EX-CONGRESSMAN IS ENCOURAGED BY CASTRO'S VIEW ON PRISONERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600370002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 13, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

PADUCAH, KY. OCT 1 3 1963
SUN-DEg,OCRAT
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x-Congress t,an Is .Encourage
By Castro's New On Prisoners
mangQ t Oregon
ha s- tt roni a 12-day
trip to Cuba "encouraged" about
the prospect-'6f the Castro govern-
but without securing a .,general'
amnesty. f.0
Porter went td,liayana .in dual
capacityy;-- 1 attorney . repi'etent-
ing aft _ incorporated .gr+pug of
friends and relatives of tin) is-I
i#o..,iyd a tfiicle,fw
Castro's position, said Porter,
is that "a general amnesty would
have to be deferred until the Unit-
ed States stopped its aggressive
actions through CIA-financed at-
Asked `what attacks C as t D
ing attacks by light planes, usual-
; ly approaching Cuba from the
Province, he said, and others hav
been aimed at industrial plants.
"They are sporadic and aren't
of military importance," said
1.. P".
the early days o# the C
.sugar companies help" l f n nce
counter-revolutionary element-shut
11that they have since given up
s the chief means of support left ( side :Iha only once, to visit a
orter. remainder of his time talking with
ears Intelligence Leaks diplomats from Allied countries
h
i
o are
n a,a-
release prisoners whom m" "a aa,cuw w
prisoners t o vana, and reading Castro'sspeech-
nets, but that Cubans deny there] a d,io, a,~,,, 0 N.,,,. sio from
and on annthPr. oceaginn from 9.45
t
o '- etur
hate Porter received from thel?'"",
elatives he represents. Porfer rter is return to Washington?
reported 6n his talks toi
Castro agreed to permit `foams-; one of President Kennedy's White
ion of a counterpart organiza-cFlotise aides? Arthur Schlesinger;
tingstandards by which certainl1not officially recognize Porter's'
city categories would be those.n,ne;.s' Iii' secured permission for
ententes, women. the sick and- iournakt.
r` said diplomatic sources
ho are seeking to leave Cuba.,
Now but steady stream is leav
g via Mexico, he said. and many
ore Talks Possible
Iks but probably not for several
oaths.
He was denied a request to visit;
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