when he disappeared on Easter Sunday March 26,1967,Mr.thompson was one of the best know foreigners in Southeast Asia,especially to americans. theories and rumors abound. but no conclusive evidence has ever surfaced to explain how and why he vanished. or what happened to him. the medis were filed with speculation as to his fate. he had been kidnapped by the communist guerrillas, or he was and agent of the chinese (this was,after all,the height of the cold war)