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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.
“Madrid”16 pages
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAUNCH SERIES OF INVESTIGATIONS, GETTING INTO THE SAME ACT THAT SENATOR FODD WAS INITIATING AT FEDERAL LEVEL. SOME TREASURY PEOPLE, PIRUED BY SUBJECT'S HAVING OBTAINED A LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE, APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO ASSIST STATE AND COUNTRY AUTHORITIES. UP TO THE TIME OF THE RAID, THE LOCAL SHERIFF'S STATION DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SUBJECT. 3. THE 26 MAR 65 RAID WAS UNDER THE AFGIS OF THE CALIFORIA (STATE) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THE GUNS WERE BOOKED INTO THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S OFFICE. PRESUMably TITLE IS STILL IN SUBJECT. DISPOSITION WILL PROBABLY BE DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND MAY WELL BE RETURNED TO SUBJECT. 4. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THE SEIZURE WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT. HOWEVER, WHAT SEEMS TO BE POSSIBLE BUT NOT SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH SEVERAL RIGHT WINGERS IS BEING BLOWN UP INTO JUSTIFICATION FOR THE RAID, WITH OMNIOUS REFERENCES TO PRIVATE ARMIES, AGAINST WHICH THERE IS A BILL IN THE STATE HOPPER. 5. IN LIGHT OF SOFTLY WORDED RUMORS OF AGENCY INTEREST (GUNS FOR ANTI-CASTROISTS, JURE, ETC.,) WE HAVE WALKED VERY QUIETLY, BUT WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. PHOTOSTATS OF CLIPPINGS BEING POUCHED. CFN 8557 STUNTZ DEVANON 45486 ERQUIAGA ARMS COMPANY (A) LA-484-64 27 OCT 64 (B) ERQUIAGA 10 8 DEC 64 (C) VA 67881 (C) (B) KENNEDY NOT ALTOGETHER LYNCH POSK DODD DIDN'T KNOW 26 MAR 65 NOT APPEAR NOT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-CASTRIDISTS JURE
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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.