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CIA File on Ray, Manuel

Central Intelligence Agency · 219 pages · text by OCR

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.

  • p. 46 …Your cooperation in this case has been appreciated. Earl J. Williamson DC/WH/COG DDP/WH…
  • p. 83 …TDEN A's agents inside PIRHUMEN are probably IDEN C, who might cooperate with IDEN B…
  • p. 89 …The Subject's 'agents' inside Cuba are probably Jorge GARCIA BANGO Dirube, who might cooperate with…
  • p. 99 …We would not give Manolo REY any support or assistance until he cooperated with us fully…
  • p. 100 …that was supposed to be of mutual cooperation and trust. That he was not an informer…
  • p. 156 …BELIEVE COULD GET G-40 COOPERATION KEEP SHIP LAS PALMAS
18 NOV 20

TO: United States Secret Service

FROM: Deputy Director for Plans

SUBJECT: $ ^{o} $ RAY Rivero, Manuel Antonio aka: RAY, Manolo

Reference is made to your telephonic request dated 15 November 1965 concerning Subject. The files contain voluminous information from sources of varying reliability regarding Subject, who is well known to the Intelligence Community as a prominent anti-Castro Cuban exile leader and head of the Junta Revolucionaria Cubana (JURE, Cuban Revolutionary Junta). If particular information concerning Subject is desired, please specify.

CSCI-316/04364-65

RID/CE: JMA/RH/ell

Based on: 201-239298

CS COPY

201-239298

SECRET

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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.