104-10792-10240) pv wae. 1@ts oreecae HGS : . . . . S E CRE T Z _ PROCESSING Aer ION REPORT COVER SHEET a CC cavtw sate JNVAVE ce ‘UFG-7458___ - XX [ucecco soa mmocuing Greoattas osescim mn ee OF “atroer . — Tee PRUEKING RLQUIAED 13. ‘Aug: 65. OF9 DATA HEPORTED SEPARATELY a eb te nae Alexander Ja RATHICK des orsscwrmation ees Se renntecter nate John c. ta POCH OFGEEMINATION Phi wee NTOD- ; j FILLO DES TRIBUTION _ a ears wor aa scene Has. a 1 cy. each to Miami reps, of: 00/c JNBARR. (for COMKWESTFOR) Banana, City] (for CINCSO) se ’ State, F.B.2., 1&NS, Customs, Border Patrol, U.3.C.G. (-7 UPPLEHEDT AR ‘pata TYPIC - Source: AMTOD-1 ‘from ANDOG-1, 11 July 1965, AMDOG-1 received the information from Manuel RAY Rivero and Jose Ricardo RABEL Nunez; AMDOG-1_ was aboard the VENUS. Field Comments i and 2 are from the same reports cited in ‘conment 1. - There ‘48 no record at JMWAVE as to. when, exactly, Varela ‘resigned from the JURE, Field Comment 3 ig from UFG-7443, Please add the -CS number. RI: -Please ard the following for_ the field: please gard ¢ "#RABEL Nunez Jose Ricardo = ‘captain of f VENUS, JURE vessel, d nuel R Rayo Conma ndeered.. vessel Aug 65,- Apparent r split with Ma Gi Ts nt device Gast Castro, Manuel -, Former military chief of. JURE &’ Resigned after di fforences “kth Minuel Ray Cdate and details net reported). —s) ~~ a) “3 onez foam pa rae) envy ¥. | <a | ex wz a Fone aoe ; eee (20) 2064 1467 peseteus . uy bie. rq. 900.4 “Gant eOee | ee ohne eg he
a, . eo nd , : ‘ . Te __ FIELD INFORMATION REPORT *  GRADMNG OF SOURCE &- Completety reliable 8 Uevalty eotiatie. Ci Felety retiante O.- Net ususy relate €: Net pv.atie. iaereted 80 soured of douttfut honesty of loyeity, regardiess of thane competerc 6). @; Aeligdt-ty cannot be mised (Arpad to untesiad of Age Se-eniry | tested seurcesh : APPRAISAL OF CONTENT: By Confumed by other imdependent and reliable sources. a Probably ree hk Poss.biv tre & Goubiful -h Protedlp false. & Cannel be pdged, . CONFIDENTIAL ; CONTROLLED DISSEX countay Cubs REPORT NO. . ; ~ de e ‘Arrival ion Miami of the VENUS, : i3 August 1965 SUBJECT’ a JURE Boat, from the Dominican DATE OF REPORT , Republic 2 2, Dissension Within the JURE . ‘NO: PAGES REFCRENCES DATE OF | 9 to il. August 1965 | oo et Ine | vie o. , United States, Miamt UFG-7458 . DATE ACQ. ad August 1985), a Pete 06 UNE VALUATED inpoauation goutes QEADINGE ARE OPH MAATIVE BPFRAIGAL OF THMETST te TARTAPIUR | SOURCE: 4 young Cuban’ enigre who has been trained in information collec= — tion. His past reporting has been accurate but lacks depth, The information in thie report wag received from another Cuban enigre who is in touch with members of the JURE. le spoke with Jose Ricardo Rabel Nunez and with. Manvel: Ray Rivera. “1... The ‘VENUS, a, 110-foot boat: which ig used as a mother ship by - the Junta Revolucionaria Cubana: (JURE, Cuban Revolutionary Junta), arrived in Miami from the Dominican Republic on the gorning of 9 August 1965.. Two Boston Whalers, with motors, were aboard, The purpose of the trip is to have the engines of all three repaired, The cost of the repairs is estiaated - to be $1,000 (U.S.). On 11 August the VENUS was docked in Discayne Bay at Blncayne Boulevard and N.W, Fifth Street, lett of the entrance to the new Dodgo Island Seaport, The two Whalers were at Hewes Boat Company, 412 N.W. North River Drive. The VENUS is painted gray, ‘and flies the Panamanian flag, There is a new radar aboard the VENUS, and improvements have been made in the interlor, : 2. The following mon arrived aboard the boat: Jose Ricardo. Rabel "Nunez, commanding officor - Joge Miguel Ramos, second officer — . Gilberto Baidio Fundora Alcazar, third officer Haximo Delgado Frome ta : Ricardo Adolls Cobo . - Ygnacio Castro - Huber Matos Araluce Pablo Foranundes: Peres CONFIDENTIAL . CONTROLLED DISSEM OISTRIBUTION
14-00000 cere me cae oe air fron CONFIDENTIAL —_ . CONTROLLED DISSEM vfG-7458 3. Manuel Ra Rivero, leader of the JURE, arrived in Miami by uerto Rico ‘on 11 August, and planned to return to Puerto Rico the Bame day, . The purpose of his visit was to make an effort to reach an understanding with the men who arrived on the VENUS.. According to Ray, he had given Rabel $720 (U.S.) for expenses of the boat, but instead Rabel had used the money to come to Miami, Ray considered this use of JURE. funds an act of treason, Ray held a meeting at the JURE office to discuss what steps should be taken about Rabel’s action, .The following men attended the meeting: ‘Osorio Davila Santana ‘Cerminal Hivae Soe (| Alfredo Perez Allan Lerenzo Bulz . ‘Two other men, f 4, Rabel ‘said that’ by bringing the boats to Miami he had demonstrated to Ray that he (Rabel) was in complete command of the boats, 2). the yessel, _. with Bay because of the latter’s cowardice; that Bay had been . -€ollecting moncy and fooling the Cuban people for three years. 5. Since hia . "ie expressed hig defiance of any effort on Ray’a part to board He added.that he could not come to an agreement arrival in Miami, Rabel has visited Manuel Varela Castro,2 former military chief of the JURE who resigned after difterences with Ray. Rabel plans to solicit money in Miami. to carry on the struggle against Fidel Castro Ruz, He anid that Antonio Imbert Barrera, head of the Loyalist Forces in the Dominican Republic, has promised to help in the struggle, and that ag goon as_the boats are ready they will return to the Dominican Republic, 3. -FDCSDB-315/00238-65 dated 27 January 1965, and TDCSDB- | 315/00539-65 dated 16 February, both from the same source, Whalers, reported Rabel’s plans to commandeer the VENUS. and the two | Yarela was involved in Rabel's plans to commandeer the boata,- The samo source reported in July that the Imbert government had confiscated the weapons which were aboard the VENUS, Ray said that regardless of who won the struggle for power in the Dominican Republic, the weapons would be returned to JURE because JURE was on good terms with both gides of the conflict, CONFIDENTIAL CONTROLLED DISSEM 2 <a + METER cement art ett eee ECA m . santana rtp CDAD atte eet SR oy oe Hw Ebro aD, o9 ear . Pte ERE $3 tn EN UTE NEF EU ERGEBNISSE 8 OUR ere ae rE AR