrisburg : 3 March 1996
Folder 30: Memorandum for DASD Wold on Public Speaking Engagement and Danz Blasser: 10 September 1996
Folder 31: Talking Points on Press Account of Korean War American POWs a Comparison: 16 September 1996
Folder 32: National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs Annual Convention with Prepared Remarks by DASD Wold held in Scottsdale , Arizona : 15-18 September 1996
Folder 33: Memorandum about DASD Wold's Meeting with Stony Beach : 6 November 1996
Folder 34: Documents, Correspondence to/from DASD Wold about National Security Decision-Making Seminar 1997 Including Agenda, Letters, Baku Briefing Book: March-April 1997

Sub-Series 17: DASD Wold's Visits to Military Establishments

Box 4

Folder 35: Wold Speaking Engagements: Grand Forks Air Force Base; Moorhead Rotary Club: 19 June 1978 ; Minot , North Dakota : 16 November 1979
Folder 36: Proposed Itinerary for DASD Wold During Visit in Minot , North Dakota : August 1994
Folder 37: Documents, Articles and Correspondence about DASD Wold's Visit to Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota : October 1994
Folder 38: Document Related to DASD Wold's Visit to the Air War College Enlisted Committee Including Speech, Schedule, Personal Notes, Itinerary: 17 February 1995
Folder 39: DASD Wold's Remarks at Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey , California : 3 October 1995
Folder 40: Documents about DASD Wold's Presentation at the 23rd Annual POW/MIA Dining Out at Randolph Air Force Base Including Invitations, Program, Correspondence, DASD Wold's Speech: March 1996
Folder 41: Military Awareness Week Luncheon in Bismarck , North Dakota : 14 May 1996
Folder 42: Remarks, Documents of DASD Wold at Tinker Management Association at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma : 16 May 1996
Folder 43: Documents Related to DASD Wold's Visit to Nellis Air Force Base Including Agenda, Presentation: 4-6 December 1996
Folder 44: Celebratory Events of the North Dakota Air National Guard: 1997

Sub-Series 18: SES APEX Orientation Program

Box 4

Folder 45: Documents on DASD Wold's Participation in the Senior Executive Service (hereinafter SES) APEX Orientation Program with Certificate of Completion: 19-31 March 1995 [Folder I]
Folder 46: Documents on DASD Wold's Participation in the SES APEX Orientation Program with Certificate of Completion: 19-31 March 1995 [Folder II]
Folder 47: Documents on DASD Wold's Participation in the Senior Executive Service SES APEX Orientation Program with Certificate of Completion: 19-31 March 1995 [Folder III]

Sub-Series 19: Invitations to DASD Wold

Box 4

Folder 48: Invitations from Ambassadors
Folder 49: Invitations for Miscellaneous Military Ceremonies and Celebrations
Folder 50: Invitations from the United States Air Force and United States Army
Folder 51: Holiday Invitations Especially for Christmas
Folder 52: Invitations for Change of Command Ceremonies
Folder 53: Invitations from the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Folder 54: Invitations from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Folder 55: Invitations from Korea
Folder 56: Invitations from the Republic of Singapore
Folder 57: Invitations from President Clinton and Related Correspondence
Folder 58: Invitations from the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Folder 59: Invitations from the Secretary of Defense
Folder 60: Documents Relating to DASD Wold's Stay at International Hotels in Laos, Vietnam, Russia, Thailand, Cambodia and Other Nations

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