FREED U.S. WOMEN TELL OF MISSILE TESTS IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100370085-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 85
• Publication Date: March 13, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

Mrs. Geraldine Sharmna (left) of Boston anti .Mrs. Martha O'Neal of
Orlando, Fla., hold a press conference yest-i-day at Homestead Air Force
Base, Fla., on their arrival from Cuba. V ith them is Attorney James
Donovan, who arranged their release.-AP %l iicphoto.
freed U. S. Wolmlen Tell
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f M issile Tests in Cuba
female members of a group of
mole than 20 Americana: in
Cuih,oun prisons, were lree?today
and the others were expected
to be in their homeland within
six weeks.
After their arrival in the
United States yesterday the
Jr. prison they heard Russians
test-firing missiles.
"I don't think they could be
sma'-l ones," one woman said.
"They shook the prison bars
in our hands."
The women were released un-
expectedly earlier yesterday,
"with no strings attachedi"" ac-
cording to James Donovan? the
New York lawyer who negoti,
ated their freedom.
More Relea es Due
Mr. Donovan said:,th'.oi};
native-born Americans, .stood
. Prime Mini tf r 1
New York"i~ttor
fill
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rom Guanaiay'Prison, 15 ir.;1es1one pnirit :?ht turned around
rom Havana. 'rhis ' ranee of and