(404-10179-10204 ERAPR FRsPas JAP * wre £1.83 . WO FOREIGN DSSEM CONFIDENTIAL CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY @ ROUTINE Intelligence Information Cable COUNTRY venczueLa CUBA DCs -3/574,865 DATEOF sin to Late reeruary 1964 piste. 6 warcn 1964 INFO. SUBJECT ACTAVITIES Ci MANUER RAY REVERO, HEAD OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA IN VEREZUELA & j Pe Aca. VENEZUELA, caRacas (3 march 1964) REF IN 34189 SOURCE . FELD REPORT No, ve 2885 AND APPRAISAL; A FOREIGN JOURNALIST IN VENEZUELA WHO HAS EXTENSIVE CONTACTS §8N THE CUBAN CXILE COMMUNITY AND WHO H&S BEEN A RELIABLE REPORTER ON EXILE ACTIVITIES IN THE Past. iT §S KNOWN, HOWEVER, THAT SOURCE AND RAY -HAVE WEDELY DIVERGENT POLSTICAL VIEWS, SOURCE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS: PARAGRAPH 1 FROM CMILIO FERNANDEZ, A CUBAN INSURANCE EXECUTIVE IN CARACAS, FROM QUINTANA, PARAGRAPH 2 FROM EMILIO FERNANDEZ FROM RENE CASTELLANOS) A CUBAN INSURANCE SALESMAN AND MEMBER OF THE CLUB PATPIOTICO,JOSE MARTE, FROM MARTINEZ, MIGUEL ZALDIVAR, LAWYER AND MRR (REVOLUTIONARY RECUPERATION MOvENENt ORDINATOR IN VENEZUELA, FROM HIS WIFE, FROM THE WIFE OF JOSE VAZQUEZ BLAN ° 1, JORGE QUINTANA, A JOURNALIST FOR THE BOHEMIA LIBRE MAGAZINE AND SYMPATHIZER OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA (JURE) IN VENEZUELA, -SAID ON 25 FEBRUARY 1964 THAT WHEN MANUEL RAY REVERO, LEADER OF JURE, ARRIVED IN VENEZUELA ON 18 FEBRUARY HE BROUGHT 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 igd.gig AND 59.90 U.S. DOLLARS FOR HIS INVESTMENT, QUINTANA THEN QUOTED RAY AS SAYING THAT HE (RAY) WOULD BE GOING TO CUBA IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND, CONVINCED HE WOULD DIE THERE, HAD-TO INSUPE This material contains information affecting the Netional Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Kaplonrge Laws, Title of revelation of which ip any manner to an unauthorised persom ie prohibited by law. 16, 0.8.0. Seca, 793 and TH, the tmamemienion ‘CONFIDENTIAL ™ fe) FOREN pussee ora oo Far tins sagen DIA ARMY/ACSE NAVY AIR OS SECDEF «SA ONC AID SIA OCE OONE OC 7 REPC HCL At? TREASURY
14-00000 om ek Pbnees PRS ' FUTURE. # _, CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION — DISSEMINATION CONTROLS -NFIDENTIAL so putea vse (FIELD COMMENT; A’SECURE FUTURE FOR HIS WIFE AND FAMILY, IN 1948 ONE HANS NEUMAN WAS REPORTED AS A CZECH COMMUNIST (PORTION GARBLED - BEING SERVICED} MEXICO, UNCONFIRMED ALLEGATIONS WHICH (dace FROM AN UNIDENTIFIEO SOURCE CHARGED THE DIRECTORS OF PINTURAS MONTANA AS BEING COMMUNISTS WHO ARE USING THE PROF LTS FROM THEIR FIRM TO FINANCE COMMUNIST ESPIONAGE AND PROPAGANDA ACTIVITIES IN VENEZUELA, ) LUIS MIGUEL MARTINEZ, A MEMBER OF JURE IN CARACAS, SAID ON 25 2. FEBRUARY THAT THE 25,96. U.S. DOLLARS RAY BROUGHT WITH HIM TO VENE2- UELA WAS ORIGINALLY COLLECTED FOR JURE'S OPERATIONS AGAINST CUBA, MARTINEZ SAID THAT THE INCOME RAY WOULD RECEIVE FROM THE HOUSING PROJECT WOULD BE BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF EACH HOUSE CONSTRUCTED AND THAT ‘RAY'S PURPOSE IN MAKING THIS INVESTMENT WAS TO SAFEGUARD HIS FAMILY'S (SOURCE COMMENT; THE VENEZUELAN CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DEEPLY SHOCKED BY REPORTS THAT RAY USED MONEY GIVEN HIM BY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES FOR ANTI-CASTRO OPERATIONS FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL BENEFIT. 3. IN LATE FEBRUARY, THE WIFE OF JOSE VAZQUEZ BLANCO, FORMER CUSAN CONSUL IN CARACAS, QUOTED HER HUSBAND AS SAYING THAT HE WAS PROFOUNDLY DISILLUSIONED BY THE FACT THAT RAY DEPOSITED 25,9 U.S. DOLLARS (SOURCE COMMENT; IN A CARACAS BANK IN.CONNECTION WITH A HOUSING PLAN, BEFORE RAY LEFT VENEZUELA ON 22 FEBRUARY, HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY OR, MARIO MAURIELLO, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE BANCO OSRERO DE VENEZUELA, IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOW-COST HOUSING PROJECT. FOR WHICH RAY HAD - GLASSIFICATION a= DISSED ATION CONTROLS 7 cs pee ween VBR
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