N.Z.-Born Journalist Arrested In Cuba

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29222, 4 June 1960, Page 13

N.Z.-Born Journalist Arrested In Cuba

HAVANA, June 3«‘ o A New Zealand journalist, Mr Edward William** Scott, a Havana resident for many yeaft, has beenarrested by the Cuban Government’s military investigation department for “investigation.”

Mr Scott a columnist for the “Havana Post” and correspondent for the National Broadcasting Corporation of the United States, was born at Reefton. He was arrested yesterday aboard a plane at the Havana Airport He was about to fly to Miami, Florida, for a short visit. The arrest was confirmed today by the Cuban Armed Forces Investigation Department Officials of the British Embassy have tried to see Mr Scott who is being held incommunicado. The British Embassy has made formal diplomatic representations to the Cuban Ministry of State to ascertain the reason for Mr Scott's detention. United Press said Mr Scott was a “New Zealand national.” Mr Scott was arrested by a secret service agent who boarded the Miami-bound plane a few minutes before It was scheduled to take off. Mr Scott, the former editor of the “Panama American," has

been in the Caribbean and Central America for X years. A colourful, flamboyant pesaonsilty, Mr Scott was last in NSW Zealand tn IMO when ha wsi ona three-month visit, Bays a Wellington message. * When x he was a general reporter tn Wellington in the IMWa and early IMO’s Mr Scott WU known in sport circles as an exceedingly competent boxer. - Overseas be worked at various timet in Europe and England ip journalism. In the late liMs and early in the next decade Mr SeeOt was a senior executive of a South American' airline. He became editor of Mb bi-linguel "Paapma Americanf in Panama City, eu relinquishing his poet with the airtine and mained with toe paper till IMB when be left for Cuba. At various times Mr Boott has been ' ’*Time" correspondent Mk ruetrat Aamsta. and. UM Frees correspondent in American countries. Abssu w years apo he want to the M Msffaaa Post” He and Ernest Heesiagway. .tot celebrated author, were_ in *tMs news together about ettf* pMX ego when it was reposts* StF were planning to fight -a toftl This did net evaotoiiib hoynojk. Mr Scott has three, npfyfe of whom receotly gradasfiw ||ifa Om • scbeianMp to OsMp|teg||fi * wife's metoar,ltoTcßMMgHl are at present otarjog . Wto|uH»M brother