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Thompson Document 09: A Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 09: A Letter From Henrietta Thompson To Jack Belden, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
A letter from Henrietta Thompson to Jack Belden following his letter of Dec. 1973. Here Thompson is asking for Belden’s version of an account she has heard, she says, “from a dozen or more people,” of American officers proposing to leave the nurses (most of whom were refugees) behind at the start of the walk out of Burma, and to escape without them. Unfortunately we do not have Belden’s response to this letter (if he wrote one), but in the “Addenda” Thompson provides a new version of this story, which may summarize Belden’s recollection of the event.
Thompson Document 10: Henrietta Thompson's "Addenda" To Jack Belden File, Henrietta Thompson
Thompson Document 10: Henrietta Thompson's "Addenda" To Jack Belden File, Henrietta Thompson
Henrietta Thompson Papers
Henrietta Thompson's notes on Jack Belden. These notes seem to be a combination of Thompson’s memories of meeting Belden and perhaps a summary of Belden's account of an argument that took place at the start of the Walkout; several of Thompson's interviewees mentioned this argument that revolved around the suggestion, by one or some of the Americans, that they leave some of the group behind in order to expedite their own escape from Burma.