AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 54464 DBocld:322796061 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10220-10337 HQ 105-114543-2ND NR 101 Document Information FBI SAC, LA DIRECTOR, FBI 03/31/1964 9 JURE, MR, ACA, SPEAK, LTR PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 04/20/1998 INDEFINITE INC LHM Page 1 Date: Released under the John F. 5/21/201 Fennedy kKssassination Records Collection Act (44 USC 2107 Note). Case: NW
~~] j i ! H | t i ~ OPTIONAL FORM NO: 10 + q . 5010-106-05 [1% a OU arena. a7 = ; j em “UNITED STATES c? ‘RNMENT C y ; . a —_ © “Memorandum  eeeStUMED va 0 a Ce DIRECTOR, FBI . “DATE: MAR 5 1 1964 FROM: : we Lo ss - - oo SAC: “08, “ANGELES 05. 35064) (x00) . : \ SUBJECT: , ee If REA CIA: HAS NO Ws , ALL 1 ve : DEAS canon ANDVOR, : HERES 1S be RELEARE 2 A SEDAATION | oe 26 9a Wes BRIN om : i | | Ww As-TT S _Reférénde- is made. to Los Angeles: letter dated ca i 1b/5 635. Bureau’ létter dated 12/20/63; and Buréaunairtel . “ Disk tems.» dated: eae captioned’, guNTA REVOLUCTONARIA NN oe AT ae Mae ae Ay \ C) 8 N “petite: in’ see ine. activities, 211d Wil ghire Boulevard, _ = ‘Los . Angeles; California, who: furnished the Atiformation a ‘contained: in‘ the. letterhead memorandum to SA MERLE L.” . = -PARKER/@hd:requested that - ys : identity, be. concealed... : ei : oo thie. Anterviéw. of 4/5/63. with: ‘PEDRO DUELO and cE ° receipt ‘of. setter from. him, was: by: BA, FREDERICK E. RODERICK. , F _ The. “intery piew on: Y 11/3/63 with . SALVADOR “REVINATDO . was conducted by SAis" “RICHARD* L. CROMWELL and: ‘WILLIAM | ‘OP q Us LQ Peg 2 -"San'-Juan’ (Encils.. -2) (REGISTERED 7 -: Los. Angeles (105- 15864) (1 - .¥05- ~fO329 ~ ESTEVEZ) ; ms) - UL - 305-6516 - ANTISPIDEL .CASTRO ACTIVIT 105- gn88 - PEDRO. PURO DECLASSIFIED BY, 1 Seg seo ae VEE Lh YEE ~ MLP :sYb. REPEL; : hs BNGIASUAL NOT RECORDED — 172 APR 17 1964 MWe nd (at ‘Fnels. -2 (feeisaen} _ Declassify on: cr Heals femmes coeepeeen eT ee a HW 54464 DoclId:32296061 Page 2? Ericls.-o)(REGISTERED) i “v) Lami ~ {ene oats) | ota by £02 sebca «)
a sare : 7 CC CHOP ter A O) ; UNi.ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF jUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Fin tei Please Refer to Los Angeles, California MAR 3 } 1964 MANUEL RAY ad On November 15, 1963, PEDR DUELO,..spanish. Instructor — at Marymount College, Palos Verdes Es ates, Los Angeles; Cali- fornia, who resides at 1002, Yest 37th Street,.San Pedro,: Cali- “fornia, advised that MANUEIAGONZALEZ, an employee of Felix “Crévrolet Company, Los Angeles, California, had contacted 0.1: ae Marymount College requesting that MANUEL RAY, a representative of an anti-Castro movement, be allowed to speak at Marymount ¥ College. ; DUELO advised further that he had received a letter - written in Spanish, dated November 11, 1963, at Miami, Florida, from "AsIrIoS," underneath which appeared, "Ti glalhpileses, ' Sargon, and Senaqueribd." DUELO stated that from the letter he concluded that MANUEL RAY is a leader of Junta Revolucionaria Cubana and is an "active communist." He stated also that it was his uncerstanding that MANUEL GONZALEZ had been a leader of the July 26th Movement. The July 26th Movement is a revolutionary movenent founded and led by FIDEL CASTRO-RUZ, the present Prime Minister of Cuba. On November 3, 1963, SALVADOR REYNALDO, 31403 Drew. Street, Los Angeles, California, advised that MANUEL GONZALEZ had sent him an invitation to attend a meeting of an anti-Castro a organization known as "JURE" in Los Angeles. REYNALDO stated wT that GONZALEZ was head of "July. 26th Organization" in Los Angeles... CHONDA ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ‘HW 54464 Docld:32298061 Page 3
MANUEL RAY On March 12, 1964, JOSE GIRALDEZ, a Cuban source who resides at 2109 Zoe Street, Huntington Park, California, ‘when being interviewed concerning another matter, advised ‘that JOSE ESTEVEZ, whom he does not know personally, was reputed to be a delegate of MANUEL RAY and in charge of activities of JURE in Los Angeles. GIRALDEZ stated that he heard MANUEL RAY speak in Los Angeles about three months 4go as either leader of JURE or Segundo Frente Escambrey, | and he endeavored to sell bonds at $92.00 each in order to raise money to bring about the overthrow of CASTRO. According to GIRALDEZ, RAY told of the struggle in Cuba. GIRALDEZ stated that it is rumored that JURE has in it many who were formerly members of the July 26th Movement and others who _ were pro-FIDEL CASTRO. : oe On March 19, 1964, JOSE FERNANDEZ, a Cuban source | who resides at 812 Waterloo Street, Los Angeles, California, | while being interviewed concerning another matter stated that he does not know JOSE M. ESTEVEZ personally but knows of him and some of his activities. He stated that he heard ESTEVEZ speak recently in Los Angeles at a meeting of JURE. He stated that ESTEVEZ did not make any statements which were. . ‘of a questionable nature, but pointed out that ESTEVEZ formerly held the rank of Captain with the CASTRO forces and was a President of a tribunal of five that decided on punishment. for the foes of CASTRO, which included the followers of . BATISTA, as well as those individuals who had previously been with CASTRO and turned against him.. Mr. FERNANDEZ stated that at the time ESTEVEZ held this position in Cuba he was a staunch supporter of CASTRO and was loud in his praise of the Soviet Union and the communist system. He stated that eventually ESTEVEZ grew to dislike and hate CASTRO as a.leader and left Cuba; however, he never turned against the communist ideology or the communist system of government, which CASTRO had initiated. Mr. FERNANDEZ stated that ESTEVEZ is in charge . of JURE in California, and shares. the. opinion of MANUEL RAY, as both want to overthrow CASTRO and his regime in order that RAY and his group can replace them. - FERNANDEZ , who was Me nee HW 54464 DoclId:32296061 Page 4
MANUEL RAY formerly in the Intelligence Service in Cuba, stated that he had never heard of anyone hearing ESTEVEZ denounce the communist system, but only "CASTRO and company." FERNANDEZ estimates that JURE has approximately one hundred fifty members in the Los Angeles area, and it cooperates with another _ anti-CASTRO organization, Alpha 66, which has approximately fifty members. He states that he has heard that JURE is putting ' This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the ' FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. re .. Out propaganda now that they will invade Cuba by May 20, 1964. — a -_- HW 54464 DoclId:32296061 Page 5