Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency dossier on Cuban exile leader Manuel Ray Rivero was released in 2023 under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Act. It contains biographical sketches of Ray as Castro's Minister of Public Works and later leader of the MRP and JURE, a 1965 report on his views of anti-Castro tactics, a Spanish report on his 1965 Madrid visit, and 1977 cables answering an FBI request. Those cables note he was declared persona non grata in Jamaica in December 1976.
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an independent position in accordance with his stated views on this matter. 3 . He may also be feeling us out in this first interview to study our reactions and see what course to take in future meetings. At the end of our meeting he stated again his willingness to work with us for mutual concern and hoped that future meetings would bring a better understanding. Although at this stage I am not very optimistic I believe nevertheless that we should keep punching to see if something can be accomplished in future contacts. Next will be Friday 8. Your comments or suggestions before the next meeting will be most welcome. Best regards P. S. He told me about a broadcast to Cuba during a case ball game which he succeeded in tasing and inserting and anti-castao message. He still has not received any confirmation on if the message was heard. Have you?
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 219 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.