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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. 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

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THE SHIP WOULD HAVE BEEN

B. C-42 WAS DEFINED AND ARDINIA AND GENOA CLAIMED THEN A ASSISTED BY PERSONS FALSE MECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES.

C. IDEN A TOLD FARMANGER HE BROUGH 2 SUITCASES FOR ALPERTID TORRES GOMEZ DE CADIZ WHO SUPERVISING SPAIN SHIPBUILDING FOR PBRUMEN. IDEN A STATED TORRES TOLD HIS DOES NOT INTEND RETURN PBRUMEN IF RECALLED THEREFORE ASKED IDEN A BRING OUT PERSONAL BELONGINGS EACH TIME RIO CAONAO COMES EUROPE. IDEN A COULD HAVE REPORTED TORRES INTENTIONS TO PBRUMEN SECURITY OR MAMBISA.

D. IDEN A FURNISHED FAHLANGER WITH CARGO MANIFEST AND DICALITE SAMPLE IN GENOA. ON THE OTHER HAND BEGGED OFF ON DAYTIME MEETINGS AND HOURS SUGGESTED BY FAHLANGER. IF HE PROVOCATION WOULD SEEM HE WOULD BE TOLD BY HIS CO TO COMPLIE ALL NEET INSTRUCTIONS.

4. AGREE IDEN A BE LCFLUTTERED AND TESTED MATER OPS ASSIGNMENT ONE OR TWO DAY STOP LAS PALMAS APPROX 7 MAY RULE OUT FLUTTERING TRIIP UNLESS FLUTTER OPERATOR COULD BE IN LAS PALMAS ON CAY SHIPS ARRIVAL. BELIEVE COULD GET G-40 COOPERATION KEEP SHIP LAS PALMAS

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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.