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Material on Eloy Gutierrez Menoye

Central Intelligence Agency · 2026-03-17 · 53 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Central Intelligence Agency file on Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, approved for release in 2026, collects cables, trace requests and index cards from 1965 to 1971. They follow his capture during an infiltration of Cuba from the Dominican Republic around December 1964 and his Havana television appearance, which JMWAVE judged demoralizing for exiles. Other cables cover an Army intelligence (ACSI) operation linked to him and letters he later smuggled out of Cuban prisons. The file does not discuss UFOs.

  • p. 4 …NOEL SALAS SANTOS FBI FILE NO: 105-7548 (MIAMI)
  • p. 5 …CUBAN INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES FBI FILE NO: NONE GIVEN (NEWARK) DATE: 26 FEBRUARY 1971 CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVEN…
  • p. 19 …ENRIQUE MUNEZ ALVAREZ FBI FILE NO: NONE GIVEN (SAN JUAN)
  • p. 24 …RAFAEL RAMON NUGUET DEL VALAS FBI FILE NO: 105-10798 (MIAMI)
  • p. 32 …ELOY GUTIERREZ MENOYO FBI FILE NO: NONE GIVEN (SAN ANTONIO) DATE: 19 MAY 1965 CLASSIFICATION: NONE…
  • p. 37 …WAVE files describe Angel Gilberto *BANOS Pantoja* as a former U. S. citizen who fought in…

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IN 13186

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PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BY EXILES OR CASTRO REGIME. THIS FEELING REFLECT MIKE ALONSO'S REPORT FOR UPI, AND IS THE INTERPRETATIVE LINE GENERALLY BEING FOLLOWED BY MIAMI PRESS AND RADIO. EMPHASIS CONTINUES ON ALLEGED ROLE DOMINICAN AND PUERTO RICAN GOVTS.

3. CANVASSING OF EXILE REACTIONS SHOW IMPACT MENOYO'S CAPTURE AND SUBSEQUENT STATEMENTS HEAVIER AND MORE DOMORALIZING THAN MANOLO RAY'S FIASCO. PARTICULARLY UPSETTING WAS MANOYO'S ADVICE TO EXILES THAT THEIR EFFORTS CAUSING UNELESSARY BLOOD LETTING WITHOUT CHANCE SUCCESS BECAUSE PEOPLE INSIDE SUPPORT CASTRO. MENOYO'S UNEMOTIONAL DELIVERY AND WARNING TO EXILE ADVENTURERS THEIR FATE WILL BE WORSE THAN HIS BEING INTERPRETED AS EVIDENCE HE EITHER COWARD OR TRAITOR WHO KNEW WOULD NOT BE SHOT. AMCORE-2 REPORTS THAT EXILES UNABLE TO RECONCILE MENOYO'S ALLEGED BACKGROUND AS BRAVE GUERRILLA FIGHTER WITH LAST NIGHT TV PERFORMANCE AND FEEL ONLY EXPLANATION IS MENOYO WAS CASTRO AGENT ALL ALONG.

4. MOST EXILE LEADERS CONSIDER WORST DAMAGE FROM MENOYO EPISODE WAS UNDERLYING PROMOTION CASTRO GOVT AS POWERFUL REGIME AGAINST WHICH EXILES OR INSIDE RESISTANCE ELEMENTS CAN DO LITTLE. AMCORE-2 REPORTS SFNE PEOPLE ARE WISHING OUT LOUD FOR RAID BY ARTIME OR ORLANDO BOSCH TO COUNTER EFFECT MENOYO MUST HAVE HAD AMONG ANTI-CASTROISTS

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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. 53 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.