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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200010061-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: October 13, 1962
• Content Type: TRANS

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL OCTOBER 13, 196
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UPI A141N
ADVANCE FOR A.M.'S SUNDAY. OCT. 14
NIGHT LEAD DONOVAN
THE NEW YORK LAWYER IN CHARGF
OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIDEL CASTRO FOR THE RELEASE OF 1,113 CUBAN
INVASION PRISONERS, IS AN EXPERIENCED CLOAK AND DAGGER NEGOTIATER.
A SKETCH OF HIS CAREER FOLLOWS.)
BY UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
NEW YORK, OCT. 13 (UPI)--JAMES B. DONOVAN IS A MASTER AT
HE ARRANGED THE EXCHANGE OF U2PILOT FRANG15 GARY FUW KS r-UK
RUSSIAN SPY COL. RUDOLF IVANOVICH ABEL.
HE IS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE SEAT
HELD BY NEW YORK REPUBLICAN SEN, JACOB K. JAVITS, AND THIS
CREATED A HIGHLY UNUSUAL SITUATION.
PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICS, A
SENATOR HAS HAD TO BE BRIEFED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
ON THE DOINGS OF HIS OPPONENT.
WHILE JAVITS SHOOK HANDS WITH VOTERS ON THE SIDEWALKS OF
NEW YORK, DONOVAN SHOOK HANDS WITH CUBAN PREMIER FIDEL CASTRO AND
NEGOTIATED WITH HIM ON THE RETURN OF 1,113 PRISONERS CAPTURED
DURING THE ABORTIVE BAY OF PIGS INVASION.
THE "A ,,KEPT JAVITS BRIEFED ON DONOVAN'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH CASTRO.
SILVER HAIRED LAWYER.
DONOVAN SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II ON THE PERSONAL STAFF OF
MAJ. GEN. WILLIAM J. DONOVAN (NO RELATION) THEN DIRECTOR OF THE TOP
SECRET OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICES.
DONOVAN HAD ANOTHER ENCOUNTER WITH INTRIGUE WHEN HE
DEFENDED ABEL IN COURT WHEN THE RUSSIAN COLONEL WAS ARRESTED AND
CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE.
DEFENDING ABEL WAS NOT A PLEASANT JOB. DONOVAN AND HIS FAMILY
SUFFERED SUBTLE AND OPEN VILIFICATION DURING THE TRIAL. ABEL WAS
CONVICTED IN 1958 AND SENT TO PRISON FOR 30 YEARS. DONOVAN DONATED
HIS $10,000 FEE TO THREE LAW SCHOOLS.
WHY DID HE TAKE THE UNPOPULAR CASE:
"IF THE FREE WORLD IS NOT FAITHFUL TO ITS OWN MORAL CODE, THERE
REMAINS NO SOCIETY FOR WHICH OTHERS MAY HUNGER," SAID DONOVAN.
HE ARRANGED THE SWAP OF THE RUSSIAN SPY FOR THE AMERICAN
U2 PILOT FOUR YEARS LATER.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY PRAISED DONOVAN'S ACTION IN BRINGING POWERS
"SO FAR AS I AT AARE." THE PRESIDENT TOLD DONOVAN, "THE TYPE
OF NEGOTIATION YOU UNDERTOOK, WHERE DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS HAD BEEN
UNAVAILING, IS UNIQUE AND YOU CONDUCTED IT WITH THE GREATEST SKILL
AND COURAGE."
DISTINGUISHED INTELLIGENCE MEDAL FOR THE EXCHANGE.
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THE 46-YEAR--OLD LAWYER WAS ASKED BEFORE LEAVING FOR CUBA FOR
HE FIRST TIME IN AUGUST WHICH HE THOUGHT WAS HARDER--THE RELEASE
F THE PRISONERS OR THE FREEING OF POWERS,
"THE TOUGHEST JOB I HAVE IS EARNING A LIVING." HE SAID
ITH A GRIN.
DONOVAN EARNS HIS LIVING AS A PARTNER IN THE WALL STREET
REA FIRM OF WATTERS AND DONOVAN,
HE WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY ON FEB. 29, 1916, AND WAS GRADUATED
ROM ALL HALLOWS INSTITUTE. FORDHAM COLLEGE AND THE HARVARD LAW
CHOOL.
HE MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH MCKENNA A BROOKLYN GIRL. IN 1941.
HEY HAVE FOUR CHILDREN.
DONOVAN PLAYS GOLF IN THE 90?S AND COLLECTS RARE BOOKS AND
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS.
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