“5-97525) and who recently defected from the Castro regime, was closely associated wi th Manolo Rey a nd Raul Chibas of the MRP.) 105-97525-1 (45) On 2/6/61, Rufo Lopez Fresquet (64-44765), 2118 12th Ave. West, Bradenton, Fla., former President of the Cuban National Bank, advised ”
“ommunism and the influence it had in the Cuban Government. (1) 105-80787-376 105-80787- р. 8,10 (22) On 2/2/61, Spencer Meredith, Apt. 17, Vanta Courts, S. W. 12th Ave. and 20th St., Miami, advised that Rufo Lopez Fresquet, who was the husband of Anita Whitney (105-97525) and who”
“/6/61, Rufo Lopez Fresquet (64-44765), 2118 12th A ve. West, Bradenton, Fla., former President of th e Cuban National Bank, advised that the MRP did not have an organization in the US but that there were several members of the organization in the US and Puerto Rico in exile. Amon”
“but did not agree with communism and the inf luence it had in the Cuban Gover nment . (1) 1 05-8078 7-376 105-80787- р. 8,10 (22) On 2/2/61, Spencer Meredith, Apt. 17, Vanta Courts, S. W. 12th Ave. and 20th St., Miami, advised that Rufo Lopez Fresquet, who was the husband of Anit”
“l treaties with Russia, Red China and their s atellites in order to block America n influence in the Republic. 1) Informant called attention to the fact that while the youth of Cuba fought against the brutal tyranny of international communism, Cuban "leaders" such as Ray and othe”
“i-Castro and was working for Manolo Ray in th e MRP. Garcia stated that he still believed in th e go vernmental reforms Castro put into effect and believed in Castro's system of government but did not agree with communism and the influence it had in the Cuban Government. (1) 105-”
“sidency, the several Ministries and burea ucratic positions, public ly claiming that th ey had the s upport of American officials and, by inference, of the US Government Above letter set out out) 134-6356-42 (19) )(4) (2) Roberto Vale Ares, 530 Southeast First St., Hialeah, Fla.,”
“and, by inference, of the US Governm ent Above letter se t out out) 134-6356-42 (1 9) )(4) (2 ) Rob erto Vale Ares, 530 Southeast First St., Hialeah, Fla., advised that he arrived in the US from Cuba on 3/18/61. He indicated that during the period of his empl oymen t by th e Banc”
“13-00000 orones/omomv. - 74 - MOVIMIENTO de RECUPERACION REVOLUCIONARIO (MRR) 19-120-18 (Revolutionary Recovery Movement) UFGA 4948 Dated 18 July 1962 Report No. AA 134 One Juan FALCON Tamar, alleged National Coordinator of the MRR in Cuba was interviewed on Cuban "Radi”
“OF MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO DEL PUEBLO (MRP - PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMEN') SAID IN EARLY OCTOBER THAT HE WAS FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ANY INVASION OF CUBA, INSISTING THAT CASTRO’S OVERTHROW WAS TO 5€ ACHIEVED BY INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND THIS HAD ALREADY STARTED. .I 2. THE MRP”
“aded by Manuel Ray. He e xhibited his me mbership card which had been issued in NY on 3/31/61. He in dicated that he stopped attending MRP meetings in NY after about three or four functions because he had some misgivings about the political ideology of this organizat ion, parti c”
“,7 (2432) A CIA report dated 4/5/61 indicate d that its source had heard from one of his Cuban frien ds that the MRP was becom ing less effective inside Cuba, pa rticul arly si nc e Manuel Ray had been in the US. This friend , who was familiar with MRP persona lities and problems”
“APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM ( 10 December 1959 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting on. 6 December with William D. Pawley in Miami REFERENCE: Memorandum of 9 December with same subject. 1. Attachment A to this memorandum is a list of 19 Cubans wh”
“€ S E CRB T 1 Report 0 DD-742. 20 Mar 64 : TOI ----- FROM umit-11 SUBJECT: Appearance of Manual ARTIME Buesa at the A.R.E.C. Session . =2.. ■ on 18 Mar 64 in the Everglades Hotel, Miami. At exactly 1550 hours, 18 Mar 64, Manuel ART: Buesa appeared before A.R.E.C. members”
“4-00000 SPRY 30Oct. On Sunday, October 28, I set twice with Manolo RAY of the Movimiento - Revoluoionario del Pueblo (MRP) at the San Juan Intercontinental Hotel, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. My main objectives were: (1) to elicit from him a list of Cubans, presently associa”
“e Cuba, particularly since Manuel Ray had been in the US. This friend, who was familiar w ith MRP pe rsonalities and problems, stated th at in his opinion the MR P was deg enerating into a pr essure group i n th e US and was bec omin g a he ad i n th e US without a body in Cu ba.”
“believed in Castro's system of government but did not agree with communism and the influence it had in the Cuban Government. (1) 105-80787-376 105-80787- р. 8,10 (22) On 2/2/61, Spencer Meredith, Apt. 17, Vanta Courts, S. W. 12th Ave. and 20th St., Miami, advised that Rufo Lopez ”
“st Castro with the MRP and became acquainted with the or ganization's ization's leaders, Antonio Vec iana and Manuel Rey. He related that upon his arrival in the US, he dropped out of the MRP but later became a memb er of Comandos L (105-117222) in Miami. 105-1172 22-71 р. 75 (46”
“gh our military channel. It is suggested that w~L/m carry the ball on this, be it pro or con.) 06 06 12. Ray volnteered the information that Sori Marinhas 100 mer: w.der his command in Oriente Province. Pavelt that 18 influence in the Sierra Maestra and that his, Sortes vare with”
“14-00000 INIORMATION REP.R % CENTRAL DIIELGENcs AGENCY I nha cuspid sextets etormaste P and F. we kommkamo tr of the ‘•W SAawe Lo-e • U.S.C. ■ CASALON-rNaDot cowraoLS SECRET (trees Moss MJ NOFCRACIIR DCunL ‘comma CUBA IMPORT NO TOCS -3/490,978 SUBJECT STATEMENTS or”
“a ctivities. He stated that the MRP formerly was the most significant counterrevolutionary organiza tion in Cuba, but support of it and Manuel Ray had declined drastically since Ray fled to the US. 105-95461-9 р. 2 (11) SECRET NW 65994 Docld:32307127 Page 6 -16- SEC RET On 3/3”
“y with Jose Miro Cardona, the president of the RC which had been formed recently through the union o f the FRD of Manuel Antonio De Varona and the MRP headed by Manuel Ray. He continued that the committee was leaving momentarily for NYC for addit io nal conferences with Cardona a”
“din g MR P mee tings in NY after ab out three or four functio ns because he had some misgiving s abo ut the po litical ideology of this organiz ation, parti cularly of Manuel Ray 105-117538-11 р. 1,2 (14) NY 2865-S furnished a statement forwarded to him by Dr. Guillermo Alonso Pu”
“SECRET/RYBAT 26c SITED other Dr. Manuel ARTIME Buesa and Miss Pepita Riera. This argument becomes stronger because of the appointment of the MRR Delegate to the Democratic Revolutionary Front. Dr. Manuel ARTIME Buesa aspires with all his strength and intrigues to this posi”
“MANOLO RAY, EXILE LEADER OF MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCI ONARI 0 o ------ —- — 2 DEL PUEBLO (MRP - PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT.) SAID IN 2 EARLY OCTOBER THAT HE WAS FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ANY INVASION OF CUBA INSISTING THAT CASTRO’S OVERTHROW WAS TO BE ACHIEVED BY INTERNAL RES STANCE”
“a recently because he was wanted by the Cuban Government for involvement in counterrevolutionary act ivities. He stated that the MRP formerly was the most significant counterrevolutionary organization in Cuba, but support of it and Manuel Ray had declined drastically since Ray fl”
“cerned. NEJ 64-457 64-45716-225 р. 2 REV IEWED BY 23/ JFK TAS K FORCE ON 6.- 1392 da RE LEASE IN FUL L RELEASE IN PART TOTAL DENIAL brh NW 65994 Docld:32307127 Page 9 ! -20- SECRET! (continued) : SECRET Ray also advised that Rogelio Cisneros, who was the chief of clandestine acti”
“period of his emplo yment by the Banco F inaci ero, Ha vana, C uba, from 1959 to March, 1961, he beg an working in the underground against Castro with the MRP and became acquainted with the organization's ization's leaders, Antonio Veciana and Manuel Rey. He related that upon his”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Review of Manuel Bay y Rivero Files Volumes I - XVIII April 6, 1978 Volume VI - August 1, 1961 - June 30, 19^2 1. Cable to JMWAVE from Director Date: August 1, 1961 FBI conducting investigation on MRP and Ray and Director indicates he needs to know ”
“nization's ization's le aders, Antonio Ve cia na an d Manu el Rey. He related that upon his a rrival in the US, he dropped out of the MRP but later became a member of Comandos L (105-117222) in Miami. 105-117222-71 р. 75 (46) On 3/30/61, Roberto Fabian Armand Borrego, Miami, advi”
“l conferences with Cardona and members of the RC.) 105-92196-2 р. 5 (6) Eveli o Duque Rodriquez, 627 9th Ave., NYC, advised that shortly after his arrival in NYC on 3/12/61 from Cuba, he joined the MRP which was headed by Manuel Ray. He exhibited his membership card which had bee”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Review of Manuel Ray y Rivero Files Volumes I - XVIII April 6, 1978 Volume VI - August 1, 1961 - June 30, 1962 11*10634 1. Cable to JMWAVE from Director Date: August 1, 1961 FBI conducting investigation on MRP and Ray and Director indicates he needs to”
“o. This article wa s highly c ritical of the RC of which Manuel Ray was a member. Aguirre refused to publish the article inasmuch as he felt it would serve no useful purpose as far as the US Government or counterrevolutionary efforts were concerned. NEJ 64-457 64-45716-225 р. 2 R”
“LD /USR 5-13-98 On 3/20/61, PSI Ana Rosa Guerra Santana, a Cuban national (J FK) residing in Miami a nd having close contacts with anti-Castro organi zations, (protect identity) advised that Hector Garcia Soto had indicated around February, 1961, that he was secretly anti-Castro ”
“tries and bureaucratic positions, publicly claiming that they had the support o f American officials and, by inference, of the US Government Above letter set out out) 134-6356-42 (19) )(4) (2) Roberto Vale Ares, 530 Southeast First St., Hialeah, Fla., advised that he arrived in t”
“13-00000 -b ■ A shit iFALCON, Juan Cuba ; Subject, former coordinator of the MRR, was interviewed on CMQ Television by REVOLUTION director Carlos Franqui, go EL MUNDO director Luis Gomes Wanguemert, and HOY assis- a tant director Raul Valdes Vivo. A portion of this• . i”
“which had been formed recently through the union of the FRD of Manuel Antonio De Varona and the MRP hea ded by Manuel Ray. He continue d that the committee was leaving momentarily for NYC for additional conferences with Cardona and members of the RC.) 105-92196-2 р. 5 (6) Evelio ”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer April 5, 1978 Review of Manuel Rey Rivero files 1111066% Assortment of documents not in files at time review began on 3/29/78 C1, 16~10 1. 10 June 1966 Dispatch to Chief, WH, From Chief or Station, Santo Domingo. Subject: Haitian Exile Activities in the ”
“(Revolutionary Recovery Movement) political group. 2. Findings: UFGA 8466, 12 April 1963 19-132-32: Transmitted intelligence debriefing reports on Operation FINA exfiltrees Debriefing of Caridad MACIAS Rodriguez. On 26 July 61 Subject was involved in an action to kill Fidel CASTR”
“ntarily for NYC for additional conferences with Cardona and members of the RC.) 105-92196-2 р. 5 (6) Evelio Duque Rodriquez, 627 9th Ave., NYC, advised that shortly after his arrival in NYC on 3/12/61 from Cuba, he joined the MRP which was headed by Manuel Ray. He exhibited his m”
“SECRET Betsy Palmer Review of Manuel Ray y Rivero Files, Volumes I - VIII March 29, 1978 Volume II 11/10627 October 1, 1960 - November 22, 1960 As of 21 November 1960, MRP organized as follows: Manuel Ray - Chief Raul Chibas - Sepcial Assistant to Ray Juan Esteves Ramires”
“tically with Manuel Ray, head of the MRP, which was considered a left-wing anti- Castro organization by D r. De Leon. Translatio n of report set out 2-1707-3 р. 12 (1) On 5/4/61, Emilio Gu ede Ferna nd ez (105 -94082), 1220 W. 60th Ter race, Hialea h, Fia., advised that he depart”
“fficials and, by inference, of the US Government Above letter set out out) 134-6356-42 (19) )(4) (2) Roberto Vale Ares, 530 Southeast First St., Hialeah, Fla., advised that he arrived in the US from Cuba on 3/18/61. He indicated that during the period of his employment by the Ban”
“ms, stated that in his opinion the MRP was degenerating into a pressure group in the US and was beco ming a head in the US without a body in Cuba. ) 97-4524-5 (3) On 4/6/61, Eloy De Castroverde Y Covani (134-9281) was interviewed but it was determined that he had no recent i nfor”
“Betsy Palmer Review of Manuel Ray y Rivero Files Volumes I - XVIII April 6, 1978 Volume VI - August 1, 1961 - June 30, 1962 11110634 1. Cable to JMWAVE from Director Date: August 1, 1961 FBI conducting investigation on MRP and Ray and Director indicates he needs to know ”
“. SECRET Betsy Palmer April 5, 1978 Review of Manuel Rey Rivero files Assortment of documents not in files at time review began on 3/29/78 1. Domingo. 10 June 1966 Dispatch to Chief, WH, From Chief of Station, Santo 16-10 Subject: Haitian Exile Activities in the Dominica”
“3. Information dated June 4, 1961, Subject: Underground Student Leader 10 Comments on Post-invasion Cuba. Reporting officer talked with ISIDRO BORJA, on the leaders of BRE. Borja says top DRE members in jail or in a friendly embassy in Havana but said new leaders have been se”
“ected against Castro and will be beamed to Cuba. Broadcasts are to be initiated on or about 5-19-60. CIA is spending considerable time and effort to bring certain anti-Castro Cubans outside of Cuba so that they can be utilized in this operation. This is being done on a selective ”
“is frien d, wh o was familiar with MRP personal ities a nd prob lems, stated that in his opinion the MRP was degenerating into a pressure group in the US and was becoming a head in the US without a body in Cuba. ) 97-4524-5 (3) On 4/6/61, Eloy De Castroverde Y Covani (134-9281) w”
“0 SECRET On 6/30/61, Ralph Huguet, former officer in the Cuban Rebel Air Force, advised that Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo and Max Edgardo Lesnick Menendez (105-64869) resided with him at the Blue Bay Motel, Normandy Isle, Miami Beach, Fla. Gutierrez desired to come to the Miami Off”