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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600370006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 18, 1963
• Content Type: PREL

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UNITED PRESS
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SEPTEMBER 18, 1963
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WASHINGTON--THE; STATE D.EPARTMENT SAID TODAY IT GRANTED FORMER RE".QWS
0. PERMISSION TO GO TO CUBA AS A JOURNALIST" AND FOR NO OTHER
PURPOSE."
"HE HAS A WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR LOOK MAQ ZI1 , " SAID STATE DEPARTME NT
PRESS OFFICER ROBERT MCCLOSKEY. "Z- D `YOU" 1[W IT IS THE POLICY OF THIS
GOVERNMENT TO VALIDATE PASSPORTS FOR TRAVEL TO CUBA FOR JOURNALISTS."
"ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES IN WHICH MR. PORTER MAY ENGAGE WHILE IN CUBA ARE
ENTIRELY PRIVATE IN NATURE AND HAVE DQ~L
MCCLOSKEY SAID, "ANY IMPLICATION TO THE 6ONTR.ARY IS COMPLETELY WITHOU'T'
FOUNDATION."
MCCLOSKEY SAID PORTER WAS "FULLY AWARE" OF THE BASIS FOR VALIDATION OF
HIS PASSPORT. HE SAID PORTER HAS TALKED WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT CUBAN
AFFAIRS COORDINATOR, JOHN H. CRIMMINS, "ABOUT THE GENERAL SITUATION IN CUBA
AND OTHER POLICY TOWARD CUBA IN CONNECTION WITH HIO JOURNALISTIC ASSIGNMENT."
9/18--EG337PED
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