i Ray - page 4 - 10/27/78 Doubts arose within the CIA as to Ray's political ALY AG LANA E/ANA/L¥A/compatibility to United States Government policy. In a Memo for Record dated 11/21/60, it was reported that, "... Ray did not politically represent anything to cheer ol 2Kae about." (CIA/DDO Ray Vol II, Memo for Record, 11/21/60, Subject: Meeting with King and Esterline on Subject of Handling MRP) An- other CIA officer who met privately with Ray in November 1960 stated that his political posture was doubtful as far as U.S. 2g 441 ‘Government acceptance is concerned (CIA/DDO Ray Vol II, Cable to Director from MASH, 11/17/60) and and additional assessment stated that Ray was so far "left" in his thinking that he would Nlbo-RZIS be as dangerous to U.S. interests as Castro. (CIA/DDO Ray Vol V, Memo for Record, 2 June 1961, Subject: Relations with Manolo Ray and the MRP from| Prominent exiled Cubans also expressed negative information - about Ray, described by one exi =as highly dangerous because: of his ambition to play a prominent role in the Cuban government after Castro's overthrow. (CIA /DDo,-Ray—Yol-4,Memoe—for Record, (loha-De Petersy ‘60,—Subject: Contact Report on Mee s2) ) or. Jose Miro Cardona, President of the FRD, was = ee 3/ opposed to Ray, believing his program was too Marxist (CIA/DDO Ray Vol III, Information Report from U.S. Citizen, Free-lance writer and part-time sugar broker, 12/22/60) and also stated that Ray was bitterly anti-American as well as probably totalitarian in a TO 3 his thinking.’ (CIA/DDO, Ray Vol IV, Memo to S - Dr. Berle from ARA - Philip W. Bonsal, March 16, 1961, Subject: Recent Cuban Developments) Manuel Artime, head of the MRR, advised that Ray's Md >
page 6 Ray withdrew from the CRC shortly after the Bay of Pigs invasion. In a Miami new conference on May 28, 1961, he said the major reason for the MRP break with the CRC was that the council had failed to live up to the written promises given it in March, outlining conditions Ray had insisted upon before joining the organization. tryeames 5/28/61, One Cuban Group Quits Exile Body by Sam Pope Brewer) The first condition had been that the council was to give first priority to the under~ ground fighters in Cuba during the Bay of Pigs invasion. Secondly, Ray had insited that anyone too closely associated with the Batista regime would not be used in the invasion and lastly, he was to have been allowed prior approval before any military leader of the invasion was named. (tb3a) Ray told the assembled newsmen that his program to overthrow Castro was based on maximum mobilization of the discontented people inside Cuba and that the leadership of this underground should come from Cubans who could prove they had such a potential 3 force. (ibid) 4S Be Ray then sought CIA support independing of the Council, () explaining to Agency personnel that the MRP did have an effective underground organization but needed material and Serer | —e financial support. () ‘Ray felt it nessary for his organization to be allowed to plan its own operations and broaden its base of financial support to include sympathetic Latin American governments & He was totally opposed to any future invasion attempt. Oye ND Rovereto
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