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14-00000  ° on : ale oF ¢ { 2 ° r08fe 1961 | Legh a “enocano, Louoon « (28 0 ocroser 1961) | ate ‘<. CEWTRAL DITSLLIGENCE AGENCY 4 Srna of fee Odsed tae eos te mou of ie Htnoge Mane Pon. USE te eal tp foam, Teh cutee custete florets eflecting thy Meflancd 7G out F4 Ge feawalabes G sosricine of eb) & oxy mance? ts os ene vtiterbes SECRET (Ween Kiss dap ! $UMECT  - BYATEMENTS OF MAWOLA RAY, CXILE LEAOER oars osme, «28 ocrosca 1961 | OF THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT . oo PRECEDENCE ROUTINE a FELD REPORT HO. L Of = 30, IFS GUGM SOURED GRADING 3 ALL DUFOATIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 1S TENTATIVIL From “SOVRCE WITH GO00 CONTACTS AMONG EXILES |. oa GABACAS ec : . Ve: MANOLO" RAY, EXILE LEADER, OF “MOV IMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO GFL PUEBLO. (MRR < PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT) SAID IN EARLY OCTOBER THAT HE WAS FIRMLY OPPOSEO TO ANY INVASION OF CUBA, INSISTING THAT CASTRO'S OVERTHROW WAS TO BE ACHIEVED BY INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND THIS HAD ALREADY. STARTED. 4 . a ici Ba THE MRP WAS: ORGANIZED THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND AND SUPPORTED BY ALL CLASSES OF THE POPULATION. ‘VT HAD MEMBERS IN ALL 33 TRADE SAIONS, THE G-2, MILITIA AND THROUGHOUT THE ADMINISTRATION. RAY ESTIMATED 80. PERCENT OF POPULATION WERE OfPOSED TO CASTRO, — THOUGH MAJORITY. WERE NOT ACTIVELY $0, HE CONSIOERED THE MRP AT . "PRESENT ENJOYED MORE SUPPORT THAN THE ORIGINAL REVOLUTION HAD fi CLALHHCATION — Saaigunation CONTEOLS ae a SECRET. e- OHO
14-00000 wo, AGAINST BATISTAR 2 oo 3. THE MRP WAS PRESENTLY SHORT OF ARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES BUT THE POSITION WAS SHPROVING.(A MILITIA CAPTAIN WAS. RECENTEY SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS | Ww PRISON FOR PASSING ARMS TO THE MRO). - . NO HELP WHATSOEVER HAD BEEN RECEIVED BY THE INTERNAL RESISTANCE FROM THE "SOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES, WHO PROVIDED SUPPORT. FOR THE INVAS IGN? « THESE- SOURCES WERE STILL THINKING ee . INEFFECTUALLY- IN TERMS OF (A FURTHER INVASION. | co wh, THE GENERAL ATTITUDE OF THE RESISTANCE IN CUBA TOWAROS: “THE EXILES WAS ONE OF - INDIFFERENCE MOUNT ING TO CONTEMPT FOR SPECIFIC MOVES SUCH AS. THE PROPOSED PROMOTION OF A CUBAN GOVT IN EXILE, WHAT. THE RESISTANCE \NTCO WAS FUNDS. AND THE RETURN, ey INFILTRATION, oF TRAINED EXILES, PARTICULARLY COMMUNI CATION . EXPERTS. , - 5. ON THE - FIMiNG, of “CASTRO'S OVERTHROW,, RAY -SAIO castaO WOULD - NOT Last. ANOTCER | YEAR. HE ADDED THAT THE SITUATION IN cuBA IMMEDIATELY AFTER CASTRO'S ‘DOWNFALL WOULD OF DANGEROUS ano COULD . |. DEVELOP INTO A. civil WAR, 6. FIELD DISSEM: “STATES CINCLANT, CINCARIB. ey atyrrmca -7 aA, ae