WHO GAVE THE MILLIION?
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP75-00001R000100380055-6
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RIPPUB
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K
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
November 17, 2016
Document Release Date:
June 7, 2000
Sequence Number:
55
Case Number:
Publication Date:
December 28, 1962
Content Type:
NSPR
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?3.!llh of rnoiths? !b9.80: per Sear, $1:7.60. Fo rerni Mail: at m: , h S'L4 arc,.
Rea. U. S. Pat. Off.
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minute in the Cuban hansom deal,
A lrtc l*t y General f;pbe `t ? y . Kennedy,
Flicked up the telep.one? apd got " 1
cash pledge from "a personal
,Aiflion
tlend. j '+ ..
This, because Fidel Castro demanded
s2.9 million which the Cuban Families
Committee had agreed but fail
or the 60 of the most seriu
v_ 1 prisoners previously r;?el
-ommittee headed by Gen. L
9iuickly raised most of. the
1.9 -million.
\.v no was the generous maze ~,iio so,
quickly agreed to'give ~1 million cash ?
The Justice Departiient will say only
Ile is "a personal friend of the Attorney
+~eneral, not a businessman, who does
not want his name made public."
f :,
This is not a sufficient answ r,, 'M e
d- nor should be identified. ^ a~~
This was no ordinary deal-no ordi-
xry case of Joe Blow, volunteer
solid- calling up Mr. R ch for a hig con-
L_ i-'itionto the Red Cross.
This was the Attorney- (Fercr~ll of
ews
A SCRIPT'S-HOWARD NEWSPAPER
"tease Lyhl and the pe,rptt, Well lind their own o(,Y.
.,. r : f`. t 1?l; iti kl', *W* Ray F. Ai t. 1C. B,t i ,e ~,, tifsraee-
`1;113 13+h ST- `'`.\V. (Zone 5) DL 7777
In Nrfropalilan 44aehepRlon: By Carrier, 30 per seek: $1.30 tier --th fly M AI: 3 monthr
he United tates-t e nations thief
aw enforcement officer and the man
n an unequalled position to put "th
n-in on" if he so chase--calling up somc:-
)ne to get him to come thru with $1
iillpn cash to pay as ransom to the
ea "of a foreign government.
We Identity of the individual is im-
ortant because then, to use a favorite
ennedy.;? family phrase, "a judgment
,can be' made" as to whether the great
ngt e r'ted upon some hapless in-
tf lip and philanthropy, as
ustic$ gross agents say.
W ,thout any evidence of what hap-
ened except the barebohes Justice
epartmept announcemenf,7 t ha' t:;y
high opinion of the'`c1in m ter dii
retion of Robert '1 n y, au. 41wies5
in t rail,dfscioo-Nk, , , blfe:
tt'4>rie%,,oel'Y: lls r1r' lpcri-
However, since he' was transacting
ublic bust ess, we
1,f submit the public ^
entitled kn hen, v C 1 c.
ow and ~v yIi' asc to 'il
.ladled by managed lie s" nor swept
nder the rug by nlanag)od noel-news.
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