MANOLO RAY RIVERLO.
Agency: CIA
Originator: CIA
From: MFR
To: ALFONSO RODRIQUEZ
Document date: 7/12/62
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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12 July 1962

MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Taek Force W

SUBJECT

: Manolo RAY Riverto

On 2 July 1962 A. RODRIGUEZ, Task Force Officer,

proceeded to San Juan, Puerto Rico, via JMWAVE with the

Intent of making contact with the Subject. While contact

was never made with Manolo RAY, arrangements have been

to have RAY proceed to

Baltimore, Maryland, soonest in order to meet with RODRIGUEZ.

RAY indicated to the San Juan Chief of Station that he was

willing to attend such a meeting and that he would indicate

the date to the Chief of Station on 10 July.

San Juan will

cable RAY's itinerary and It is expected that RODRIGUEZ

will meet him at the Baltimore International Airport.

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Due to the following series of events; it was im-

possible to make contact with RaY during this trip.

A. While at WAVE, WAVE sources reported on 3 July

that RAY was expected to arrive in Miami on

6 July.

B. In order to confirm RAY's intent to travel to

Miami, a priority cable was sent San Juan at

the close of business on 3 July asking for

details of RAY's plans.

While the written

cable furnished the Office of Communications

at WAVE indicated the addressee to De San Juan,

this was inadvertently changed to San Jose and

as & result there was no answer from San Juan

prior to RODRIGUEZ' departure to San Juan on

4 July.

C.

Ipon arrival in San Juan, the Station had made

no contact with RAY. and did not know his where-

abOutS.

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JulyS was spent discussing ways and means of

contacting RAY.

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RAY prior to his departure failed.

As RAY was expected to return on 8 July to San

Juan, RODRIGUEZ remained there in order to make

contact then.

At 2200 hours on 8 July, RODRIGUEZ

personally called [SKSWER-1 in Ponce, Puerto Rico,

to deterine if RAY had returned. °YS71 had not

yet heard from his contact, one (fnu) MELENDEZ,

if RAY had in fact returned.

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On 9 July [s}1 stated that RAY had not returned.

On this same date RODRIGUEZ called Chief of

Station, JMWAVE, who informed. him that RAY was

still in Miami and would probably remain there

two or three more days.

This time RODRIGUEZ

decided to proceed immediately to Miant, It was

learned that RAY had in fact returned to San

Juan in the evening of 8 July.

H. After talking with Mr. ZOGBY on 9 July; RODRIGUEZ

Intended to returm to San Juan in order to make

contact; however,

due to the strike of Eastern

Airlines and the heavy loads being carried by

PAA, there was no space available for the week-

end and possibly not until after 16 July. A inch

in on 1s inly. vidicate to pace anailable modit 1S in.

I. Because it was felt that an advantage would

•accrue to us 1f RAY vere met in the continental

U. S. rather than in Puerto Rico, RODRIGUEZ

called COS, San Juan to see if RAY were.u1lling

to meet with him in the USA. Finally arrange-

ments were made as are described in Para l above.

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3. From information available in San Juan and partic-

available to WAVE, li can be said with some certaint;

that RAY 18 surely the personal instrument of Governor MUND2

Rolling a My in to docal end e peasa chat ene

RAY will create an unnamed organization of key

Cuban exiles which once Inforned, will with the initial

backing of Governor MUNOZ seek support of President Romulo

• BETANCOURT and Ex-President Jose FIGURES.

With this back-

ing, it will then be possible to bring considerable pressure

on the U. S. Government to buy this package. RAY has indi-

cated to WAVE sources that whereas he is not persona grata

with the Agency, he has important political connections in

Washington and is thus kept informed of much of the Agency's

activities.

RAY's new organization is not to be military

or engage in military thrusts against Cuba because military

activity is presently controlled by the Agency and cannot

be wrested from it at this time. RAY's new organization

will cooperate with the Consejo and attempt to move in on

It with the ultimate aim of taking over and dominating it.

Rodreyn

FONSO RODRIGUE

TEW/Special Assistant

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