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104-10111-10040 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (9/15/1960)

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SUBJECT        a. Da    L. Christ



      1. On 15 September 1960, 3 staff employees (David Christ, Thornton
Anderson and Walter Sauminski) were arrested by the Cuban G-Z while in-
stalling audio surveillance equipment against the New China News Agency
in Havana. About  the same time an Agency case officer, Robert Neet, and
a stay-behind agent and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.          were picked
up.  All px were jailed. Subsequently, Mrs.       and Neet were released
and deported.

      Z. The 3 staff employees were operating under alias Identities which
have stood up to date (Daniel Carawell, Eustace Danbrunt, Edmund Taransky).
The staff employees and the stay-behind agent were tried on 17 December
1960. On  10 January 1961, the staff employees were sentenced to 10 years
in jail, and the stay-behind agent was ordered departed. The deportation
took place shortly thereafter,,

      3. Following the arrest, the 3 Agency employees were first detained
at the G-Z headquarters in Havana and shortly thereafter were moved to
the LaCabana  prison. Itw as possible to keep them supplied with food, ne-
cessities, radios, reading material, etc. On 23 January in spite of the
Immediate  appeal of the sentence filed by their lawyer, the 3 men were
moved  to the Isle of Pines where living and sanitary conditions are in-
tolerable. Prisoners are required to perform hard manual labor, and
there is an insufficiency of food.

      4. With the assistance of Mr. Hugh Kessler, a U. S. consular of-
 ficial, close contact was kept with the 3 men until diplomatic relations
 with Cuba were severed. Through a Washington attorney, James R.
 Murphy, arrangements  were made with a Cuban lawyer, Dr. Fernando  .
 Colomar, to represent the 3 men in court. Colomar was not told of
 any Agency interest in the operation. Through the joint services of
 Messrs. Kessler and Colomar,  the 3 men were supplied with pocket
 money, food, clothing, toilet articles, etc. After diplomatic relations
 were severed, Colomar  continued to visit the men until they were trans-
 ferred to the Isle of Pines,

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