JOHN MARTINO NAT WEYL ARE COAUTHORS OF THE BOOK " I WAS CASTRO'S PRISONER."
Originator: CIA
From: HELENE FINAN
To: THE FILE
Document date: 1964-02-12 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DOCUMENT INFORMATION

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FROM

HELENE FINAN

TO

THE FILE

TITLE

: JOHN MARTINO NAT WEYL ARE COAUTHORS OF THE BOOK " I

WAS CASTRO'S PRISONER."

DATE

02/12/1964

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: 3

SUBJECTS : CASTRO

PRISONER

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SENTET

22 February 1964

SUBJECT:

Debriefing of PRISBECK

6 or 7 February 1964

Subject reported on various personalities she heard discussed

while she was visiting. Sylvia and Nathanted WEYL In Flarids Iro 30

December 1953 to 7 or 8 January 1954-

JOHN BIRCH SOCLOTY

PRISBECK received the Impresalon that the Wille have disasaociated

themselves from the Blechites and have completely sevared their relationship

with the Society and its purposes. They do not see inu lOLLiAN, & wealthy

man, who 13 the Ulrchite representative In Palm Beach.

WOLIMAN bad, entertained.

the WEYLs frequently wien they first moved to Florida.

Duzing the entire length of PRISHECK's visit and as far as she

could judge, the VEris were completely isolated socially.

They have not been

assintlated into the little tow in which they live and their only contact

with the townspeople is at the club which they frequent, but seldon.

JOHN MARTINO

Niro and Mes. MARTINO visited the Willa one evening then PRISBECK

was present.

John MARTINO and Nathaniel Will are co-authors of the book

"I was Castro!'s Prisoner", which was published in lovember 1963. PRISTICK

has read it and says it is an extremely interesting and vell written account

Of MARTINO 's Imprisonment in Cuba.

PRISECK, at this point, cautioned the writer to remember that

all she was relating regarding the WElL's remarks vere rumors and/or 60s81p

and that Source had no means of checking the truth of their statements.

Jobn MARTINO Is the individual who carries the stores to Nathaniel

and both John and Nathaniel are deeply entrenched with the Cuban anti-Castro

forces.

MARTINO claims to have a friend In Miand who keeps him well informed

on Cuban matters.

KARACT

Document Number

1282-1023

for FOIA Review on FEB 1377

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MARTTO and Nathaniel, spoke of a trip that MARTINO had made

to Cuba with an American nevapaper voman, one LAPIN and two CIA agents.

Nathaniel did not accompany them. It is PRISBECK'e opinion that Natheniel,

who is a covard, just welshed on the trip, but thet he did finance it.

The purpose of the triy was to contact a Cuban who was serving as liaisco

for the four Russian Generals in charge of training and organizing the

Cuban miltary. The Cuban, who net the grown in the water at the edge of

a beach in Cuba, told then that the four Generala wanted to escape and

seek asylum in the Untted States.

MARTINO 13 going ahead with a follow un plan whereby on a given

signal, he and a group will sall to Cuoz to pick up the Generald. Nathaniel

is going on s, long lecture tour and vill not be able to accompany the pick

up team to Cuba.

LEE HARVEY OSWALI

The Cuban friends or the unnamed individual in Mtand know that

OSWALD coutacted the Cuban MI-6 by telephone fron a private bone in liani.

They alao know the man who furnished the information on OSWALD to the FBI.

Iron the reports given by the Cubans to this unknown indivlaus,

it seems very definite that RUBY went to Habana to make a shady deal with

e creature by the name of PRASKIN; who works tith the Cuban Commists and

who 1e also tied up with call girls In Cuba

A friend of Nathaniel WeXt, the ran for the presidency of Cuba

in 1958, shortly w1ll testify before the Senate Internal Security Sub-

Cormittee.

PRISSICS says this Iniormation my be confidential. SOURNIa,

or the Carmittee, contacted Nathaniel to get in touch vita the Individual.

MARINA OSWALD

Nathaniel claims there is more to Marina than weets the eye. He

has no doubts about her being politically involved and also he thiaks that

OSWALD's nother 18 an old Ilne Camunist, but ha cannoc prove this bellei.

Nathaniel knows that aiter OSWALD was refused s visa to the Soviet

Union, he made a quick trip inch Miseissippi to Cuba.

OSWALD returned from

this trip with money and then purchased a car. This story of his trip to cuba

comes from a girl in Miant with whom he was liring when be was in Yani.

SEGRET

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JACK RUBY

Nathaniel is cominced that he

was & dope pusher and that he

was usel by the Commnlate.

GENERAL

PRISBUCK advised that it la an old simulck wed by the Rusalaus

to instruat an American citizen whom thay intend to use to go to the Auertean.

Consul in the city in Fussla where he is residing and say that he wishes

to return to the Undted States but does not hava the regulzed money for bis

passage. In this manner, when the Anerican Consul furniakes the individual

his fare, they ostenatoly are giving hin a clean bill of bealth

Source also advised that no American noy vork in Russia unless be

Is a rember or the CrUSA. Maturally, Foreign Service personnal and private

businessmen on trips are excluded from this reatriction.. The Party directs

the member as to his speciric destination in Russia.

Source recalls that an

espionage training school was located in Klev and that this school uas still

in existence in this cloy in 193T, the last date of contact of Sounce with

RIS.

Source sald it is very likely that the CPUSA instructed OStALD to proceed

to Kiev for the purpose of attending the espionaga school and that likewise

OSWALD was Instructed to act penniless and request passage home from the U.S.

Consul In Kiev.

Helene Finan

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