Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# SECRETBetsy PalmerReview of Manuel Ray y Rivero Files, Volumes I - VIIIMarch 29, 1978Volume IIOctober 1, 1960 - November 22, 1960As of 21 November 1960, MRP organized as follows:Manuel Ray - ChiefRaul Chibas - Sepcial Assistant to RayJuan Esteves Ramires - SecretaryRamon Barquin - Military and Intelligence mattersCisneros - Chief of MRP in Cuba1. 10/4/60 Cable from(London) claims that new Cuban resistance group organized under Ray and has 400-500 men in Las Villas Province. Not part of FRD but in touch with it.2. 10/7/60 Cable from Havana. AURELIANO SANCHEZ ARANGO has withdrawn from FRD. JUSTO CARRILLO and FELIPE PAZOS will be integrated into Ray's MRP. VARONA wishes to join, also, but Ray insists VARONA return to Cuba to do so.3. 10/12/60 Cable to Director. RAMON BARQUIN claims CARRILLO and ARANGO are going to boycott FRD Executive Committee and sabotage its work. Barquin planning to join with Pazos, Ray, Chibas, MIRO and QUEVEDO to form a new frente and then request union with FRD. If accepted, Barquin would become military head. If Barquin does not get U.S. government support for this plan, he will return to Cuba to try to overthrow Castro and win election on an anti-Yankee platform.4. 10/17/60 Contact report from Wallace A. Parlett   Subject: Meeting with JUAN ESTEVEZ and JORGE BERUFF, 10/13/60   Cubans said Ray's group will not lower themselves to answer "Fidelismo without Fidel" charge and let their actions speak for themselves. MRP is highly disciplined and feel the majority of Cuban people favor thir platform. Its leaders are interchangeable. If Ray comes out of Cuba, Chibas or Estevez could go in and take his place.5. 10/24/60 Memo for files   Subject: Representative of Manuel Ray to Professional GroupsENRIQUE HIRAM GUTIERREZ Y RODRIGUEZ (dob 5/20/31, Havana) travels frequently to Puerto Rico on architectural business. Also frequently enters U. S. at Miami. Represents Ray's organization to various professional groups in Havana. Also serves as courier to Miami.6. DRE information. 10/24/60 Cable states MULLER reported receiving letter from ANTONIO GARCIA, DRE representative in Cuba that organization is going well but needs funds and material aid. MASH asks Mueller to get details of Garcia's "groupos de accion" and details of organization. MASH gave Muller $500 for Garcia. Muller is concerned about Manolo Ray# SECRET
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SECRET Betsy PalmerFile review, Manuel RayVolume ii of xviii11110624Page 2whom he says is gaining strength in Cuba. Says students eager to joinactive group and will go to Ray if DRE can't get help soon.7. Provisional Operational Approval granted to Ray on 10/26/60.8. 10/26/60 Cable to Director from Havana reports Ray held MRP meeting   on 10/23/60 and made following statements:a. MAJOR WILLIAM MORGAN had been very helpful to MRP - responsiblefor obtaining most of their weapons.b. In four months, MRP will have 20,000 militants throughout Cuba.Organized now in all provinces except Pinar del Rio. Invasioncould not take place for 4 months but FRD still in favor ofearlier date.c. CARRILLO and ANGEL del CERRO have left FRD and now with MRPMRP urging Ray to escape Cuba and they feel it is only a matter of timeuntil he is picked up and executed. MRP manifesto will be released thisweekend.9. 10/28/60 Monthly payments of $400 approved for Ray's wife in   behalf of Bender group.10. 10/28/60 Memo for Record    Subject: Conversation of CARRILLO and PAUL J. MANSON Chief, MASH    Economic philosophy: When FRD first formed It was attacked by RUBIO    PADILLA as "Fidelismo without Fidel." Now FRD saying same thing about    MRP.11. 11/5/60 Cable to Director from MASH    Verona tells HUNT that he received information that Ray wanted to leave    Cuba and was to be exfiltrated clandestinely by Bender group.12. 11/8/60 Memo for Record -[John D. Peters]    Subject: Contact report on meeting with ROGELIO GONZALESGonzales considers Ray highly dangerous because of his ambition to playprominent role in Cuban government after overthrow of Castro. Thinks hepoises threat to Varona's authority inside Cuba. Ray appears to havesupport of middle class, politicians and professionals. Should Ray joinFRD, Gonzales thinks he will still operate on a unilateral basis whileseeking to supercede FRD with MRP.13. 11/11/60 Cable to Director from JMASH    Ray arrived Tampa morning of 11/10/60. Mash officer staying with him    until surfacing date which depends on safe arrival from Cuba of two other    individuals. They are the last of the HUBER MATOS escapee group known by    Ray to still be hiding in Cuba.SECRET
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SECRETBetsy PalmerReview Of Manuel RayVolume ii of xviii11110625Page 314. 11/14/60 Cable to Director from MASH.    Ray to surface at press conference scheduled for 11/16/60 in Miami.15. 11/17/60 Cable to Director from MASH    On 11/15/60, *Parlett* alias Bender met with Ray in complete privacy. "Unquestionably, the youthful, softspoken, unassuming, almost humbe Ray is a natural leader of highest intellect, deepest sincerity and convistion." Ray's political posture doubtful as far as U.S. government acceptance is concerned.Explained to Ray the U.S. government's desire to have all Cuban exiles unified in their efforts. Ray says MRP does not wish to reinstate 1940 constitution. Provisional government of 30 honorable Cubans would be established and elections held 18 months thereafter. Castro laws passed at beginning of his regime to be promulgated. State would regulate private investment and utilities would be nationalized.Ray wants to keep MRP "lean and hungry" -- each member to have specific responsibilities and feel important to revolution.Ray asked for permission to start a fund drive in Cuba and U.S. Also asked for $10,000 by next Wednesday -- Bender made commitment.*Parlett* believes net result of meeting was establishment of private MRP-U.S. link and door remains open for some kind of relationship with FRD. Ray agrees to discuss this with Miro Cardona. Of all the groups being supported, FRD, MRP and MRR are most significant. All Cuban groups seem to be looking to Bender group to show a preference before joining one of the above three. How long current flexibility can be maintained is problematical.16. 11/21/60 Memo for Record    Subject: Meeting with King and Esterline on subject of handling MRP, 11/18/60Consensus was that Ray did not politically represent anything to cheer about. Writer felt MRP opposed to joining FRD and recognized need to control MRP and wean it away to the extent possible from its leaders. Could be done by controlling financial and military support. It was agreed in meeting with Mr. Barnes that financial and military support for MRP be channelled through FRD.17. 11/23/60 Contact Report: Meeting with Ray and Chibas in NYC, 11/22/60    Ray says MRP has contacts at Isle of Pines with two garrisons and can expect about 750 men to desert Castro at proper time. CAPTAIN CAPOTA is contact with Ray's group.Ray's people also in contact with commander of prison where Huber Matos is incarcerated. Matos believes PADILLA, the prison commander, would assistSECRET
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File review of Manuel RayVolume ii of xviiiPage 4SECRETBetsy Palmer11110623him in an escape. Ray interested in single operation to get militarydefectors and free Matos. Wants to effect plan on 11/27/60.Ray wants assistance from U.S. -- military information and supplies.18. 11/24/60 Cable to Director from JMASH    Meeting with AMCHIRP-1 on 11/23, revealed he had information that MRP in    Havana had capabilities to blow up power plant and TV stations in Havana --    a diversionary tactic planned to coordinate with Isle of Pines operation.    Ray expects Isle of Pines operation support about 12/15/60.Notation about Cable: "Operation Unity" is to create dramatic show whichwill demonstrate that Manolo Ray is wrong when telling contacts in U.S.that his group is the only one capable of action."19. 11/24/60 Cable to Director from Havana.    Operation Unity involves MRR, MDI, OA, 30th of November Group and MAR (not    MAR of PEPIN RIVERO).MAR and OA groups to blow electric cables in Regla area. MDC group, atsame time, to make assassination attempt on CARLOS RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ atUniversity of Havana.20. 11/30/60 Cable to Director from Havana    JULIO ANGEL METRE advised planning to travel to Miami 12/1/60 escorted by    Brazilian ambassador to Panama. Accompanied by ambassador's wife. MESTRE    will be introduced to Ray and will offer services of MDC to Ray at that    time. Mestre says plan is approved by "DR. LUCAS" (JOSE FERNANDEZ BADUE)    MDC coordinator in Cuba.SECRET
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# SECRETBetsy PalmerFile Review - Manuel Ray y Rivero Volume III of XVIIIMarch 30, 1978December 1960 - January 1961111106271. Cable 12/6/60 to Director from Gold   Ray contacted by Weisinger) and made statement that Isle of Pine's   operation failed in his opinion because Bender failed to forward paper   to Havana with key to operation.2. 12/8/60 Cable to Director from WAVERay advised Wiesinger he is departing for Washington same day to visitERNESTA BETANCOURT of OAS and others. In New York on 12/9 to contactRaul Chibas. Return Miami about 12/11/60.3. 12/23/60 Cable to Director from Havana indicates Ray wishes return to   Cuba as soon as possible and asks that OLIEN make arrangements through   his official channel. Doesn't want Cubans in WAVE or Cuba to know of   his return.4. 12/22/60 Information report from U.S. citizen, free-lance writer and   part-time sugar broker (DONALD HOGANSays Miro Cardona has accepted teaching position in Puerto Rico effectiveearly January 1961. Is disgusted with bickering among anti-Castro Cubansand will sit on sidelines for time being. Is partivularly opposed toRay- program is too Marxist and Ray is an opportunist.5. 1/16/61 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   reliable source that Ray was not a bona fide defector and still acting   on behalf of Castro and is a member of the "Blue Legion". (no further   explanation.)Dr. Salazar mentioned group called "The Ten Unknowns" who are key figuresin making Communist policy in Latin America. (Ray not implicated asone of these).SECRET
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# SECRETBetsy PalmerReview of Manuel Ray y Rivero Files, Volumes 1 - XVIII (201-239298April 6, 1978 11110623VOLUME IV - February 1, 1961 - March 31, 19611.  Operation Approval granted for Ray's use as a political asset on 7 February 19612.  Memo to WH/4? Security, From WH/4?CI    Subject: Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo Group    Date: 23 February 1961Ray pressuring Mr. Droller to have four individuals freed from McAllenDetention Camp who belong to Gutierrez group. Ray claims they aremembers of his group and have been most active against Castro regimein Cuba. They are as follows: ASENCIO, Suarez, LazaroLESNIK, Menendez, Max DPOB 8 Sept 1930,Vueltas, Las VillasPORTA Bolanos, GustavoREDONDO, Gonzalez, Roger3.  Cable to Bell, from JMWAVE    Date: March 1, 1961Artime advises that Ray's group opposed to banning Communist Party andin favor of "nationalizing everything". Ray favors maintaining trade withUSSR, wants no change in present agrarian reform program.4.  Cable to JMWAVE from Bell    Date: March 10, 1961INS is concerned over the increased news coverage of Ray's arrival inU.S. and activities here. Afraid they will be confronted about Ray'sarrival (which was describad as "black" in another communication) soJMWAVE asked to re-advise Ray that his story is that on 10 Nov 1960, helanded somewhere on Keys in a fishing boat, made way to road where pickedup by INS patrol car, taken to WAVE area, examined, declared refugge andreleased with admonition to always keep INS advised of his address.5.  Memo to S - Dr. Berle, From: ARA - Philip W. Bonsal    Subject: Recent Cuban Developments    Date: March 16, 1961Conversation with Jose Miro Cardona and Berle, reveals that Cardona hasmisgivings about Ray and Pazoz and the MRP. Says Ray is bitterly anti-American as well as probably totalitarian in his thinking. He no longerbelieves Ray has any considerable support inside Cuba. Thinks Ray groupendeavoring to exercise influence in our government so as to be the majorrecipient of whatever assistance can be obtained here. He is particularlyconcerned about the role played by Felipe Pazos.SECRET
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Review of Manuel Ray filesVolume if of xviiiPage 2# SECRETBetsy Palmer111106206. Field Information Report   Subject: Background, Character and Economic Concepts of Manuel Ray Rivero   Date: 16 March 1961   Sources: Dr. Oscar SALAS Marrero (paragraphs 1-11) Knew Ray in Cuba   Dr. Jose ALVAREZ Diaz, former Minister of Finance under Prio (Pg 12)   Dr. Jorge BERUFF, former president of Banco de Desarrollo   Economico de Cuba, (pg 13)Note: Cover note pencilled comment (The content is so biased and mixed with untruth that it would be a disservice to the intelligence community to disseminate it.Synopsis of paragraphs 1-11. Dr. Salas says during his childhood Ray was a Protestant but today is completely atheistic. Said Ray organized the MRC against Batista and shortly after Batista's fall, MRC and 26th of July Movement fused into one, and as soon as Castro came into power, control of the organization was given to the Communists. Tells of Ray's association with Castro and that he did not resign his position when his own brother was renounced by Castro. Stated that Ray's rupture with Fidel was due to the fact that Ray opposed the idea of shooting Hubert Matos as a 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-democratic procedures, and does not like to take advice, even from members of his own movement.Synopsis of paragraph 12. Dr. Alvarez said Ray was in favor of maintaining relations with USSR and not making Communist Party illegal. Said that although Ray withdrew all these statements when threatened with press coverage, Alvarez thinks they are representative of Ray's thinking and would try to put ideas into practive if he ever came to power. Alverez also mentioned Rays thinking on nationalization of public services, socialized medicine, nationalization of banks, etc.Synopsis of paragraph 13. Dr. Beruff said Ray well-intentioned with no Communist tendencies. Cited a meeting at which the basic points of the MRP platform were discussed and said that since Ray was in disagreement with the others on most of the points, Dr. Felipe Pazos acted as chairman of the meeting 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 "campaign against him by Mr. Pawley of the Miami City Transit Company".# SECRET
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SECRETBetsy PalmerReview of Manuel Ray filesVolume if of xviiiPage 3111108307. Report dated March 17, 1961, Marked Urgent"It has been reported by a very reliable source that Manuel Ray (MRP)is bringing as an Adviser, Professor Fiterre from Habana University -This man Fiterre is an undisclosed Communist that has always openly admittedand braged about being aCommunist."8. Memorandum for the Record   Date: 27 March 1961   Subject: Ray accepts appointment to Council:   Signed: Gerard DrollerMiro was able to convince Ray to join CRC. Thus, as of 27 March 1961,Council's composition isas follows: Chairman: Miro Cardona; Board ofDirectors: Varona, Hevia, Carrillo, Maceo, Ray and Artime.9. Memorandum for the Record   Date: 27 March 1961   Subject: Reported Anti-MRP Rally Promoted by Aureliano Sanchez Arango   Signed: B. E. ReishhardtJulio Lobo reported that Sanchez is planning a rally in Miami, 29 March toprotest against the Ray/Pazos combine in the revolutionary council. Writersays, obviously, such a rally at this time could be most damaging and someattempt should be made to get to Sanchez to take the steam out of thismaneuver.SECRET
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# SECRETBetsy PalmerReview of Manuel Ray y Rivero Files, Volumes I - XVIIIApril 6, 1978VOLUME V April 1961 - July 19611. Cable from JMWAVE to Bell   Date: April 3, 1961Ray meets with Olien and said he was not as yet prepared to join FRO ene. SaidMiro had welshed on commitments and while willing to accept Ray into CRC,not willing to give him any voice in the Council. Olein apptempts to iconvince Ray he was doing great disservice to Cuban people by refusing toserve within ERC.2. Cable to JMWAVE from Bell   Date: April 4, 1961"To test actual MRP capabilities inside request you inform Ray to hittargets G, I and K during period 5-10 April. Attack target 0 includingdiesel locomotive engines immediately. Will forward additional targets ifRay shows any capability."3. Letter to Editor (Pencilled note: Propaganda against MRP by Attime's   replacement Jose Manuel Hernandez Puentes received from QD Date 6 Apr 61.)"I am a Cuban who still thinks that Cuba can be rehabilitated after the fallof Castro. For this reason many Cubans have been baffled by the list ofnames now given as the saviors of Cuba for a Provisional Gova rnment. Amongthese are such notorious Castro followers as: Ray, Barquin, Pazos, RufoLopez Fresquet, Chibas and others whose names remind us of an era ofmourning, persecution and misery."4. Report on Manuel Ray received from Enrique Molinet, a road and airfield   construction engineer under Batista regime. Cover note dated 4/7/61.   Molinet outlines his distaste for Ray, citing at the beginning his refusal   to leave Castro even after the questionable suicide of his brother, Rene.   After Ray was ousted from his Cabinet job, he continued to visit Castro,   occupying a prominent position in all Castro's public appearances. Said   that even before Castro, Ray was an active member of the Cuban Orthodox   Party, highly infiltrated with communists. Claims that when Ray in his   Cabinet position, indoctrinations programs were held expousing communistic   ideals. Also while Minister of Public Works, claims he (Ray) threw out   hundreds of employees without due cause and destroyed every successful   contractor that existed.5. Memorandum for the Record   Subject: Custody of Revolutionary Council, 19-20 April 1961   Signed: Robert F. Moroney   Date: 24 April 1961Relates that on 19 April 1961, President Kennedy met with the six members ofFRD's Revolutionary Council where President expressed his deep sorrow andconcern over the failure of the military effort (Bay of Pigs). Ray one of thegroup.SECRET
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SECRET Betsy PalmerReview of Manuel Ray FilesVolume v of xviiiPage 26. Memorandum for the Record   Date: 5 May 1961   Subject: Manolo Ray - Comments on his Anti-Castro Activities   Signed: Calvin Hicks WH/4/PM/Operations"Ray is balieved to have accomplished pratically nothing towards the effort to overthow Castro. Instead, it seems that whenever we played with his so- called assets, we were burned. He is notorious for claiming assets or operations, several days after some other group had already set them up or claimed them. Whenever it came to producing and backing up his claims, he always came up with excuses for not producing, rather than results. He has always tended to try to take over other goups, rather than cooperate with them, and when he couldn't take them over he would "politic" against them. His actions all seemed to be directed toward making him the future power in Cuba rather than toward overthrowing Castro. It is believed that Manolo RAY is so far "left" in his thinking that he would be as dangerous (or more so in the long run) to United States interests as Castro, if he ever got to be the power in Cuba."7. Memorandum for the Record   Subject: Map76/4 Relations with Manolo Ray and the MRP   Date: 2 June 1961 03   Signed: (James A. Noel]]In a 12 May 1961 meeting, Ray promises to write a prospectus of his plans for MRP within ten days. Not received by 2 June, but Ernesto Betancourt ois asking for financial support for MRP activities. Tracy Barnes agrees with (Noel) that no money should be given Ray until his plans are studies. Ray is asking for support separate from FRD since Ray has withdrawn from this group. Noel) further states in Memo, "---I would like to point out the security risks inherent in any arrangements with RYA-BENTANCOURT-CISNEROS trio. These fellows have had easy access to the White House and to the Department, are notorious for their 'planned leaks', will probably presume all the Department officials they deal with are privy to the arrangement, and before we know it the whole exile community will be well aware that we are providing financial and material support to the RAY group."8. Cable to Bell from Caracas   Date June 8, 1961   On June 2, Venezuelas governemnt refused to issue a visa to Manolo Ray.9. Cable to Director from Caracas, dated June 28, 1961. re: meeting with Jose R. Barbeito on 20 June in Valencia. Barbeito claims was member of MRP of Manolo Ray and took part clandestine activities Havana. Admitted was communist "many years ago" but now completely opposed to Castro and Communism.SECRET
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SECRETBetsy PalmerReview of Manuel Ray FilesVolume v of xviiiPage 31111063310. Intelligence Report    Date: 7-11 July 1961    Place: San Juan, P.R.    Source: Cuban Exile Lawyer    Evaluation: F-6Report transmits information concerning activities, persons visited and purpose of visit of Ray to Puerto Rico, terminating when Ray hurridely left Puerto Rico following press account that he had been removed as Coordinator of the MRP.Source said MRP leaders in exile believe Rays dismissal due to propaganda and pressures by the CIA which brought about the impression that the obstacle to receipt of help from outside (money, arms, etc) was Ray himself and that oner Ray removed, they would receive all types of help. The exile leaders are of opinion that it was also brought about because Ray was a divisionist inasmuch as he had abandoned Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Council.SECRET