CUBA ASKS PUNISHMENT OF 'SPIES'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200760001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 15, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

34 BAPTISTS
Coeb~ Asks ~
however', and it. was assumed
Only 34, were placed on trial, :
last April and charged with,,;
-being "Bible-packing Central";
Intelligence Agency men."
!'Cuban government tiday,
(Aemanded up to 30 years in
prison for 34 Baptist
:missionaries and "laymen
accused of committing i
espionage on behalf of the
United States.
The defendants in the 13-hour,
' trial included three women and
two Americans - the Rev.
;Herbert Caudill, 61, of.
Clinchport, Va.,,:and his son-in-
law, the Rev. James David Fite,
31, of Ft. Worth, Tex.
Sentencing is expected within
eight days.
In winding up his case within
1the forbidding Cabana' fortress
across the bay from Havana
itself, the prosecutor reduced to
10 years the term demanded for,,,
the Rev. Caudill.
Originally the prosecution had?;
I called for a 30-year hail term,
but. this was lowered because of,
the. Rev. Caudill's age. An
? .18-year ' prison term was
demanded for the Rev. Fite.
The defendants were part of a
group of 53 Baptists? arrested
Sanitized - Approved For Release CIA-RDP75r00149RO00200760001-9