“and Ray argued his case as a simple member of the group. Out of this meeting came a declaration of 14 points, including the nationalization of the banks and public utilities. On 9 March, Ray said that ideas attributed to him in paragraph 12 were not true and part of a "campa”
“17 November, copy of which is attached. The following paragraphs are in elaboration of this massage. 3. During this first meeting, my intent was to establish rapport, probe into Ray's political thinking, and, by reiterating previously unde statements on the Bender group's villing”
“authorities over activities of JURE reps, in Florida making support of Ray's effort extremely difficult. SECRET”
“T 1932 47553 √B. IIR 47437 (00762785)** /C. HAVA 5784 (IN 41008)**** D. MKKI 6163 (IN 43033)***** of 1. FOLLOWING IS SUMARY HOS THINKING RE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS INVOLVEMENT MANUEL RAY} IN PLAN PROPOSED REF A. 2. AS YOU AMARE WE CONSIDER MANUEL RAY BE POLITICAL FIGURE OF CONSIDE”
“a simple member of the group. Out of this meeting came a declaration of 14 points, including the nationalization of the banks and public utilities. On 9 March, Ray said that ideas attributed to him in paragraph 12 were not true and part of a '’campaign against him by Mr. Paw”
“13-00000- DATET SnrncuAhl 5. - Is there any indication that Ray had any connection with any foreign intelligence service? If so, please provide all possible details. 6s there any indication that Ray had any connection with foreigners in the United States, especially ”
“13-00000 ■ 5.. Is there any indication that Ray had any connection with any foreign intelligence service? If so, please provide all possible details. 6. Is there any indication that Ray had any connection . with foreigners in the .United States, especially X ■ CubansF”
“tated the t Ray was an avowed enemy of the US and that he had heard Ray discussing hi s program with other Cubans. Ray advocated that properties confiscated from American citizens and corporations were not to be returned to their rightful owners; that no independence be given to ”
“as a base. Lanier says Ray receiving money from Venezuela. L-2 is a CIA agent - Cuban citizen living in Mexico. "Mexican station wants to keep him clean of overt exile activity. G”
“latter's er fork aty) : 22 1. 1: of my report of score seating deals with miscel- Lanecas inform 9 * 2. Throughout the entire conversation at becere quite clear thet Kamie Ray and nie admisers must have discussed amongst themselves the varios prching mestions which Eender had rai”
“he "knows" that Artime was being financially supported by wealthy ex-Batistianos of the Miami area. 13. Ray hinted at various times that the MRP may at some point find itself faced with the necessity of withdrawing from the Council and going it alone. He says that the Council is ”
“n program. a specific tax must be applied designed to NW 65987 Docld:32422694 Page 5 104-10193-10008 to provide that money. money. He said that what is needed are fever taxma, but more general taxes which will provide the rovenue needed without the necessity of of a holge-podge o”
“khaus. 14-00000 CLASSIFIED MESSAGE SECRET IN 63271 PAGE_3 SEJMS CONFIDENT THEY WILL JOIN HIM EVENTUALLY. HE FEELS HE HAS TIGHTENED UP AND INSPIRED HIS ORGANIZATION PARIS. SAYS HAS GAINED AIMPRESSION FROM TALKS WITH CUBANS HERE THAT DISILLUSI ON- MENT AMONG CUBAN EMBASSIE”
“1963, Ray had issued orders to infiltrate a JURE member into CIA in order to learn details of plans regarding Cuba. JURE also intended to drop leaflets into Cuba of a derogatory nature regarding U.S. govt. In cluded in these leaflets was Subject's manifesto against the U.S. govt”
“DATE ROM ACTION . NFO. . 1 CLASSIFIED MESSAGE SECRET PAGE 2. ROUTING 14 5 6 WAVE 8585 IN 21995 TOCS IN CUBA. POSSIBLY INFORMATION MISINTERPRETED IN VIEW FACT RAY'S GROUP CIRCULATING IN SJAN CIRCULAR CALLING FOR MEETING 1930 то 2130 HOURS 16 SEPT (THIS IS CHANGE FROM WAVE 8431) AT”
“Betsy Palmer Volume X continued. 11110843 6. Cable to San Jose, Caracas, Santo Domingo, Mexico Cityk JMWAVE From: Director dated 31 August 63 Ray departing 29 Aug. on trip to first three addees. Attempting renew Mexican visa waiver for travel there later. Purpose of trip ”
“t du ring meetings the previous week in NY and Wa shingto n, R ay actively participated in the futur e destiny of Cuba. He also stated the t Ray was an avowed enemy of the US and that he had heard Ray discussing his program with other Cubans. Ray advocated that properties confisc”
“April 1963, Ray had issued orders to infiltrate a JURE member into CIA in order to learn details of plans regarding Cuba. JURE also intended to drop leaflets into Cuba of a derogatory nature regarding U.S. govt. In cluded in these leaflets was Subject’s manifesto against the U.S”
“the I direction of tho J.U.R.E., and develop a nationalistic and copccially an anti-American policy in order to be able to group all the elements existing in Cuba that have not figured prominently in the CASTRO regime. After the fall of the 0ASE.O rogimo they plan to form a,”
“U.S. authorities over activities of JURE reps, in Florida making support of Ray's effort extremely difficult. SECRET”
“traitor. Ray resigned his post but said publicly that he approved and supported the Castro regime without any mental reservations. Says in Cuban clandestine circles Ray is regarded as boastful, ostentatious and deceitful. Intimate friends of Ray feel that he is a man of anti-d”
“CS/JMWAVE, dtd 21 Oct 63 Information received from AMTAUP-2 Ray to arrive in Miami 26 July, in secret, because he wanted to hold private meetings to discuss military affairs with action groups in Miami. Met at home of Rogelio Cisneros Diaz on 28 July, Met with Armando Alanis ”
“this meeting came a declaration of 14 points, including the nationalization of the banks and public utilities. On 9 March, Ray said that ideas attributed to him in paragraph 12 were not true and part of a "campaign against him by Mr. Pawley of the Miami City Transit Company". S”
“CS/JMWAVE, dtd 21 Oct 63 Information received from AMTAUP-2 Ray to arrive in Miami 26 July, in secret, because he wanted to hold private meetings to discuss military affairs with action groups in Miami. Met at home of Rogelio Cisneros Diaz on 28 July. Met with Armando Alanis ”
“issued orders to infiltrate a JURE member into CIA in order to learn details of plans regarding Cuba. JURE also intended to drop leaflets into Cuba of a derogatory nature regarding U.S. govt. In- eluded in these leaflets was Subject’s manifesto against the U.S. govt and against t”
“an avowed enemy of the US and that he had heard Ray discussing his program with other Cubans. Ray ad vocated that properties confiscated from American citizens and corporations were not to be returned to their rightful owners; that no independence be given to the judicial power; ”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Volume XV - June 1964 11110854 Page 2 5. Memo for the Record, dtd 9 June 1964, from Alfonso Rodreguez Subject: Possible Plans of Ray Opinion of Rodriguez that Ray will attempt asap to mount another infiltration effort. He is relatively certain JURE ha”
“red as yet by himself or his staff and that they wild be given fall thought in the farthscut. weeks. 3.. Wien asked to defice his position vis a vis the Church, Ray pointed with prine to Valdes Pinc and keinol Omelet the former an important lay Church leader, the latter an insert”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Volume XII - Manual Ray Page 2 11110843 6. Cable to DIR from JMWAVE, dtd 31 Jan 64 - .Article in Miami Herlad about the discovery of arms cache in Puerto Rico confirms accuracy of Amtaup/2 reporting that Ray involved in robbery U.S. Military installation and”
“anuel Ray 105-117538-11 р. 1,2 (14) NY 2865-S furnished a statemen t forwarded to him by Dr. Guiller mo Alonso Pujol, à Vice President of Cuba from 1948 to 1952. Informant stated that the background given by Dr. Pujol was an answer to Cuban exiles who were critical of his trip to”
“Key west area -— had motor trouble. 6. Cable to DIR from JMWAVE, dtd 18 July 1964. Ray’s latest misadventures trying get into Cuba mid-July greeted with relative indifference majority Cuban exiles Miami area. *7.withdrew Wireservice prinout - Miami, Flay, July ’s from Ray”
“Betsy Palmer Volume XI - continued - Page 3 11110843 13. Field Information Report dtd 26 October 1963 Ray in Miami 10/26/63 to meet with Ernesto Betancourt, former MRP and now Washington, D. C. delegate of ELS. May have met in an effort to merge for with JURE. Ray feels ne”
“bility) and said he would explore the possibility of basing maritime operations in non-U. S. ports.. 9. Ray said some means, other than Swan Island, must be found. for reaching the Cuban population by radio broadcasts. He spoke of the possibility of short wave broadcasts from Ven”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Volume XII - Manual Ray Page 2 6. Cable to DIR from JMWAVE, dtd 31 Jan 64 - Article in Miami Herlad about the discovery of arms cache in Puerto Rico confirms accuracy of Amtaup/2 reporting that Ray involved in robbery U.S. Military installation and that”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Volume X continued 11130243 6. Cable to San Jose, Caracas, Santo Domingo, Mexico Cityk JMWAVE From: Director dated 31 August 63 Ray departing 29 Aug. on trip to first three addees. Attempting renew Mexican visa waiver for travel there later. Purpose of ”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Volume XI - continued - Page 3 11110843 13. Field Information Report dtd 26 October 1963 Ray in Miami 10/26/63 to meet with Ernesto Betancourt, former MRP and now Washington, D. C. delegate of ELC. May have met in an effort to merge ELC with JURE. Ray feels ”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Volume XV - June 1964 11110854 Page 2 5. Memo for the Record, dtd 9 June 1964, from Alfonso Rodreguez Subject: Possible Plans of Ray Opinion of Rodriguez that Ray will attempt asap to mount another infiltration effort. He is relatively certain JURE ha”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Volume XI - continued - Page 3 13. Field Information Report dtd 26 October 1963 Ray in Miami 10/26/63 to meet with Ernesto Betancourt, former MRP and now Washington, D. C. delegate of ELG. May have met in an effort to merge ELC with JURE. Ray feels need”
“CONTACT REPORT SUBJECT: Meeting with Manuel RAY, 15 November 1960, at a Hotel in Homestead, Florida 1. The meeting was held in the above-named place because, at that particular time, Kanuel Ray was still "under vraps" and we did not vant to take any chances of having him spotted ”
“his post but said publicly that he approved and supported the Castro regime without any mental reservations. Says in Cuban clandestine circles Ray is regarded as boastful, ostentatious and; deceitful. Intimate friends of Ray feel that he is a man of anti-democratic procedures, an”
“iously had convinced someone in authority that he had a much larger fol lowin g in the u nderg round than he act ually had.u 113-7-210-367) (19) On 4/26/61, Horacio Aguir re, V ice Pre sident and Director of th e "Diario La s Ameri cas," a Miami daily Spanish languag e newspaper,”
“Ray has made it into Cuba. 7. Cable to JMWAVE from DIR, dated 23 May 1964. Request Reuteman advise send CAMCARBON/1 that he has checked with hdqtrs and that Ray is not receiving CIA support." Reuteman should trace history of intimate relationship of TAMCAPE/1 with Ray noting”
“SECRET Betsy palmer Volume X continued 6. Cable to San Jose, Caracas, Santo Domingo, Mexico Cityk JMWAVE From: Director dated 31 August 63 Ray departing 29 Aug. on trip to first three addees. Attempting renew Mexican visa waiver for travel there later. Purpose of trip to so”
“Cable to DIR from JMWAVE, dtd 18 July 1964. Ray's latest misadventures trying get into Cuba mid-July greeted with relative indifference majority Cuban exiles Miami area. 7. Wireservice prinout - Miami, Flay, July 24, 1964. Three exile groups withdrew from Ray's JURE today protest”
“details (training at U. of Utah mentioned) Ray devoting full time to JURE 5. Contact Report 15, dtd 8 October 1963 _ Contact with MRR member by Co Warren K. Guertler.> Would like to know what position to take re: Ray if A-19 asks about U.S. backing._A-19 considers Ray part o”
“Information Report from U.S. national in a U.S. governemnt agency._ Source had contact with DR. GUILLERMO SALAZAR SANCHEZ,, former Cuban ambassador to Switzerland and DR. SERGIO ROJAS SANTAMARINA, former Cuban Ambassador to United Kingdom. Salazar said he had heard from a rel”
“• I SECRET Betsy Palmer Volume XVIII continued Page 2 11110860 , 6. Intelligence Information Cable, dtd 28 June 1966 Source: Qualified American Observer On 15 June 1966, Rafael Garcia-Bango, Cuban exile in Spain, received call in Madrid from Ray in P.R. regarding Ray’s”
“over in succeeding paragraphs. NW 65987 Docld:32422694 Page 1 SECRET 104-10193-10008 HIS TRIP TO SAN JUAN. He made only passing references to his tris to Puerto Rico. He mentioned that he had a very fine talk with Gov. UNOZ Marin for whom he extressed great admiration. Several ti”
“explosives. 9. Cable to Director from JMWAVE dtd 11 Sept 63, report from AMTAUP-2 who spoke with Rogelio Cisneros on 6 Sept. Cisneros stated Ray departed for Costa Rica on 5 Sept to interview President Orlich. Said on Ray’s last meeting with FFD, the private secretary of Preside”
“14-00000 CLASSIFIED MESSAGE IN 63-1 PAGE 2 RAY BELIEVES CABRERA WILL WORK ON ARCOS BUT SAYS MAN WHO COULD REALLY DO THE JOB IS ARCOS UNCLE WHO IN PUERTO RICO AND KNOWN TO RAY. HE COULD NOT REMEMBER NAME OR EXACT RELATIONSHIP BUT PLANS CONTACT HIM ON RETURN AND GROOM HIM FO”