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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.
# SECRET ## WH/COG # 67-312 MEMORANDUM FOR: Office of Security Chief Operational Support Division ATTENTION : Mr. Robert E. Bullock SUBJECT : Arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Callo 1. On 9 November 1967 Dr. Julian Gallo and his wife, who are both Cuban, and who reside in Puerto Rico, will be returning to the United States from Lisbon, on Pan American Airways (PAA) Flight 155 arriving Kennedy Airport at 4:15 PM. 2. Mr. Gallo has been a most valuable contact of this Agency for a number of years, reporting on the Cuban exile community in Puerto Rico. Previously he was a productive contact in the Havana Telephone Company in Cuba. 3. Mr. Gallo is about fifty-five years of age, approximately 5'8" tall, rather portly, and is medium dark complexioned. Normally he uses glasses only for reading. Mrs. Gallo is somewhat shorter than her husband and is quite atout. 4. The Gallos plan to rent a car and go from New York to Philadelphia to visit his sister there. 5. It is requested that Mr. and Mrs. Gollo be met at Kennedy Airport by a welcoming officer, and that they be given all possible help to facilitate their going through customs, I & NS, etc. Every possible courtesy should be extended them. 8. Mr. Gallo knows both Earl Williamson and Harry Mahoney of WH/COC by their true names. Their names may be used as bona fides by the welcoming officer. David A. Phillips C/WH/CCG DDP/WH/COG/CICS/Alice Gonzalez DISTRIBUTION: 1 - Address 1 - WH/REG/C 1 - WH/COG/CICS SECRET 1 - 201-239298 1 - 201-062084 1 - Originator 21239298
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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.