(404-10179-10097 Aree etet me ee LO rane oe oy bel ae DR EEE oe pt --*Lealled Eugenio and made a date for me and Ray DuBois (Ray Adame is th. ah * mame he uses with Ray and Cieneros) to: ‘call: swpon him. We called on CISNEROS 5 to receive funds - 30, 090 monthly: “Basis. . ~ ' iF ' RETURN TO.CIA oO _ Background Use’Only ; 2June 1961 Do Not Reproduce MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD ' SUBJECT: Rel ations with Manolo RAY and the MRP . . . Rage TR 1, For background see my y memorandum of 12 May 1961, reporting on my long session with Manolo RAY, Rogelio CISNEROS (Eugenio) and Ernesto BETANCOURT. Ags will be noted in that memorandum, Manolo promised to come up with a prospectus within approximately ten days' time, after con- sulting with his leaders in Cuba. 2. On 1 June 1961 Mr. Barnes called me to say that Mr. Goodwin had been visited by Mr. Ernesto BETANCOURT who asked for immediate financial ., support for certain activities of. the MRP which would run ‘around: $10, 000: ie: : dollars. Be ascertaining what the funds \ weré to be used for, exactly how much needed, ete. vote I called BETANCOURT and he told m¢‘that I should get these details from, ee CISNEROS (Eugenio), who was staying’ at-room 549 at the Washington Hotel. at approximately 1845 hours 1 Jurie; “and he informed us that he had urgent . 3 ate ety ‘ need for pesos for use in support of his sabotage and underground d money fot 2 couriers, and for assisting people tot . now. possible for people:to buy! thelr. vay out’ ‘of prison by bribing dhe ‘of the: Le many "communist" lawyers and judges.” He. thought that 40, 000 or 50, ins & = Pee, : him and Manolo to prepare a: ‘plan: for consfde¥ation and that we were. Beir . ate waiting for that plan, I.said I personally doubted that anything could be done =. 7. | until the plan was received from RAY. He eaid Manolo was planning to cometo Washington on the afternoon of 2 June with the plan, but that he himself waa having to return to Miami immediately and it Was vital he be able totake the oe money with him, arrange in Miami for purchase of the pesos {at rate of 4x] - “ emt: a. tr RDS PSRENE a Dac cee asic aa 023 Bt iv ae EES. ts tn tne he oo AOR, cent me nee reeervonnen re nmeemanentemeememnntnann ote
. : . ney Lian ahewe edie stinn sects bahiee a eerie Moreen wal ee TE OS ta ee ett ea ae bye . : A/DDP/A ~ “e DC/WH/4- oECzET money already in Cuba - dollars would be delivered a» awazers of the pesos who are in Miami). Itold him I would call him :n the meaning to: het him know how things stood. . . . 4. Udiscussed our meeting with CISNEROS with Tracy Barnes on the morning of 2 June, It was Tracy's opinion, in whick 0 heartily concur, that we should put out no money whatsoever until we have hadi = chamce te examine anolo's plan an Fepercus$ions or ranxiiications th re would be, policy-wise and otherwise, to a decision tu asaist the MRP _ inilaterally, that is, outside the Council ard prestmaily withaat MIRO's knowledge or consent. Since RAY has withdrawn kis group from the Council ~ with a great deal of fanfare, it is most unlikely that MIMS? wouid look kindly on any assistance to RAY, ‘especially since he feels ke sae a rasher firm _ promise from the President to deal only through MIES: 5. RAY, upon arrival in Washington, will presunalily take his plan (along with BETANCOURT) directly to Mr. Goodwin and ] would aiso presume that | Goodwin will pass it down.to Tracy and Tracy tous. Bay Subois, who has <. been Manolo's case otficer, : is standing Sy im the ever ke sitoufd be needed... ee ’ 6. I personally feel very strongly that we should ds muthimg to support the- plan, whatever it is, until we have received from the M&itie House and the | Department clear-cut, unequivocal policy gcidance on the overall pian. I also- feel that now is the time, if we are going te support Ge BaP unilaterally, to insert a non-official cut out into the operation, I woakt recommend that con- _ sideration be given to using [Mr. Harty, Pieper [a WAVE axa aa employee) on this job. Harry is tempermentally suited,” a gind inginess head, ia. fluent in Spanish Qived 28 yeare in Cuba), is cleared, fi¥iioes directions, — a . completely honest and tremendously conscientious. Bt wontii bel harder to ~~ find a better person. ve 7 - é — 7 Also, ¥: ‘would like to point out the security riste ixierent is any. arrange- . ments with the RAY-BETANCOURT-CISNEROS trio. Theme fetfiows | have had > - easy access to the White House and to the Department, are antazious for their _ “planned leaks", will probably presume all the Department! afficials they deal with are privy to the arrangement, and before we know it. tite: whine exile | LR. community will be well aware that we are providing fixanciel ani material Coot support to the RAY group.’ lam not arguing against pravwiciing : sock Scpport, - os but am merely pointing out the real potential for embarramsrrent to us if the . matter is not handled with the greatest of precautians, E fee? they hawe become — too closely identified with U, S -officialdom, including my@elf, amd that the plausible denial aspects, to date at least, are almost mun-exatert. | . — swage rene, treme