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2 aN Oe me RRR AIEEE EES a ao a + cf GEESE phe TOU ene mee ete ° ry FIELD INFORMATION REPORT GRANNG oF SOUICE- A: Comptetety retatta B teue'y eotishte, tof] Favity rets able, .O} Net usually rehadig. @: Pact eoratia, (Agot-ed GH arcs of Goultfal Moresty of loysity, ragarnttess of thor competencel. Fs Reliav. tity. cannot be jwdped (Aged te urtested oF trina fing eqavhy ferted ec es). APPRAISAL OF CONTENT: t Confirmed by ether indecenatent ang reheble sources. & Probably true. & Poss: bty tve. & Oovttivi ‘Probably tise 8 86& Cannot be judyed, CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED DISSEM : - COUNTRY Cuba : REPORT NO. sussect ” Confiscation of Weapons by the DATE OF REPORT 10 August 1866 ' Government of the Dominican Republic from the ‘VENUS, @ NO. PAGES 1 JURE Boat REFERENCES OTE OF 20 July 1968 pace& United States, Miami - - 5 — UFO-7443 pare aca. (21 July 1965 $0000 1 UMEVALUATED inPORUANOe. OUNCE GRAGINOS ART OEPINITIVE. APPRAISAL CP CONTENT 1G VENTATIE. SOURCE: A ‘young Cuban exile who has been trained in information collection. Hig past reporting has been accurate but lacks depth. The information in this report was recoived from another Cuban exile who is in touch with members of the JURE. : 1. The VENUS, a 110~foot boat which is used as a mother ship by the - Junta Revoluciunaria Cubana (JURE, Cubana Revolutionary Junta), and two Boston whalere, were. ia the American sector of Sante Domingo, Dominican Republic, on 20 July 1965. The governnent: of Antonio Imbert Barrera had confiscated the weapons which were ‘aboard, quncdiding personal as woll ag boat-mounted weapons. - Manuel Ray Rivero, leader of JURE, gaid that regardless of who won the atruggle for power in the Dominican Republic, the — . wea pons would be returned to JURE. becauso JURE was on good terus with both sides of the conflict. ‘ 2 The. following crew members were living aboard the boat: ; Jose Ricardo Rabel funez, commanding officer Jose Miguel Ramos, ‘second officer Gilberto Enidio Fundora Alcazar, third officer “Maximo De Delgado Frometa Ricardo Adolia Cobo Field Comne nt: TDCSDB-315/00539-65 dated 16 February 1965, from the: same source, reported: Rabel's’ plan to commandeer the VENUS and the two whalers, It was believed that he planned to use the VENUS to exfiltrate his wife from Cuba, or to stage a. commando ‘raid against a Cuban target. . COKPIDENTIAL [Cc CONTROLLED DISSEM | | Sees a DISTRIBUTICN