Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/21/20] Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10225-10125 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: _105-114543-166, 1ST NR 166, 2ND NR 166 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: OBRIEN, FRANCIS J. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 07/07/1964 PAGES: 22 SUBJECTS : JURE, MRRI, ASSOC, INFILTRATION, CUBA, SUBV ACT, ATTEMPT, CAPTURED, BAHAMAS, FINED, RELEASED DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC 2 ADMIN PAGES v9.1 15 Docld: 32299345 Page 1 ‘
Released dnl dadngt ae DATE: Hevl dn 217 . eo Op a aon FEDER, SUREAU OF Iie ee CDET - = REPORTING OFFICE. OFFICE OF ORIGIN By. AP ; : _NEW YORK | ‘SAN JUAN TY7/61 | EBT "PBs /ou TLE OF CASE ‘REPORT MADEBY apc ey + AUNT REVOLUCIONARTA CUBANA | FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN fete (J URE): me vi CHARACTER OF CASE ~ 4 , ett AOFRCTED aia . an | | 30) ‘Ere Dy ~ _ _IS-CUBA 2 C7 Yl Plassified Dy LEZ yj [Get reratmices 1-9 Declassity on:/oape 7/6/85 Wren of of SA FRANCIS J, O'BRIEN datenr7 1 - Nvairteis with enclosures dated 5/15/64 and 6/19/64 * DECLASSIFIED oy Sh } ADITIESTRATTVE: o8 (ae ou one Cae i : A a_— XK | ‘ZACHARY DE GASTER, 10 R40th Street, NYC, on oO," ea 6 /iyen, stated that RAUL CHIBAS indicated to him on 5/31/61 ~ { nme - _ that the JURE was still interested in setting up some type NO of a base in. Jamaica and wanted DE GASTER to go with one ~ of their men to inspect. the area, DE GASTER stated that 1 CHIBAS told him that he would inform DE GASTER when he wanted him to go to Jamaica, a H | APPROVED , . : SPECIAL AGENT . . : IN CHARGE i bo ‘fat Bureau. (165-414543). (RM) . “1 Miami (105- 6661). (NEO). (aM) 1- San Juan (105-6242) » aa (RM)! 1- Washington Field (105 522 1) (INFO) (RM) 1- New York (105~ 12570) -DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW Lasr LYLE 3 1 JUL 9 1964 Dissemination Record of Attached Report Docld: 32299345 Page 2?
Released unde, rd DATE: -11-14- 2017 : a / on hia & eee a - NY 105-42570 INFORMANTS : , yg BER | /NY 9-1 EMILIO J. BARQUIN c (Pst under development ) Wii: Wi16=8 Jeu) NY T-3 7 ANDREW ST. GEORGE 7 Dobbs Ferry, NY (Request ) ow at | ZACHARY DE GASTER - 10 Bast 40th Street, NYC / (Request ) LEADS : Py Kennedy Assassination SE ke £ Bk \ ED File No. Whe where Located 134-9717A-6 134-9717A-7 134-9717A-9 134-8343A-32 134-8343A-33 | 134-8343A~ -42570-119 105-42570-111 105-42570-132 wyu) 105-42570-112 Instant report, page 6,7,8 a MIAMI SAN JUAN, WASHINGTON FIELD (INFORMATION) Information copies of this report are being Ry NEW YORK See ttt ttiedttiernlinsienteeatttnern rental Docld: 32299345 Page 3 ue AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK, a ‘with. established sources and follow activities of JURE. - BE - COVER PAGE furnished to Miami, San Juan and Washington Field because of their continuing interest in this investigation. Zz. Will maintain contact ° wee COWEMGENTIAL * Records Collection Act of 1999 (44 USc. 2107 Hote; 1 i
Released iter the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection. Act of 1997 (44 USC 2407 “Hoete).” DATES A1-14-2017 P-204 (Rev. 3-3-59) ; os, : o 2 pa a ad = _ * Oe . Lb . a r ( : t - Ui.“ ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF*:-zSTICE / ae FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION u eo , : Copy to: ‘ Report of: FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN Office: New York ’ New York Field Office File ## 4105-42570 Bureau File #: 105-114543 Title: JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA (JURE) Character: INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA . NY T-1 advised that the last meeting of the National Directorate of the Junta Revoluctionaria Cubana . (JURE) was held in Miami onthe weekend of 5/2, 3/64. NY T-1 oa stated that ANGEL FIGUEREDO, a delegate of the JURE in NYC, stated that MANUEL RAY's plan will be merely an Synopsis: .  , anflitration move Tito Cuba: NY T-3, who was to go with : J . @'\ Ray on his infiltration attempt, stated that it was his opinion that RAY would probably hide in various cities in | » | Jand maybe radio broadcasts from inside Cuba. [iv T-2 advised | ° Shia ehat RAUL CHIBAS., a member of the National Difectorate of | JURE; WAS in Miami for meetings from 5/15 - 17/64, and (Fi iy upon return to NYG CHIBAS was strangely gilent about RAY's ‘ -< Cuba, attempt to organize the opposition, 2. [iF sabotage / > pranned operation to infiltrate into cubapwuny T-4 advised c : py that RAUL CHIBAS was very critical in discussing RAY and A \ i stated that RAY was dictatorial, autocratic and politically unclear. NY T-3 advised that members of RAY's group left \ Miami on 5/28/54 by boat, sperit 24 days at Elbow Cay, | Bahamas, awaiting more fuel, and on 6/1/64, were picked up by British authorities at Anguila Key and charged with. ' illegal entry into British waters. RAY and members of his ' group were given a hearing in Nassau and all. were fined a va ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED "9 | COWPICERTIAL ik This document, contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. ; } / a Docld: 32299345 Page 4
Releasedsinder the John F. Kentiedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DARE 11-14-2017 [for Ee Ce | 2 | - | NY 105-42570 NY T-1,on April 23, 1964, stated that he had spoken with Dr. RAUL CHTBAS, member of the National Directorate of the Junta Revolucionaria Cubana (JURE), earlier in the . week but was unable to obtain any information from CHIBAS regarding the immediate plans for JURE. NY T-1 stated vhat | he asked CHIBAS specific questions regarding the meeting of the members of the National Directorate which was held ‘in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the last week of March, 1964, but CHIBAS declined to discuss the meeting excep= to say that the meeting was successful but he neither expressed | optimism or pessimism. % | NY T-1 also stated that in his conversation with CHIBAS, CHIBAS advised that MANUEL RAY had been to the United States over the weekend of April 11, 1964, to fulfill speaking engagements at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University. The subject matter of RAY's talks | dealt with the housing situation in Latin America, which 1 _ problem RAY was handling in Puerto Rico for Governor LUIS MUNOZ MARIN. | NY T-1 ‘advised that CHIBAS related that after i \ RAY's talks in Massachusetts, RAY proceeded directly to Washington, D.C., where he spend several days and is alleged to have visited with unidentified representatives of the United States Government. CHIBAS stated that he had no information concerning the identities of the individuals. with whom RAY spoke in Washington, D.C., nor did he have any details of RAY's conversations in Washington, D.c.& NY 7-2, on May 8, 1964, advised that two Cuban exiles, identities unknown, who were former members of Brigade 2506, now members of JURE, had recently come to New York on the instructions of MANUEL RAY and purchased food rations for the JURE. UR) U NY T-2 further stated that members of the JURE in New York have heard that MANUEL RAY and JOSE GOMEZ ~-2- Docld: 32299345 Page 5
Released under the Jthn F. Kelinedy Assassination Récords Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). / DATE &t 11-14-7017 . ; Nee age ° ———COWFNRENTIAL cube pAb Ba Lee a reseNomer FO. oR “AM RODRIGUEZ. would dire { hse ! et, the activitiés of the JURE inside “Cuba” and that ROGELLOXCISNEROS of Miami would direct the JURE activities “inthe United States and SuusaKaunionss would direct JURE activities in Venezuela, NY T-1, who is in contact with members| of the JURE in New york and San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Ma y 6 1964, stated that he had spoken with Dr. RAUL CHIBAS, who pe Pe onthe ene ast ak RE Gee me TT { | is a member of the National Directorate of JURE. NY T-1 WY . advised that Dr. CHIBAS told him on/May 5, 1964, that the PLR | members of the National Directorat of JURE held their last zp gh a ES. | m i. meeting in Miami, Florida, on the weekend of May 2-3, 1964./£4 oUF - j 2 |. GHTBAS “stated that MANUEL "MANOLO'ARAY, the head of JURE, | -wu © es ; 1s determined to fulfill His promise -or7being insidé Cuba ane ey ; by May 20, 1964, CHIBAS stated that he was not going | to — Ss ; accompany the group of JURE going to Cuba in May, 19 4, oS as he still had to fulfill his teaching contract in New York until the end of June, 1964. NY T-1, 180 advised on May 6, 1964, that he ; - spoke with ANGEY AFIGUEREDO , who is the delegate’ of the J JURE in New N York, who informed him that the action con- templated by JURE will not be anything spectacular but will be an infiltration move into Cuba, and MANOLO RAY ; will accompany this infiltration group. S t eh OF SU pane ites NY T-1 algo advised on May 6, 1964, that ‘he had spoken with CARLOS¥DIAGO, a member of the JURE in San Juan, Puento.Rico, ho informed him that some of the men of. Major. HUBER (MATOS had joined forces with JURE and would be accompanying the group into Cuba sometime before May 20, 1964. NY T-1 also advised that he had ascertained from DIAGO that the members of the Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (ELN),whic | , ea a ghyis headed by NINO_. ‘ DIAZ, would also join with JURE .(W Concerning Major HUBER MATOS, mentioned above, it is to be noted that he is: one of the leading Tigures s y Docld: 32299345 Page 6