U.S. MAY AID PRISONER DEAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200020028-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 1998
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: October 10, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

WASHINGTON STAR OCT 1. 0 1962
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~tmed that Premature dis-!Elornestead. The Air Force in-'
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`day
,o,3ui of negotiation ls'
IN, -c -ategic Air,
Command base which operates
ifficult to surmount. under strict security which
loaner Deal - Havana sources had saidIwould nretvent relatives of the
hat only one fmal meettrlgl
f etween Mr. Donovan and l4r.jcaptives't.knd newsmen from
u n c# Use H n" ted astro stgod in the way of the seeing et13em there.
risoners' liberation. They said It is expected the prisoners
TO Free Ci q 15 r. Donovan had arranged ,,,,,,, , ~H + n o t,eA fill.-
- iaac: .....}a.u -j'-ayci y- ortation to Miami.
pireiitly will have to pay d
share of the bill, ill. prisoners White House Approval
taken in the' abortive Cuban
n efforts to free the prisoners.
But the Kennefly edminis-
ration has taken e'ictraordinaxy
recautions to Cloak any activ-
invasion are eleased;~ There was eve reason to by; special teams of United.
Members o ; Congress wljo elieve President Xennedy and States officials reportedly being
have been kept up to date a ther high officia.+ hoped the brought in from as far away as
the mogNress ew of nYork otiattiioonsrn - egotiations would be success- New York and San Juan, Puer-
1. The White House In the to Rico. Then it is expected
that the prisoners will be taken
ast has looked wjth approval
Via P del Castro for an
exs e o. 1,113 men captured
in the April, 1961, invasion
ptt,sll 't indicated they expect
en3nYcy funds to be used.
T ' have been reports that
the tral Intelligence Agency
R-tur of Castro Captives Awaited
l sly in Miami. Page A-2
York. asked'?
w'
State.,Deparlment Px;ess Oi-
ficer Lin'co'lri White said ye,
terday no agree)pgnt had bean
reached, but negotiations were
continuing.
Capital Cauous
Meanwhile, a wor o/ caution
,was injected by informed Wash
before his departure from New foreign, objectives be?"
sumption tat
d6u rnment. egotiations with Mr. Castro.
supplies an money ,will. be, He stated his protest In tele-
utilized to seal aYq, barter rams to M . Kennedy, Seere-
bargain that might ll'e made. ary of State Rusk and Con-
Mr. Castro pogttcl led, a roller General Joseph Camp-
scheduled meeting with. Mr. 11.
Donovan yesterday, informed Noting reports that taxpayer
sources reported. They said oney may be used to pay the
Mr. Castro put off thesessionJ ansom, Mr. Crater said any
so he could welcome Cuban; uch expenditures . would be
President Osvaldo Porticos) ontrary to the oaaic statement
Pack from the United Nations. of policy by Cot ess authoriz-
Mr. Dorticos declined cam- ing specific aC on to combat
cine valued at that ix-
This of Florida, objected
This leads diem. they-_i esterday to Mr. DOriovajn's
ome, close lo r iatng any ,; re blaming Mr. Kennedy for
sum as $62 m lion or . vipt. intervention in Cuba.
money. But a Congressman in With a few scattered excep- is ea- t~ to fly the prisoner
a position to know said he to the United States.
Ions, Senate and '-louse mean- f,'bm aCu .
not believe any final decision ers profess to be completei5 4' mftlutt?s-F,way-by jet.
has been made. n the dark on at is goinz
Mr. Castro has asked for pay- in. This probably will result
nien.t of $62 million for release n demands for full-scale rn-
of the prisoners. Mr. Donovan orts on any roie_ tine Govern-
, attempting to work out an ent played if the prisoners
agreement for furnishing food
and medicine to Cuba in re_ re released. -
turn for release of the prisoners. There already are rumblings
p >? 41 On F?ads 11 gainst the paymt it of ransom
??^ o gain the fre40om of the
me bens of Congress aptives. These Touid breed
)not believe a pie- ome inflammatorstatements
vattion such as the n a political mpaign in
lilies Committee Thick the Republicans .already
ties in which it ,has engaged
n connection with the
He V
prmLea, inrerviewea anu re-
ceive physical examinations
,when they arrive at Homestead
by bus to the Navy's former air
statio at Opa Locka on th<
outsk j4s of Miami to be re-
united with their families.
Special press facilities are be-
in s up at Opa Locka today
~
erage of the prisoners'
iations. Sources, rep a. ?,
resident never "ks d ous ed' return, but officials insisted
1. I
he matter with eongressiol al there still is no word when the
eaders at frequent White otf'ti,ons will be completed.
- -louse sessions. ~an tyxerican World Airways
WWI' come up with some of the
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