Qh. - . oo . - - " SECRET) (%3u 7 _ (continued) As of 1/13/65, Manuel Ray Rivero was planning to infiltrate into Cuba on February 4 or 5, 1965, previously the date was given as between January 15 and 20, 1965. All the men at JURE's camp in the Dominican-Republic were disgusted because they did not think that Ray would really go to Cuba. They had given him until 2/5/65 as a dead- line. .If Ray did-not leave by then, he would probably lose all of his _men. They were anxious to see action but Ray. gave them nothing but promises and plans. (CTA) () u) | | . | . -105-112098-563 p.1-2 1 / On 2/5/65, Teodoro Enrique Casado Cuervo (protect identity), master of the motor vessel "Shark V," San Juan, Puerto Rico, advised that four crew members of the ship 'Venus," which belonged to JURE, _were then en route from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to Puerto Cabello, Veneguela. They were to await there for further orders from Manuel Ray Rivero. Ray was in Santo Domingo until 1/31/65, at which . time he returned to his home in Puerto Rico. ‘ . 105-112098-586 p.2 (43397 ; , 3 In connection with the investigation to identify (fnu) Montes De Oca (105-135809)*, oh 12/17/64, at Miami, Manuel Varela Castro advised that one Isidro had been assigned to the JURE vessel "Venus" as an electrician. Varela believed Isidro. might be identical with Isidro Montes’ De Oca. He went on to relate that this Montes De Oca became suspect in sabotage that occurred aboard the "Venus" in August, 1964, when the "Venus" was enroute from Puerto Rico to Cuba. Varela added that after the attempts of sabotage, the question was raised by Manuel Ray as to the background of Isidro:. No one in JURE a seemed-to know how he became a member of JURE. a , | On 1/4/65, Varela advised he had just returned from a trip _ to Puerto Rico where he spoke to Ray about Isidro.. Ray identified this individual as Isidro. Montes De Oca. . (continued). . — ! *Subsequently identified as Inocenté Montes De Oca. -25- SECRET! ee pe ee se 2 ea nl Docld: 32295105 Page 153
- a . : , . . . 7 an | _ WECRET On 6/3/65, Jose Aguiar Fernandez, employee of "Miami Herald," Miami, furnished information concerning Otto Peterson (105-137318), who reportedly was holding a position in the Castro regime. According to Aguiar, during 1961 Peterson worked for Roberto Ravel, who. was in charge of Rural Housing Development in Cuba. Ravel's location would be known to Manuel Ray Rivero, La Rabida #204, Vedado, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. 105-137318-6 p.2 (19, 3 Correlator's Note: No information appeared in file 105-137318 indica- ting that Ray was contacted concerning the whereabouts of Ravel.. OCU) [xy 4116-3] escribed (date not given) JURE as an anti-Castro organization, headed by Manuel Ray Rivero, who was formerly the Min- ister of Public Works in the first tabinet of the government formed by Castro after Castro seized power in Cuba in January of 1959. On 6/7/65, Guido Radelat, 3117 Plyers Mill Road, Kensington, Md. advised that he came to Washington, D.C, from Chicago, I11l. about one year ago. He had resided in Chicago about eight: years after coming from Cuba.’ He was a member of JURE in Chicago. His affliation: with JURE evolved due to his ffiendship with Manolo Ray, the founder of JURE, He and Ray were both civil engineers having become friendly while attending the University of Havana. It was Ray who suggested _ that Radelat contact JURE when he moved to the Washington, D.C. area, Radelat explained that JURE in the Washington, D.C. area lost most of -its members. after the failure of Ray to keep his promise that he would. "be im Cuba and fighting on Cuban soil by 5/20/64." Radelat met Hector Bacallao Alvarez (97-4416) in connection with JURE in the Washington, D.C. area, ; 97-4416229 p.4-6 (434 - ST 65-69165-13 p.3-4 (B31y ~ 3 Representatives of SNFE (105-112098) and JURE met on 7/5/65 in Miami, to discuss the possibility of the two groups -joining forces. The only agreement reached was that each organization would name a contact committee to discuss the matter. JURE was represented by Manolo Ray Rivero. (CIA - protect identity) A u) . Co fs Lage ie RemAnss . (continued) ~ oo raneens VeaNfntre Hai, ie. : | | | Docld: 32295105 Page i4
ne ns { (continued) = | ¢ SECRET, : A meeting was held on 7/8/65, at the home of Julio Abrew, member of SNFE ‘in Miami, which was attended by Manolo Ray. The purpose of this meeting was to explore the possibility of SNFE and JURE uniting or at i(u) working together in their anti-Castro activi- 4 : - . oo ties. (MM 547-8) ) mo 2 NS 105-112098-635 p.8 (27K \ On 7/21/65, in Puerto Rico, Enrique ‘Casado Cuervo (protect identity), Master of the M/V "Shark V," advised that Captain Jose Rabel Nunez, master of the M/V "Venus" of JURE, was still in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with his. boat and crew. The "Venus" was participating as a patrol boat for the leader of the Dominican Junta forces.‘ According to Casado, Rabel and Manuel Ray Rivero were ‘still at odds as to what the future plans were for JURE,. 109-584-4273 p.l (4 | On 1/6/66, at Miami, Gisela Gonzalez (105-149550) advised that she had been recruited in September, 1965, and trained by the Cuban Intelligence Service (CIS) for a US Mission. She arrived in the US on 11/3/65. In early October, 1965, during her training, Guillermo Serrano of CIS, asked if she knew Manolo Ray or any other counter-revolutionaries in the Miami area or the US. She insisted LO that she did not know any such individuals. Guillermo showed her a, . - list of names of such persons and requested that she review the list v and try to remember as many names appearing therein who were of interest to CIS. Gonzalez recalled that the name of Manolo Ray was on this © subversive 8 OR )CU) ; Oo LOSSMMBELT-7 p18 2h. ST 105-148617-3 p.17 (204 On 10/13/65, it was reported that Monsignor Manuel Rod- “rgguez Rozas, Catholic Bishop of Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba, said ‘that the regime of Fidel Castro Ruz had persecuted churchmen who had conspired against Fulgencio Batista Zaldivar. Rodriguez's plight was worse than that of other bishops because he had attended clandestine meetings jaatee not given) with Manuel Ray Rivero during the Batista regime. (CIA) (%) (v) . ’ - (continued) ‘SECRET = -29- a Docld: 32295105 Page 15
| (continued) . SECRET, : | cu AT gH 56 p.1-2 3 In mid-October, 1965, Antonio Carlos Veciana Blanch, a leader of Alpha-66 who arrived in Miami from Puerto Rico (PR) said that in early October, 1965, a group of Cuban emigres met in PR in an effort to unite inactive emigre leaders. Manuel Ray Rivero, leader of JURE, was among those who attended the meeting. According to Veciana, the attempted unification effort was foredoomed because 7 neither Ray nor Rufo Lopez Fresquet y Ruiz, also a JURE member present at meeting, would join a group which he could not read. GMO(U) Rogelio Wenceslao Cisneros Diaz, a former aide of Ray, who | also arrived in Miami from PR in October, 1965 5 ‘said that he had attended another meeting of Cuban emigres held in PR. The purpose of the meeting was to create a new pany SR (¥) , oO “S fora ee) 9 oot 4325 p.1 (15,40¥ } a“ “ \ ; . ; On 10/15/65, at Miami, Manuel Ray advised as follows: At that time, JURE was directing its energies toward maintaining a strong organizational core in the face of a number of reverses which the group had met in the past year anda half. It remained the planned strategy of JURE to await an opportunity to carry out action against | the Castro regime from within; Cuba... JURE had not made an alliance . with any other anti-Castro group although JURE leaders had: had some contact with SNFE, | , On 11/2/65, mM 847-S advised that Andres Nazario, a: SNFE leader in Miami, had recently been talking of a scheduled meeting with Ray. They were to discuss the formation of political party in exile to.be called the Party of the Revolution .(4 U Fore Add. Info. 109-584-4324 p.1,5-6 (15Y : On 11/4/65, at Miami, Jose Salvador Prince Chelala advised * that around September, 1961, he went to Havana, Cuba, as National: Coordinator of MRP, where he remained until 12/10/62. On that date iy a (continued) 'SECREP = -30- | so Docld: 32295105 Page 16
o | | , . . \ (continued) — SECRET} REFERENCE ee SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER 105- 114543-222 p.1-2 (A -223 p.1-2 43 2224 p.1-2 3 oF -225 p.1-2 3 “ 228 p.1 Koy ! -229 p.1-3 ' 109 32h -231 p.l 104 364 -232 p.l alley -233 p.1-22 10 -23] ps1 LO’, 36¥ -235 p.l (367 537 by? ol sey - p. ~ -ell p.l-7) of seh -2H2 pl. 10 ~243 p.1-3,5,8-12 10 - -OU7T p.1,4 ‘ 1 -25e p.B,3,0-7 Lif ~ -255 p.l 1K ow ~256 p.1 lw -257 p.l ie ser -258 p.1-2 1143 -259 p.1-2 yeh / -260 p.l 1Y¥, 3 - -261 p.1-8,10 (11 -262 p.l + 367 ~265 pil 1%, 37 Sub A "National Guardian" 6/29/64 ’ (197 Sub A "Washington Capital News Service" (lof 7/6/65 _ On 12/21/65, SOI, Roberto Roca Rosillo (protect identity) advised that the El Comite Coordinador de las Organizaciones Demo-. craticas Cubanas de Puerto Rico, aka Comite de Unidad (105-149751) was in the process of being reorganized in Puerto Rico. The organizers, Jeronimo Esteve, David: Castanon and Col. Ramon Barquin, were attempting to bring new members into the unity committee. At the same time they were trying to combat the unity group being formed by Manolo Ray, Enrique Nunez, Rufo Lopez, and, other "left wing" Cuban exiles. KU) a '105=149751-1 p.2 (2y Docld: 32295105 Page i?
a oo. a. ee - . t * ps , + —— ‘SECRET, - The following references showed that Mantel Ray Rivero, principal leader of JURE, was a source for coverage of JURE Py the San. Juan Office during the period from 2/3/65 to 12/30/65. REFERENCE | SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER - 105-97459-210-306' p.1 , . - 4 31y 316 p.2 | us sey (=340 p.2 ~ 5%, 25 7345 p.2 : (Aosy MM 847-S reported on 12/13/65 that Carlos Simeon had recently arrived in Miami, from. Puerto Rico. He was representing Manuel Ray Rivero and the so-calle evolutionary Party" (105-148341) in talks with leaders of SNFE. (1K) . . MM 847-S made MY ve a copy of a-four-page Spanish language publication entitled, "Revolucion," Issue 1, dated January, 1966, and an address listed as 1434 N.W. 30th St., Miami. According to MM 847-S, this publication was the voice of the Cuban Center of / Political Studies. On page 4 there appeared an article captioned . "Creation of the Cuban Center of Political Studies of Puerto Rico." The article related that a meeting was ‘held (date not given) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, attended by twenty Cuban exiles, and resulted in the formation of a Cuban Center of Political Studies in-Puerto Rico. Ray was identified as one of the Cuban exiles who attended the meeting.” It was reported that the Center would haye as its objective the con- vocation of a revolutionary congress. ( YU ‘ MM 974-S, on 1/3/66, advised the+ 4 group'of Cuban exiles in Puerto Rico had been meeting and discussing the possibility of -holding a congress of exiles having the thesis, "The Betrayal. of the y Revolution." Ray was one of the people involved in this matter. , Francisco Larrionda was in Miami from San: Juan, representing Ray, and was talking with various groups congerning this congress. He had since returned to report to Ray. {2 mo, i Add. ‘info. . . | an . ; 105-148341-3 p.1-2,7-8 (135 387 On 12/22/65,:at San Juan, Puerto Rico, Manolo Ray (protect . identity) advised as follows: He and fifteen other Cuban exiles had for the past two months been working on the formation of a revolutionary congress. This Congress, as yet unnamed, would have for its purpose the unification of Cuban exiles in the fight against Castro. The’ (continued) Docld: 32295105 Page 16
(~ - aN | ‘SECRED group hoped to hold an open meeting soon, the date and location had not been ‘set. ae ; (continued) On 12/22/65, SJ 492-S and on 12/21/65, Sol Roberto Roca Rosillo (protect identity), a Cuban exile in Puerto Rico, furnished the ‘same information about a group preparing to form some type of unity group and mentioned that Ray was one of the sroww. (W)(U) On 1/10/66, Felix Zabala Mas (protect identity), a Cuban exile .in Puerto Rico, furnished a list-of members of the above men- tioned group, reportedly to be called the Party of the Revolution (105-148341). The name of Manuel Ray Bjvero appeared under the caption "Invitations Committee," -on the list. & (i) Add. info. -105-148341-2 p.1-3 20,3 SI 109-584-4337 p.l (21g > . On 1/17/66, at the Opa- -locka, Florida Processing Center, Ricardo Antonio Alvarez Lara (105-149550) advised that he had been in the US since October, 1965, and now wished to return to Cuba. He claimed he did not know, and he never had seen. Manuel Ray and other equally well known anti- Castro leaders. 105-149550-1 p.2 (13f i On 2/7/66, in Miami, Aldo Vera Serafin, Cuban emigre leader, said that a Haitian/Cuban emigre group was planning an-invasion of Haiti. Higinio "Nino" Diaz, who was persuaded to assist the group, was to get 'the boat that'formerly belonged to Manuel Antonio Ray Rivero, leader of JURE. The boat referred to was probably the "M/V. Venus," °” which formerly belonged to JURE, and had’been impounded pending a court decision to determine the legal ownership. It was berthed in the Miami River. Oy) \ 105-95677-635 p.2 (294 } -35- SECPEp Docld: 32295105 Page 19
COS gc on 10/15/65, Manuel Ray Rivero was interviewed at the residence of his sister in Miami, Florida, 3801 N.W. 19th Ave., where /, he was visiting from his permanent residence in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ‘Ray advised that he possessed no information concerning the perpetrator ‘of the bombing of the Spanish ship "Satrustegui," which occurred at San Juan on 10/9/65. He said this act was not committed by any JURE member. He also advised that he was then in Miami in connection with litigation of JURE's motor vessel "Venus." He explained some of the details involved. On 1/12/66, Luis Posada, 220 N. We 55th Court, Miami (protect identity) advised that since April, 1961, JURE was furnished financial 4 support by sources in the US. However, JURE under the leadership of » ‘Ray, as of January, 1966, had -failed to produce any effective action ‘ against the Castro regime. On 2/9/66, Osorio Davila, JURE officer at Miami, advised that the Cuban Center of Political Studies was not a JURE function, although Ray was one of the leading participants .in the organization. On 2/15/66, Manuel Varela Castro, former JURE officer, of Hialeah, Florida, advised he had been invited to a conference for political studies in Miami. When he heard that Ray had been active in such a study in Puerto Rico, he, Varela did not accept the invita- tion. He believed such a study supported by Ray was’ an effort to unite Cuban exiles who believed in the democratic left as the political trend of the future. On 2/25/66, Varela furnished information he had received from Rogelio Cisneros, former JURE officer, which was briefly as follows: In February, 1966, Ray was in Costa Rica ‘visiting an old friend, Daniel Oduber, who had lost in the election for. President of Costa Rica. While in Costa Rica,-.Ray participated in a conference with some university students, during which he attacked the US. Also set out in this reference were details of the admiralty suit involving JURE, Ray and crew members of "Venus," as shown in Pecords of the Clerk of US District Court, Miami. . Add. info. 105- 114543- 266 p.1-1e ~ (1¥,374 MM 847-S made available a press release dated 12/10/65,. which related that a meeting to establich a Cuban Center for Political (continued) ' _— 736 SECRET _ | | Docld: 32295105 Page 70
(continued) Studies in Miami, was to be to MM 847-S, Manuel Ray was establishment. of the Center. BECRET! held (date and place not given). According among the Cuban exiles involved in the ru) — d on 3/3/66 that Charles Simeon had been Op Grr5}s eporte ‘using office Space ‘at the SNFE, Miami, where he was working on plans for the development of the 0K The "Miami News" "Exile Groups Unite for Cub _created Cuban Center for Po of JURE as one of the parti ~ On 2/4/66 and 3/1 exiles involved in planning . unity organization, referre Center, which was under the direction of , 109-584-4359 p11. wee of 2/27/66 carried an article captioned a Study." The article mentioned a newly litical Studies and identified Manuel Ray cipants. 1/66, mm(i1154s advised that the Cuban C3 and organizing a new Cuban revolutionary d to as the Partido de la Revolucion *(105-148341), continued to meet in Miami. Ray and Joaquin Godoy were involved in. this project. "| with one Sacha Volman, a "1 exiles such as Ray and Godo given). / In March, 1966, Godoy had been in. contact eftist democrat, " sympathetic to the Cuban y (purpose and location of contact not 105-148341-4 p.1-2 (137 The following references on Manuel Ray, Manolo Ray, Manuel- Ray Rivero and One Rey, loc ated in files maintained in “the Speical File Room of the Records Branch, Files and Communications Division, were reviewed and found to be identical with the subject of this summary; ' however, the information contained therein has not been ' included: REFERENCE NUMBER 64.-330-209-91 64.-330-'210-1063 (9) © 1109 Docld: 32295105 Page 71 SEARCH SLIP PAGE NUMBER (30F tay” (continued) _37- -