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14-00000 ae Blmreuston'y His brother was taken prisoner and kept in a room in the . i ” police stuation.- In this room short arms revolvers and pistols ~- were left at his reach. ~ The wife of the brother and Mr. José ae Currais friend of both Manuel and the brother went to see Manuel fe Ray to tell him that his brother was set up to make hin commit: : suicide.- He wag told by both that the emotional condition of — his brother was very bad because he Manuel had refused to talk or visit him.~ Although both persons in more than once visited him in the hours that preceded the death of his brother Manuel Ray said he would not visit his brother because he was Secreta~ oo ry of Public Works ana Vif his ‘brother was not guilty he would be judge and freed.~- After his brother committed suicide,during the burial ceremony Ray's father’ made a speech Claiming that his son was . free from any guilt and the Cabinet members were to blame for ; hia son's death. “The wilt ter can not assure Ray"! 8 brother -@id e llaborators of castro.- After Ray ¥ was ousted from his Cabinet job and assigned aca woe ‘to a job of less importance he kept visiting Fidel castro and accompanying him, occupying a prominent position, in all his pubiic appearances.- He expressed to friends that even though he was not on a prominent position he thought the revolution was - doing good to Cuba and had his whole support and should be sup- ported by everybody.
14-00000 wetan Re “Ray* ry ‘brother ' 8 3 widow, has said | that ‘the widow in different ane pas expressed that Ray if he’ ever. comes “into power in ub will ESENTMENT, = 7 oe Mr. Manuel P. ‘cores who visited Ray in his home in expressed that he found | him to “think along the same lines as tro.~ While he waited to talk to Ray, CORES had a chance to hold @ cunversation with Ray’a wife.- His impression is that Ray and his family resent all businessmen and anybody who has an: y; wealth * ATHEIST, ~ i It has been expressed to the writer that Ray is an atheist: and hag openly expressed go in several occasions.=- It is interesting to know that Raul Chib4s, an important member of his organixation is also known as an atheist.- OTHODOX PARTY. = Ray was before Castro an active member of the Cuban orth dox Party, which has been the refuses and was highly infiltrate Hest of communists unknown to the Cuban people till Castro come to po- wer.=- oo ae OPINION OF PEOPLE CLOSE T6 HIM, ~ Cele? Lopez hays one of the members at his organ. zation has ex be as radical as Fidel Castro, and a 1 dictator .- The following engineers ‘members of the Civil Engineers = Association: 7 . OO an . Antonio Tella —[e.,dteFk of fia Brsee Cat +a, 4y Cr. 9 om Hormes Chiong } FPO ton tek Federico Leén / Abelardo Docal Antonio Docal Loe. . José Sust . Flizgardo Martineg Gutierrez Bolivar Descsten”” fs be ‘devpmwe ‘) sea 12). Rape x fap
Anselmo Lastra Reinaldo Chipi Per fecto Arango Melquiades Fernfndez Monte Jorge Garayta Armando Pérez Cobo José A. Vila — express this opinions: He is a possible second communist front.. ye a ce He ig a radical pelsives in the same principlés as Cast ) and the only differences between him and Castro ia that Ray wants. °"- wt to be the head of the government instead of Castro. : * RAY AS SECRETARY OF PUBLIC WORKS,= During the first three months of Ray in 1959 as a Cabinet member in his Department exams were given to new employee = The Carrs . person in charge of this exams was Personnel Chief Lopez Lay, to~day a prominent member of Ray' 8 (Organfzation.~ Among the questions <a ked were the following: a). What do you think of Stalin? b) What do you think of ‘Lenin? ¢) What do you think of Marti? ment saw his. post .v .8uch ass Btage plays \ were held in the Patio during which, the ‘communist thinking was advocated.” ee OO ee Employees were ‘constantly Sivited ‘to conferences. Militia was ‘organized. Physical training programs were held for employees. He named.President of the Comision de Fomento Nacional Roberto Acosta former card carrying communiat and to-day in char- ge of the Cfa, Cubana de Electricidad.
Id eve Ray has been described by many as Mr. Adolfo Arenas has said that the people who wor= ked with him durina the resintance against Batista say these two instances show he will sacrifice people to obtain hie am=~.- bitions.- ne ot He planned an assault on a gun shop in Havana in the month of April 1958 knowing: ist.~ That it wag impossible to do because it was at a time the auto traffic was at its peak.=- and.~ There were not enough guns at the shop worth while stealing.=- 3rd.- Even though they would have been successful ~. their ultimate goal the attack on the Cabafia fortress would only bring death to the attackers.- Yet he sent those people to their death to have more martyrs but did not go himself.- eee snd law exeating the » ob he wanted + : patina this time he. 2 Side policiea,- Although there is no proéf of him ever belonging to -. the Communist Party it is believed that he will deal and be- come one if convenient to him elther nationally or internatio- , a nally.-
14-00000 ee ee re an ect ne + 4s iy . Considers him a fanatic that will pursue an idea without regard to the welfare of hia family, even though unimportant.- Unpractical and bad manager to the extreme that he has failed in three business enterprises he tried to develop.- Extremely dangerous in the government due to the programs he beleiles in, he says although he has no knowledge of communist connection he follows the same principles as Fidel Castro and be-° ° 7 ‘ leives the measures taken by Castro are good.- Unmerciful, a deffect he showed when he was Secretary of i Public Works he through out hundreds of employces without due cause, he destroyed every successful contractor that existed to that mo- ment.=