CIA File on Ray, Manuel

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were held with officials of the Government of Costa Rica, these were advised that CRIKE was in no way involved in the arrangement for procurement of these arms and thin was to be considered strictly an independent act on the part of Pay. It was explained that Pay would have to abide by all the legal export regulations for these arms which possibly would present difficulties. The decision as to whether or not to aid Pay was left completely up to the Costa Ricans, but it was noted to them that the consignment could well become a political hot potato for them in the future. COCID did not issue the export license and at the time it was believed that the Costa Ricans had withdrawn their sponsorship of the arms order. However, it subsequently came to light that the Costa Ricans in fact never did rescind the original purchase order. (See para. 7 below.)

6. On the day following the arms seizure in California, KUPARK learned Ray was the owner of the arms and anxious to recover them since all but a balance of some $9,000 had been paid on the order. (A total of some $50,000 was involved.) Arquita had left California in February 1965 with the job unfinished and Ray had continued his negotiations with Arquita's partner. Moreover, it was learned that at the time of the seizure, the original purchase order