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CIA • 1990

FREED HOSTAGE DESCRIBED AS 'VERY HUNGRY' DOCTOR SAYS ANGER, HUMOR KEPT POLHILL'S MIND SHARP

\ vo- `Very Hunrv' mesa f1o 4 !e ~Approv For Relea a 20 /08/o : CIA-RDP9 JJescribect as Doctor Says Anger, Humor ` Kept Polhill's Mind Sharp By Marc Fisher Washington Post Foreign Service WIESBADEN, West Germany, April 24-Freed hos- tage Robert Polhill lost 25 pounds and much of his mus- cle mass during his 39 months of confinement in Leb- anon, but stayed sharp by maintaining his sense of hu- mor and his anger at his captors, an Air Force doctor said today. Polhill continued to eat ravenously o...
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Nov 4, 2016
Released
Jun 26, 1998
Publication
Apr 25, 1990
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Document #

CIA-RDP96-00789R000401020002-3

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Document Type

CREST

Collection

STARGATE

Release Decision

RIFPUB

Original Classification

U

Sequence

2

Pages

1 pages

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268.87 KB