HW 54464 iN cD STATES DERARTMENT OF  STICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer te File Ve. “tT : vied Tay 3 Uewari, low Jersey sentenver 12, Loc3 entenve spi mi fe /0-12- ara TF) CUSAN AGVOLUTIONARY JUNTA (JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA) TiTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA The August 23, 10993, edition of "La Tribuna", a Spanisn language weekly newspaver, published at Newark, New Jersey, contained an article on Page 1 concerning a meeting of the Junta Hevclucionaria Cubana (JURE) at Newark, New Jersey, on Saturcay, August 17, 1253. This article stated the ieeting was addressed by Manuel Ray, formerly tiinister of Public Works in the Cuban regime of Fidel Castro in 19&¢, fais articie contained a column captioned as foliows: "Plan of the §iUma'' "Fhrases from the discourse of the engineer :ianuel Pay Siivero in the meeting neld by the cetes ‘ation of \JURE in Newark, New Jersey, in St. Josenits Church, “Culy a minority of the militia are with Fidel, awignw per cent are against the Ned governnaent of Cura "Free Cuba will se tne exainple as the leader against fear and misery. “In the vast -three .onths there have been more gains made for the liberation than in the »vast three years. ‘We are close to the Haitian revolutionaries because whichever of tue two Gemocratic revolutions is victorious - against Fidel or Zuvalier - they will cuntinue the strusgle of their friend as though it were their own, "The professional armed forces will te restored. C8 Baa, lid ; i ; \ . Ne , of 29455 Docld: 3227992730 Page 3
‘ CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA | | (JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA) ea will protect and sponsor the freedom of the professor and education. "The militia and all the extraordinary bodies of repression will be abolished," This article from "La Tribuna" was captioned "We will be on Cuban soil before May 20, 1964, says Manuel 5 < eienn tile anorthite ; Ray." | i Lon August 27, 1963, NK T-1 advised that he also Spoke at the meeting of JURE, at which Manuel Ray was the principal speaker, at Newark, New Jersey NK T-1 advised(U) that the meeting took place in the audito ium or assembly ~~ hall adjacent to St. Joseph's Church in Newark, New Jersey, and was church property. NK T-1 also advised that a meeting | of JURE was also held in New York City, New York, with Ra: as the main speaker at about the same time as the Newark meeting .(<.) NK T-1 stated that JURE has five leaders in this | country and four in Cuba, Each one of the leaders are Situated in different provinces, He stated there are nine leaders in all which constitute the ruling body of JURE, t NK T~1 reported that Manuel Ray just returned about two months ago from a trip to Europe and Spain trying ‘to get the support of exiles, Ray has stated that everyone in JURE must be willing to fight and die. Ray claims that only ten per cent of the Cubans who are against Castro 7 and are living in exile are willing to go to Cuba, but that all members of JURE must be willing to go to Cuba, NK T-1 stated that Ray claims support for JURE in Cuba and that Ray also feels that they will be in Cuba Sometime early next year, He stated that Ray is counting on the popular support in Cuba for a counterrevolution | and that the militia is riddled with those opposed to ‘Castro and is useless to Castro, , . Those in JURE feel that the militia will defect en masse and that Ray did nd disclose specific plans regarding an invasion, arms or financial support, | | | HW 54464 DoclId:32299930 Page 4