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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. 38 …He never had any political convictions cash couldn't change. In the City of Industry plant…
  • p. 39 …However, Erquiago, still wanted in Los Angeles, has never been seen since in the States. His…
  • p. 41 …The guns were never supposed to be put on public sale. Something got loused up." The…
  • p. 61 …on the "Mig Plot" and consequently may never be able to verify the original "tip" and…
  • p. 87 …He is not a member of the inner circle of the Old Guard PSP and never…
  • p. 138 …They told me that they have never related to Mr J Maybe in Washington but in…
  • p. 154 …HAS NEVER BEEN CHIEF OF MUNICIPALITY B. DOES NOT VISIT ALL PORTS BECAUSE IS LIMITED TO…
  • p. 171 …However, it subsequently came to light that the Costa Ricans in fact never did rescind the…
  • p. 207 …Two Pages 34 It has never been my under staining that we needed a state average…
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5. THE TEST SUGGESTED PARA CALLED AS SPECIFIED IN LITES TO PHER ACCON ADDRESS RE SAFE MOVEMENT, AND IF REPORTS LOCAL,

LEAD CRIPS WHEN NET NEXT TIME OUT.

6. IDEN A DID NOT RECEIVE CPS ASSIGNMENT ACCEPTANCE FOR A ROLE WAS IN CONTEXT FOLLOWING CONVERSATION.

IDEN A WAS ANTI REGIME AND WILLING WORK AGAINST IT. HE ANSWERED THAT SUT WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS BECAUSE OF FACT HIS ANTI REGIME SENTIMENTS WELL KNOWS AND CONCERN PERSONAL SECURITY. FAMILIAGER ASKED IF HE WAS

REPORT FI FROM HIS PERSON CONTACTS AND POSSIBLY JANE IN ITEMS FOR CACHING. IDEN A ANSWERED YES TO BOTH SUGGESTIONS BUT GIVEN THAT ARTICLES WOULD HAVE TO BE SMALL ENOUGH TO CARRY ON PERSON AND CANOUPLAZED.

7. CONTACT CAN BE REORIENTED WITHIN FRAMEWORK OUTLINED AFTER PENDING HAS APPROVAL. WISH POINT OUT CASE WAS HANDLED KEEPING IN ' ' ' ' '

SECRET

CFN 10 410 PUSH UEL 2000

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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.