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CIA File on Ray, Manuel

Central Intelligence Agency · 219 pages · text by 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.

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  • p. 69 …RAY's meeting with Garcia Bango in Madrid. 3. RAY still plans a seminar for JURE…
  • p. 70 …his recent meeting with Garcia Bango in Madrid, Spain. RAY continues to insist that he has…
  • p. 72 …many of the obvious questions concerning his Madrid/Cuban internal contacts and the MIG pilot. Earl…
  • p. 77 …His name is Jose Medina who arrived in Madrid on July 3 with a standard named…
  • p. 79 Cairn of Station, Madrid LATMAY POLYGRAIL/AMG-1 Contact with 201-774270 in Madrid Act: For…
  • p. 83 …IDEN A telephoned IDEN B on 15 June 1966 who asked him to come to Madrid…
  • p. 84 …IDEN A also claimed in Madrid that IDEN E had sent him a message and that…
  • p. 89 …Station Madrid spoke with the Subject who reported that he believed Fidel CASTRO would topple within…
  • p. 90 …The Subject also claimed in Madrid that Jose LLANUSA Gobel Minister of Education and leader of…
  • p. 94 …RESIDENT OF MADRID WITH MANY CONTACTS AMONG CUBAN EXILES IN SPAIN. SOURCE-IS-A NEW AND…
  • p. 95 …NUÑEZ, THE CUBAN CHARGÉ D'AFFAIRES IN MADRID. HE TOLD CALZADILLA THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL CUBAN…
  • p. 96 …HE STATED THAT HIS PURPOSE IN MADRID WAS TO CONTACT GARCIA-BANGO, WHO HE FELT HAD…
  • p. 100 …the arrival of a certain person in Madrid that was beleived to be of no use…
  • p. 103 …Cuerpo acredita la cuenta 601 con- nismo en Madrid. ! Viva Cuba libre ! Radio Ross Ballzane Karvinin…
  • p. 216 …It was passed to Madrid Station by QUOTA-71. Leslie H. HENDRIQUE Attachment: HEREWITH As stated…
  • p. 217 …Durante su estancia en Madrid se alojó en el Hotel Gran Vía de la Avda. de…
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

SUBJECT: Manolo Ray

I talked to AMBADGER at 0800 (Home 766-3337) and told him that both "The Eagle" (Williamson) and I agreed that our position was firm. We would not give Manolo REY any support or assistance until he cooperated with us fully by giving us the names of his sources. I told AMBADGER that he should be firm with REY and likened it to a blind date, i.e., it could be a beautiful romance if both sides cooperated but it would be a very bad date if he wanted it to be a one sided affair. AMBADGER is having lunch with REY this afternoon and will write me the results by airmail.

B. M. Mukham

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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.