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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. 40 …Word was flashed to the FBI, the National Guard, the CIA, Naval Intelligence, and police units…
  • p. 41 …Nonetheless, his own intelligence unit retrieved 15 high-powered weapons, including one machine gun, from the…
  • p. 137 …He wants a press conference in the jail, as one of his conditions for stopping his…
  • p. 203 United Press International Federal agents examine arms seized at the Erquiaga Co. City of Industry, Calif…
Subject: Case 65486 - Erqulage Arms Company

Ref: (a) LA-404-64, std 27 Oct 64

1. Attached list (Incl. A) supposedly contains the names of all those with whom subject was in correspondence - at least as far as is reflected by the records which the L.A. County District Attorney has in his possession.

2. Excl. (B) shows the JURX markings on the receiver of subject's MR-6h, as previously reported in ref (a).

3. Encl. (C) is a packet of 6 letters and translations having to do with Peru.

4. Encl. (D) represents miscellaneous photos of subject's products. All are regarded by fire arms experts as outstanding in performance.

5. The enclosures made available by the LARB, are all for retention.

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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.