CUBA PRISONER ACCORD NEAR, DONOVAN SAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100390078-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 78
• Publication Date: November 20, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

WASHINGTON SPAR C~ 0 U 2 0 1962 !
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a ~r~ter AcGOrd
to arrange ari excll,ang~ o ap~rava~ were given tli
Cuban l~kvaSl,on >?x ~~ fo mm~tee could ,retrieve th
said?tod most{ ~~ t f~izxii ~ bo~Ti,~e~ United. States an
narie~ have ;been agr~ upo ubari governments, but the
Negotiatp~ Jgmes ~. 7 ~ ' va etewd ~vit`h'qut official approve
Near, Donovan Says
~~ ~, ~ ~ ~- t ?~~ci um"y ak,vui tiuua uaau wuuc
' tviTat w pr~lin~~e re it~tet some of -the
k~ Pn a.~r^~arl t.n wii'h Mr ,.. pri5_
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confelen~~nn t7}.~,~~ ~~!~!o ~ opnt {{.}~.,,ps ~ ~'o c4 ggro to avana "wit
!;3 ~i Y ~?? ., rt. a m/f~
point's s ` re ~ be~~~ i vqr~, substantial percentage
Cuban rime mister ~i e
~ the total shipments and
Castro a tl~e ub~,n ~~ ~.,111e th certain assurance with re-
~ Co;'rii~iittge, wlii a~ is seekip l ,ct to completion of the
the 'r~lea t,e* ~,pti'C~,st~ ~ nsaction. And I would then
Iprisol~er5'~; C~,p$izxed early i ve Havana with -all of the
1961.. ., sonars."
z~r ~ o~an,T an attarrie .
~Mr. Donovan was accompa-
who ~;r~~,gec1 t~,e trade wit d at the news conference by
the w~Uniori of Soviet sp ~ varo Sanenez, jr., chairman
Rudd 1 for ~,T-2 pilot Fxan the Cuban :Families Com-
Cis arq" Powers, is genera ~ ?t~~
counsel t11e coimmiti~ee,
tea' _ ~__.___. _,., 1 Mr: ~t~nchez said he returned
su~~i approval
he said
Mr. Donovan
tp
pekY ~` Wit
~0 C1 ,.shipment oY $62 mil ies.
1ia17 forth of medicine, food i .He said those on the Tsle of
'and d~?ia 3 to Cuba in return ~ Ines were in poor physical
for t],~ ~13,pri~oners. nditipn; I~ecause of a foocy
1Vtr.- f?bhov~,n said the ex- ortage. ~%
~u~wx.~ { re hgld`il prison in Havana
? "~ ... hange is u~nderstoo d .213 wire on the Isle of
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