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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200030016-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: August 21, 1962
• Content Type: PREL

Approved For Release 1999/09/07 : CIA-RDP75-0
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AUGUST 21, 1962
HAVANA, AUG. 21 (AP)-ATTORNEY JAMES B. DONOVAN, WHO ARRANGED
THE RELEASE OF U2 PILOT FRANCIS GARY POWERS FROM RUSSIA, HAS ASKED
PERMISSION TO ENTER CUBA TO NEGOTIATE FOR THE RELEASE OF MORE THAN
1*000 CUBAN EXILES CAPTURED IN LAST YEARS INVASION.
THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY BY RESPONSIBLE SOURCES OF THE PRISONERS
OF WAR FREEDOM COMMITTEE. THEY SAID THAT IF DONOVAN GETS AN ENTRY VISA,
HE WILL ARIVE IN HAVANA BEFORE THIS WEEKEND.
THE U,S.-BASED FAMILIES COMMITTEE CABLED PRIME MINISTER FIDEL
CASTRO SATURDAY REQUESTING THAT DONOVAN BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE WITH
THE CUBAN LEADER IN PERSON. NO ANSWER HAD BEEN RECEIVED. BUT
INFORMANTS SHOWED OPTIMISM.
DONOVAN IS THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE RESCUE ORGANIZATION.
THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAS DEMANDED A $52 MILLION RANSOM FOR
YH FRI$S HERS, TAKEN IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR. IF THE MONEY IS NOT
DEPOSITED IN CANADIAN BANKS, THE CAPTIVES WILL HAVE TO SERVE PRISON
TERMS UP TO 30 YEARS.
SO FAR, 66 OF THE PRISONERS HAVE BEEN RELEASED. SIXTY OF THESE,
WOUNDED AND AILING, LEFT ON "CREDIT PAROLE." THEY ARE NOW TOURING
THE UNITED STATES TO HELP WITH THE FUND RAISING.
PK 519 AED
Approved For Release 1999/09/07 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000200030016-6