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CIA File on Ray, Manuel

Central Intelligence Agency · 219 pages · text by GLM-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. 13 …REFER TO FBI TELETYPE DATED 22 JUNE 1977, SUBJECT AS ABOVE. $ \varphi $ 2. THIS AGENCY HAS…
  • p. 17 …FBI CABLE IN 2P150H BEGINNING WITH PHANDEL ANTOSIO RAY RIVERA. . ." 2. HAS REVIEWED RAY FILE BUT…
  • p. 35 …The FBI also reported ERQUIAGA was involved in the sale of arms to Cuban revolutionaries in…
  • p. 45 …CROSS REFERRED TO THIS FILE 13. TRANSFERRED TO RI FILE NO. PERTINENT INFORMATION RAV, MANUEL 201…
  • p. 214 …R D / Files for Ruyfo Alc 201 - 289298 C O N F-I-D-E-N…

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CLASSIFICATION
SECRET
MESSAGE HANDLING INDICATOR
DATE-TIME GROUP
CPS
MESSAGE REFERENCE NUMBER
STAFF
DIRECTOR CIA
CONF: INFO: FILE
0 MODE DISSED BY:
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0 RETURN TO PER
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TRACES ON RAY OR AMALIA ANGELINA ZABALA MAS. CUBAN RESIDENT WHO CONTACTED RAY IN PUERTO RICO. RAY'S ADDRESS IN VENEZUELA "PUBLICIDAD

SIBONEY, EDIF. LEX, 5 PISO, AVE LIBERTADOR, EL ROSAL" , IS A LEGITIMATE ADDRESS. THERE ARE ALSO BRANCH OFFICES IN PUERTO RICO AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 4 5. YOU WILL BE ADVISED OF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION MADE AVAIL-

ABLE TO THIS AGENCY. 4

6. FYI: ABOVE INFO OBTAINED PURSUANT TO CIA'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCT OF FOREIGN COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE U.S. 4

7. SECRET/WARNING NOTICE--SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED/NO FOREIGN DISSEM. CLASSIFIED BY 012034. EXEMPT FROM GENERAL DECLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE OF E.O. 11652 EXEMPTION CATEGORY 58{2}. IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE DATE OF AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION.

CABLE SEC: PLS PROVIDE COPIES TO IP/AN FOR FILING 201-239298, 201- 802841.

LA COMMENT: REF REQUESTED INFO ON RAY'S TRAVEL AND CONTACTS AND, IF POSSIBLE, DETERMINE STATUS OF HIS VISA WORK PERMIT.

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 219 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.