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
4. RAY IS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER THE POSSIBILITY OF TOPPLING CASTRO WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. HE STATED THAT HIS PURPOSE IN MADRID WAS TO CONTACT GARCIA-BANGO, WHO HE FELT HAD SUPFICIENT CONTACTS INSIDE CUBA TO ESTABLISH THE BASIS FOR AN INSURRECTION. ALTHOUGH RAY IS AWARE OF GARCIA-BANGO'S UNSAVORY REPUTATION, HE FELT THAT HE COULD PROVE USEFUL IN FUTURE OPERATIONS OF THIS TYPE. HE BELIEVED THAT GARCIA-BANGO'S BROTHER, JORGE GARCIA-BANGO DIRUBE, WHO ENJOYS A MORE RESPECTABLE REPUTATION, WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL. RAY ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED INDIRECTLY A MESSAGE FROM JOSE LLANUSA GOBEL, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, CURRENTLY IN SAN JUAN FOR THE CARIBBEAN GAMES, AND CONSIDERS HIM A POTENTIAL ALLY. 5. RAY IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN SAN JUAN ON 26 JUNE. 6. FIELD DISSEM: CINCLANT, CINCSO.
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