‘(404-10180-10071 20 August 1904 BLBORARUUR POR TUE KBCOKD . SUBJECT: MWeetin; with Banuel FAY 19 Ban Joes, : Costa khica 2. «of met vith Mansel RAY ia Saa Jvrae, Coata hica un 7 aad & Auguet 19¢4. The weefin: was riutime; the - bugime as transactc’ :a briefly suse=ariged belosv. A, No Operations free U.S, Territory 1 reiterated to RAY that 3¢ was our understandia, that be would act Jaunech any operetions trem U.S. territory. FAY undere gstvod ana Q@grved fo thin. me iid say, Lowever, tnat rumors of such actay(®, Could puseably reach ug for the moat few weeke .nasuuch aa tt would tare hak serce Libble weil. to reorsemt fhe activities and thigein, of some o1 bia cvllowers. 7 . Bb. FEAT Again Plaes to infiltrate cuba pAY hopes Qo infiltrate iage Cuba within tas aext 30 to 20 daya. This new siturt @il] be cade froz daznaica. The gnact point siu6 which .f 23122 bo made wae not tald ee, Dut 26 36 suppreedly i:ce land owned by an Ameracap Jivin, :4 Jaga@ica aod at & point @pprexieakely 60 wiles from Cuvpa. The island ai Jarmica .tgeelf bica more clorvely tu more tnan 100 miles off Cuba. tAY is @,a.n @ littlis ) confused Wo operataonal details gu: Bis spearias of some bit of land closer tu Ciba tliat may actcally fa1]1] within Jamaican a@ufborits.
14-00000 3 Jet me smow your views on tng. r Fad a. BAY Asks for Avwiblona. Suku LAY wade 0 pica for aad:.ticnal funda up to 425,600 tm orcul to Smeiag big iff DowlAs Fen, Bulps and equiprert bruc the us. Tnuege weSterials @hd wen will be zrvcd -teo enete Kies @ad tne Ooxmini¢an -epiblic. invelved 1 these xnoves are the gpeoapoes ragiiacturad of the weet toast. i acvised hay teat i would raise thie igwue with tae proper Quthoritics. ip eur discussion of ti:s noe’ LAY considered that with 915,000 be could cospletely resolve - the aatter of the arng wanulactare ana shapseat to Couta Rica from tue test (coast of the J.S.A. Poe otal that Av A@skcd for is $25,000. Please wu. Tas Sitvaticn io The Jukb BAY imdicated tuat the leoaacerenuip of the JULE if united, workin; effectively Cu,ebher And tha@ avepite the set-back they Aave sutiored by AAY®s faidure to -mfillyafie, Tae “rghnikatsen $8 Be stern; Bt this metene Ap .b ues YoEn. LAY Qdviged ze that the t-fa) JW s reaiergu.p, CAat 1B, people war have giphed appiteatica inns bad ara actually affiliated cp a forues saunes, .n c GEeBRE ta the lovgedypern.:t wanmer of C.0an pasdod, 1G betweon 4 to 5,000, LAY ree opie: S aha aubita that Gime is acalast biv ane tae JUG anc that Galy action imstuy Cuba cas reverse this tread. B. FAY Krets 9th Preoiscnt tc) President Pogietes 8c 7 an fk Bets | BAY wet With theese three oon. umedately oo arrivin, tn Costa itea., me Advised i Chat the corperation of ta.s8 yrirp 18 excellent ana that as cuuld mot as: for bettur aipport. BAY told se that thig savtier of U.S. feolings tovarc Hag oY Ane zation arose dcrits President Ualich®’s ¢.#:b with Prestastt Juansun and that .% was Uriici'’s supresaiom that zr. Juppsen did uet know a vacat deal about eat,
re) Bbu@€ $nat Er. Mane had jgoimed the cuuveraat loa to my that both eAr®’s group ana @hat of APTIME wero gopd ones. (-hereas this was _ RAY?’ a version] PA niet of Statica, Ban Joee, adv. ded ke -, Jopnpop regurtedly atated tust ARTI6L vag the mero reapongible of the tue Go which President Orlich reportealy countered wita, “i think just the oppugite is @rue;" Chat ia, tuat KAY is the auory rosponei ble ef the two.) . 0% 2. 1 mot with the Chief of Station in Coeta Eica, i advised him of the reaava ior pe bein, Chere and we digcuagec thia vperation in dutail. @ Gated 1f it would not ba wise to inforse the Ambassador of my poumace auu eacbavitys & bul usm thah in view of the fact tnat State was well aware of our O#ave (ativan with KAY and the pogsibiltty that the Anbasgadur wipnt hear ¢throuch other channele of wy presence, 1 agreed with hat he_ehvue)id arivige the Asbascador of visit. 2 «au Jones | Pénat thie #aa B es tee Peay fQ.Fiy Geiicaste mattar and that fiw Aavassadar eiowld underatand that thie waa fo. bia luformatien only. 93 BG PByY Wied $e cCopHide: vending @ cable to inforwias hia oY our degire to heap Che fact of war Bugport te sA¥Y fistted to tha AérSuagsadasr., (Thiga will be dene wy the Cneta Lican dewk of an.) ALFONSO PONRIGUEL Bf MASS OS/AK