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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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Subject: ANRAGLE/1

1. The Subject called me on the sterile phone at approximately 1500 hours this date to report that he had just received word that his mother in Cuba was dying of glaucoma. He had had to cancel his trip to Europe (OS has already been notified to cancel the VIP reception in New York that we had planned for the Subject) and instead was coming to the US to consult with his sister in Petersburg, Virginia (Telephone 703-733-9082). on 20 October 1967----

2. He will be arriving at Dallas International Airport at 1210 hours on/ PAA 280. (This is a flight that leaves San Juan at 0830 hours the same date).

I told him that I would meet him and that we could have lunch together with Earl Williamson. (Subsequent check with Williamson approved this appointment).

3. The Subject will leave right after lunch for Petersburg by rented car or by bus. When he returns to Washington (sometime around 24 of 25 October 1967) he will stay overnight with Williamson.

Harry T. Mahoney

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Earl Williamson

Harry:

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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.