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Records Collection Act of 1992 
(44 USC 2107 Note) 
NW 53217 6/20/17
104-10192-10125 CLASSIFIED MESSASE 1Pi 139 CARA G79 2 CARA OG: “| Yors ON EXILE ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST. AT 1s RACES, HOWEVE?, THAT SOURCE AND RAY HAVE WiOELY DIVERGENT Pow ITICAL ViGkS. SOURCE: SECEIVED THE 7 INFORMATICH AS FOLLOWS: | PARAGRAPH 1 FROM fet 10- FEPANOEZ, } _A CUBAN INSURANCE EXECUTIVE iN CARACAS, FROM eu: NIAKA, PARAGRAPH 2 FROM EMILIO. FERNANDEZ FROM RENE CASTELLANCS, A. CUBAN INS URANC SALESMAN aN MEMSER CF THE, CLU3 PATRIOTICO vOSE MART, FRO MARTINEZ PARAGRAPH 3 FROM MIGUEL ZALDI VAR, CUSAN LAWYER AND MRE: (-evoLuTioneey RECUPERATION MOVEMENT). COORDINATOR JN VENEZUELA, FROM HES WIFE, FROM THE WIFE oF 4 gest VAFGUEZ BLANCO, tw COMMENT: TOCS _ PRECEDENCE RELEASING IW: cm popes ~ . move RUCL wees FOOm avTomAriC Oe: gomoreting §
104-10192-10125 {waen rue i9y 2 wre ttess ———€ONFIDENTIAL. _ CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY — @ ROUTINE | Intelligence Information Cable COUNTRY VenEzUCLA cuba TOES - 3/574 865 DATEOR = u10 10 LATE FLoRuany. 1965 O1sTR. 6 wanen 1964 "INFO, / _ : se activeracs OF wauJEL Ray REVERO, HEAD OF THe CUBAN - REVOLUTIONARY guna tN vENCZUELA GATEACQ. VENEZUELA, Canacas (3 wancn 1964) Rep IN 34189 source Lo FULD REPORT NO, "vc 2885 . * APPRAISAL: a FoReicn JOURNALIST tm ¥eucZUELA WHO Hag EXTENSIVE Contacts in Pme Cueay exice COmmunity ANO wWHe was Offs «2 RELIABLE REPORTER On Cx activirics tn THE Pasr, fF 13 aNnown, WOWEVER, Treat 29 Ree AND RAY wMAVE wiottr Onverccar Porelecar vitws, SOURCE RECEIVED THE th Opal iON as FOLLOWS? = PaRacaaPH YT rom Emicig FERNANDEZ, & CyeAN INSURANCE Cx€curtve tn CARACAS, FROM QUINTANA, PARAGRAPH 2 FROM EMILIO FER NANDC? FROM RENE Cas"etianns 4 CUBAN INSURANCE Sat CSman AnD mMiMgeAR Or fHE “CLUG PATRhotico Jose mane . & warronce. ARaGHARH 3 FROM MIGUEL 2ALDIsaR L4UER. AND MAR REVOLUT IS she RECUPCRATION mostetnt) CCORDINATOR tm VENE2UEL , FROM WIS WIrl, FROM PRE WiFl OF JOSE varauc? piace ™ 4, JORGE QUINTANA, A JOU2MAL IST FOR THE SCHEMIA LIBRE MAGAZiNE AND " SYMPATHIZER OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA (JURE) IN VENEZUELA, ~ $A1D-ON 25 FEBRUARY 1964 THAT WHEN MANUEL RAY REVERO, LEADER OF suRE, _ARRIVEO IN VENEZUELA ON 48 FEERUARY HE-@RCUGHT WITH HIM 25, U.S. DOLLARS To INVEST IN A LOW-COST HOUSING PROJECT, QUINTANA SAID THAT RAY'S ASSOCIATE: IN THIS PROJECT 1S HANS NEUMAN, CO-OWNER OF PINTURAS ‘MONTANA, C.A, IN VENEZUELA, AND THAT RAY WILL RECEIVE A MONTHLY INCOME OF BETWEEN 4A gig AND SBS. U.S. DOLLARS FOR HES INVESTMENT, CUINTANA THEN QUOTED RAY AS SAYING THAT HE (RAY) WOULD GE GOING TO CUBA IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND, CONVINCED HE WOULD DIE THERE, HAO TO INSURE ICSC oa Tabane Toe taney MS Prin ofthe Canad Sate win ie measig of sae Rapeeage tare rs OURS SON me toe DA te encanta menace of Wik te ay ane Noa usenet tat Mele awe a _,€9! “OL ARMY/ACSI NAVE ate aS MECO OSA Oe at USA Och ONE Oce om OO Fay tEn$ re ; a : "REASURe REP SINC ast
104-10192-10125 CLASS S-CATOM = CISSEMINATION CONTROLS wea" Fieddl ima A SECURE FuTuRe FOR ‘HIS WIFE AND FAMILY, fetes COMMENT; IN 1948 ONE HANS NEUMAN WAS REPORTED AS A CZECH COMMUNIST (PORTION GARBLED = BEING SERVICEO MEXICO, UNCONFIRMED ALLEGATIONS WHICH A VENEZUELAN SECURITY SERVICE RECEIVED FROM AN UNIDENTIFIED SOURCE CHARGED THE DIRECTORS OF PINTURAS MONTANA AS BEING COMMUNISTS WHO ARE USING THE PROF ITS FROM THEIR FIRM TO FINANCE COMMUN: ST ESPIONAGE AND. PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES IN VENEZUELA, ) 2. LUIS MIGUEL: MARTINEZ, A MEMBER OF JURE IN CARACAS, SAID ON 25 _ FEBRUARY THAT THE- 25,045.25 U.S. DOLLARS RAY BROUGHT WITH HIM TO VENEZ- UELA WAS ORIGINALLY. COLLECTED FOR JURE'S OPERATIONS AGAINST CUBA, MARTINEZ SAIC THAT THE INCOME RAY WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE HOUSING PROJECT WOULD BE BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE CF EACH HOUSE CONSTRUCTED AND THAT RAY'S PURPOSE IN MAKING THIS. INVESTMENT wAS TO SAF EGUARD HIS FAMILY'S FUTUPE, (SOURCE COMMENT; THE. VENEZUELAN CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CEEPLY SHOCKED BY REPORTS THAT RAY USED MONEY GIVEN HIM BY FRIENDS “AND ACGUAINIANCES FOR ANTI-CASTRO OPERATIONS FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL BENEFIT, « 3. IN LATE FEBRUARY, THE WIFE OF JOSE VAZGUEZ BLANCO, FORMER CUBAN CONSUL IN CARACAS, “QUOTED HER HUSBAND AS SAYING THAT HE WAS PRCFOUNOLY DISILLUSIONED SY. THE FACT THAT RAY DEPOSITED 25, 955 U.S. DOLLARS 1N A CARACAS BARK ‘IN CONNECTION WITH A HOUSING PLAN, (SOURCE COMMENT; BEFORE RAY LEFT VENEZUELA ON 22 FEBRUARY, HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY ‘OR, MARIO MAURIELLO, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE BANCO OSRER0 DE VENEZUELA, __IN CONNECTION WiTH THE: LOW-COST HOUSING PROJECT FOR WHICH RAY HAD i CLASSIFICATION - DISS EaiNANON CONTEOLS _— sg Ye ere a ye ES et peewee seer peg mes ree ee ~ ere ee ee
104-10192-10125 meagre cnerevnmerane ane s40 IT iS CURRENTLY. BEING SAID AMONG: THE CUBAN “BROUGHT PLANS AND BLUEPRINTS,. "EXILE Conan TY IN CARACAS THAT RAY'S PLAN WAS WELL RECEIVED BY REPRE- SENTATIVES. OF ACCION. DEMOCRAT ICA-GOBIERNO (AD-GOV, DEMOCRATIC ACTION@: “| GOVERNMENT) SINCE IT MIGHT PROVIDE AD-GOV WITH A COUNTERPROPOSAL TO THE COPE! (SOCIAL CHRISTIAN) PARTY'S PROGRAM TO “CONSTRUCT "19H, if HOUSES A YEAR®, ). 4, FiELO DISSEM: STATE ARMY, NAVY AIR cineso cINCLANT. 5. *(ncaoauasrens COMMENT 2) MISSING PORTION WELK OC Cr PSEmINATED- ONLY iF it MATERUALLY AFFECTS THe . SCNSC or “tHIs | s rcrort.) END CF MESSAGE, ; CLASSIFICATION <= DISSEMINATION CONTROLS.