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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.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Contact Division, Office of Operations ATTENTION: Mr. Richardson, Operations Support Staff VIA: WH/Cuba/Operations SUBJECT: Erquiaga Arms Company (Case # 45486) REFERENCE: LA 453-65, dated 2 June 1965 1. Further to our telephone conversation of 16 June we should like to clarify that whereas it is true that we had, and to a limited degree have, contact with Manuel Ray, who apparently bought some of the arms impounded by the California authorities in the Erquiaga plant, we are in no way connected with Subject. Ray purchased these weapons strictly on his own initiative. He was neither counselled to do so by us nor have we ever referred him to Erquiaga. Furthermore this Agency has no connection whatever with any of the individuals mentioned in the paragraph 1 listing of reference. What little contact we maintain with Ray is mainly within the context of our general interest in keeping abreast of Cuban exile activities. Our interest in Erquiaga, therefore, was in keeping with this general interest. 2. We are most appreciative of your Los Angeles office's efforts on our behalf. Should the FBI query your Los Angeles office about our interest and connections with Subject it is suggested that they answer along the lines set forth above. It is also requested that your office continue to keep us apprised of the current developments in this case. Andrew D. Rohlfing WIL/C/CA/EA Distribution: Orig. & 1 - Addressee 1 - WH/C/ESEC 1 - WH/C/CA/EA 1 - Ray 201
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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.