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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100390045-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: December 18, 1962
• Content Type: OPEN

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DECEMBER 18, 1962
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(TRUCKS-CUBANS)
-- TRUCKING TRAILERS FREE OF CHARGE TODAY TO HELP HAUL 420,000 POUNDS OF
MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO FLORIDA AS PART OF THE' CUBAN PR ISONER
EXc An!c ARRANGEMENTS.
THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATION SAID IT WAS ASKED MONDA
AFTERNOON TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION TO MOVE THE SUPPLIES FROM
THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST.
BY 7 P.M. MONDAY, EIGHT MOTOR CARRIERS HAD VOLUNTEERED TO
MOVE THE RANSOM CARGO. IT WAS PICKED UP AND ON THE WAY TO
FLORIDA BY EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE DRUGS WERE TAKEN TO PORT EVERGLADES, FLA., AND PREPARE
FOR TRANSSHIPMENT IN THE EVENT NEGOTIATIONS ARE COMPLETED AND
THE SUPPLIES ARE EXCHANGE& FOR THE FREEDOM OF THE BAY OF PIGS
INVADERS.
THOSE PARTICIPATING IN THE MOVE, A SPOKESMAN SAID, WERE MA
AND DIXON, KINGSPORT, TENN.; CAROLINA FREIGHT CARRIERS CORP.,
CHERRYVILLE, N. C.; MERCURY MOTOR EXPRESS, TAMPA., FLA.; ROADWA
EXPRESS, AKRON, OHIO; SMITH'S TRANSFER, STANTON, VA.; TERMINAL
TRANSPORT CO,, ATLANTA; RYDER TRUCK LINES, JACKSONVILLE, FLA.,
AND ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT, NEW YORK CITY.
12/18--N407PES
Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000100390045-6