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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.
# CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Intelligence Information Cable - ROUTINE COUNTRY CUBA TDCSDB-315/02535-65 DATE OF 23 JULY 1965 INFO. DISTR. 28 JULY 1965 SUBJECT NEW PLAN OF MANUEL RAY, LEADER OF JURE, TO ENTER CUBA DATE ACQ. UNITED STATES, MIAMI (28 JULY 1965) REF IN-20179 ## SOURCE FIELD REPORT NO. APPRAISAL: A MEMBER OF A GROUP OF CUBAN EMIGRÉS TRAINED IN THE TECHNIQUES OF INFORMATION COLLECTION, FROM ANTONIO ARIAS GONZALEZ, FORMER PROPAGANDA CHIEF OF JURE, WHO IS NOW A REPORTER FOR RADIO STATION WFAB. ARIAS, WHO IS STILL IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH JURE EXECUTIVES, CLAIMED THAT HE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION FROM "INTERNAL JURE REPORTS". 1. ACCORDING TO ANTONIO ARIAS GONZALEZ, MANUEL RAY AND THE JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA (JURE, CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA) ARE RECEIVING MONEY FROM AN UNNAMED UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SERVICE, BUT NOT FROM THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA). 2. RAY IS AGAIN PLANNING TO ENTER CUBA. IF HE SUCCEEDS, HE WILL START A CAMPAIGN TO DISCREDIT THE CIA BY ACCUSING IT OF BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAY IN FREEING CUBA. RAY CLAIMS THAT HIS PLAN IS IN AGREEMENT, OR HAS BEEN COORDINATED, WITH UNNAMED AMERICAN OFFICIALS WHO OPPOSE "CIA POLICY" REGARDING CUBA. 3. FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINCSO. This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Explonage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Boos. 723 and 724. the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. NO FORWIGN DISSEM/CONTROLLED DISSEM/ NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY DATE/INR DIA ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR JCS SECDEP NSA NIC XXXXX OCI ONE OCR ORR XX REPC INCLANT CIA/NMCC
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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.