Documents / FOIA release
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
# SECRET 10 :. Commissioner of Customs Department of the Treasury Attention: Mr. Lester D. Johnson FROM Deputy Director for Plans SUBJFCT : Request for Additional Information REFERENCE: Conversation of 20 May 1964 Concerning Juan ERCUILAGA Aizcorbe in the Los Angeles Area 1. This memorandum is a request for additional information concerning the subject which was discussed by Mr. Oscar Neal on 20 May 1964 with Mr. Joseph O'Neill of this Agency. 2. It would be appreciated if your office would provide us with any additional information concerning a lot of weapons from: Eruquiaga Arms Company 15036 Froctor Avenue City of Industry, California which was located recently by your representatives at: Apex Kifle Company 7623 San Fernando Road Sun Valley (California) We are specifically interested in ascertaining (a) the quantity and the type of weapons which were located and whether or not they were confiscated and (b) to whom the arms actually belong. For your information we have a report that the weapons were specially made for Manolo RAY, Cuban exile leader.
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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.