The disappearance of Jim Thompson

Searched the forum on this, found nothing (much to my surprise). Thompson was a very prominent and influential American businessman and by the time of his disappearance, arguably one of the most famous American-born residents of an Asian country. From what I've read so far, his ultimate fate is truly one of those mysteries that no one has a good answer for. Add into the mix the fact that Thompson had served in the OSS (read: forerunner to the CIA) during WWII and there should be plenty of material for conspiratorial speculation. ;)

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An intense search was conducted after the police declared he was lost. More than 500 people were involved in the hunt. They included the army, the Malaysian police field force, Orang Asli trekkers, Gurkhas, reward hunters, tourists, residents, mystics, scouts, missionaries, adventure seekers, American school students and British servicemen convalescing at the resort. At the end of the hunt, Thompson was not to be found, and no clues were unearthed. The official search lasted for 11 days,[20] and sporadic additional searching went on for months. The case generated world-wide publicity and intense speculation, with most press reports and analysts contending that Thompson had been kidnapped (although no ransom note was forthcoming); had been murdered (although no body was ever found); had voluntarily left to do secret work in resolving the Vietnam conflict (although no evidence was presented); or was eliminated by business rivals (although no evidence on this emerged).

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