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[ENGLAND, LONDON (24 OCTOBER 1961)

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RIO REORT NO. POC. 30, 995

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1. MANOLO RAY, EXILE LEADER OF MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO

DEL PUEBLO (MRP - PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENÍ.) SAID IN

EARLY OCTOBER THAT HE WAS FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ANY INVASION OF CUBA,

INSISTING THAT CASTROIS OVERTHROW WAS TO 55 ACHIEVED BY INTERNAL

RESISTANCE AND THIS HAD ALREADY STARTED.

2. THE MRP WAS ORGANIZED THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND AND SUPPORTED

BY ALL CLASSES OF THE POPULATION. IT HAD MEMBERS IN ALL 33

TRADE UNIONS, THE G-2, MILITIA AND THROUSHOUT THE ADMINISTRATION.

RAY ESTIMATED 80 PERCENT OF POPULATION HERE OFPOSED TO CASTRO,

THOUGH MAJORITY WERE 'ÑOT AGTIVELY SO, HE CONSIDERED THE MRP AT

PRESENT ENJOYED MORE. JUPPORT THAN THE ORIGINAL REVOLUTION HAD

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