JFK Assassination System Date: 6/5/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10291-10242 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  97-4546-1ST NR 11 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: OFFICE OF SECURITY TITLE: DATE: 05/25/1962 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : MR, ASSOC, MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO DEL PUEBLO, BURN, WILLIAM, DRE, PR, WEAPONS, AMMO, MIL ACT, ACA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/11/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : Ch CO Cee eee v9.4 HW 45937 DocId:32307102 Page 1
My 0 CO- 1 iseteon 1 - « Nasea DENTAL avy mirormanion CONTARIED at) 109. VENA: io SLASSIFIED Bp OU) Toeeane WAFESAYR 97 SPL MAGUSE Dates May 25, 1962 Storecttien! PETZ TL be ri) Tos Office of Security Department of State _— _ a//. Se ee oe From: John Edgar Hoover, Director Subject: ANTI-FIDEL CASTRO ACTIVITIES INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA On May 23, 1962{ | venta Oman 4 de Diego 150, Santurce, Puerto Rico, furnished the following | information: (g-)(i/) | A small group of Cuban exiles in Fuerto Rico are banding together toe obtain guns, ammunition and a means of transportation for the purpose of engaging in commando-type operations against the Cuban mainland, particularly Oriente Province, which is well known to d the other Cuban ON exiles who will be involved in S activity. This action aN has been decided on because of the demand of local Cuban ™~ exiles for military action against Castro and because of ( the success of other Cuban exile groups operating out of Florida. ()(Uu | tte! thet_Manolo Ray, former head of the o Movinient ucionario del Pueblo; "an anti-Castro 7 erganization, returned to Puerto Rico about Mey 17, 1962, *¥ claiming that he had been in Washington, D. C., conversing a, ! with United States Government officials and that he had been = | given permission to form a military group in Puerto Rico NO to attack Cuba. (K Lah ~ q Vee f ba - ae ere ce ‘ ? aber aePtated that other ee Vat ae Pe Puerto ® are distrustful of Ray £22 As political . philosophy and have decided that they must be in a position yu) SA JUN5S 1962 ae i - Miami SER NOTE, PAGE 4 a ee ORTGTNAL FILED IN “YELLOW DUPLICATE MAY 2 & 1962 MAILED VHNedjw . (17) HW 45937 DocId:32307102 Page 2
Offiee of Security Gepartment of State to attack Cuba et the same tinue as Ray, or before, but not under his leadership. Reportedly, the exiles feel that this is of paramount importance lest Ray's group is successful and Ray subsequently claims he liberated Cuba. (7) Reportedly, only about fifteen youthful Guban exiles from Puerte Rico will be involved in these operations, and each will be personally selected and approved by ke) OTHER 4 | hes been in contact with William Burn, a British citizen. end arms de@ler now in Puerte Rico, Burn allegedly recently sold over one hundred guns to the ' Directorio Revolucionerie Estudiantil, an anti-Castro organization in Miami, Florida, for use inside Cuba. These weapons allegedly were delivered in Mexico. Burn, reportedly, represents the Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre, 6 company which deals in Belgian rifles. (KU) order a few weapons from Burn in the immediate future, if this is not a violation of United States laws. The purpose in obtaining these weapons is ta demonstrate the sincerity of the group to Cuban exiles in a forthcoming campaign to raise funds for future operations. No emmunition ie being obtained at this time. Burn has indicated fod eo tenet he ean obtain United States Government permissio urchase the above-mentioned weap ye Roca can arrange fer their According tol | he and his group intend to | entry inte Puerto Rico. WE desires to operate strictly within the laws of the U tates and is desirous of being placed in contact with the agoney which can authorize the operation of his group and which. can perakt. his ebtaining of weapons, YU) HW 45937 DocId:32307102 Page 3
Office of Security Department of State NOTE: Army representative, San Juan, advised Burn working under U. S. Army guidance on Cuban penetration program. San Juan requested Bureau contact appropriate U. S. agency which wou le operations as described by Ln advise it ofl tplene, San Juan requested - Bureau advise whether _some U. S. agency would contact or identity of agency hould contact. This is being handled separately. $ PSI of San Juan, and, since he is interested in eStablishment of above group, we are instructing San Juan to discontinue him as PSI, but authorizing San Juan to maintain contact with him. (i HU) OTHER 4 HW 45937 DocId:32307102 Page 4