CONTACT REPORT: MEETING WITH MANUEL RAY, 15 NOVEMBER 1960, AT AT MOTEL IN HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
Originator: CIA
Document date: 1960-11-21 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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21 Noresider 1960

CaTTACT REPORT

SUBICTS HOOtIDE WIth SanUel RAY, 15 Momender 1960, d8 a MOBel

10 Hasnaroad, PlorIda

The poet108 vas ball In the abore named place bacnuse,

at that

particular t1so, kanuel Ray mo still "under wraps" an no did not vast

to trte any chonçes of barias dia spotted in kiaml. Hanuel Ry and blo

uise had beas driven sroo farge by "Ray Idans" (Ray DúDolo) to the abora-

named motel; I had prevlously called Ray on tba telapboro sron lev lark

at bis Taupa resldence and tols blm that I vould sees dia on 15 November.

The meetine began at 2100 bouro anu lastad mill about 01j0 the next day.

2. The bighlients of chlo seetlas vera reporteu 1n M195-1694, 17

Hovenber, copy of ubich la attache, The folloring paragraphe els

elaboration of tols sasarge.

astabilub tha Bondor group as a privata contacto Jetinitivo for

ent1-

Castro ActITItles.

In line with this, I kept tbe reetlug purposely

no an "exchange of viors" segsion, avoluins any cootroversy, but st:

the orse 2100; Indicatino a00e surprico and auna bevililertont over some

of Riy'o statesanto.

Throuzbout the corvorsation, Ruy cloarly streased his creat

selles 1n civil Liberties, sovirfúual Sreedos, an blo position as a

CuDas, ani also hemlaphario, estionallet. On a nunder of occasiono, ho

strooned the polnt that sous likaly sons of the solutions he projosed

sor the poot castro persou, might do viesed by ne vita sono alailuinco.

Dn't you believe, he asked, that that la Inportant to tha economy of tha

D. s. is not secessarily laportant to the eemony of cubal Won't you

think that: tbo fuarlean bras of dubocracy, vulch varko auntrably 10

your country, is not necessarlly applicable in 1t0 totallty la Cubal

5.

Ray rafterated, on a number of occasiona, that ho vented to 60

Dack tO l JaDUATY

1959.

He vas quite tira - na repartod in the abore-

sentIones cable " on sho doed of the patioon11za6100 ni publie utilltles,

when aiked about the aftarian rafor and, in thie connection, what would

LApPOn tO CRETTO gUILDU ADITICAn ranChes,

ho said that land distribution

..ans ornershly by Iniluidual firas of lanú so parcelles vut, voulu be a

60al of bla covertuants the criteria on ubetter or not Aberican-orneu

runebes sould be returped to their ouners, vara currently bolno vortes

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out by yellja pazos: (COMINI! I faiRed due InpressIon that these

reaches alibt not be returnod.)

6. I renilly shored done aurpelae uhon Ray sall that be vuuli sor

arke the 19i0 Constitution the baals for bla future government.

TOLS 100U0

case up: in tue folloving manners. I astad Ray betber or not la could vork os

either by joining or by affsllating = with the PRD, and woen bis answer

una In the neentire, I posed the question of vait vere the areas of astor-

sent anil or ilascreenent: betveen hla any the PRD.

May Bali that bo had

not at jot talked to Tupy Varora but that he voulu seal that there could

a be auroomint on a nuber of pointes

Israt, to set f1d of Castros socono,

that tharo ahould de civil liberties and Inalviuual freedon. Do sald

that porhayo the area of disajreement vas considerably grestors ba

couls not accapt the 1940 Constitution as the baala for Cuba's polltical

1120 in tho satura.

Oovlouals, bove provisions of the Constitution vould

be satnina but espocially provisiona los electoral procodures voulu bave

to bai abingod radicallys

the current provisions are fostering corruption

ess feattar-beduindi and ure not responaire to the vill of the peopla.

Questioni oi mitimalisation and other econoule mattora voula bavo to ba

dealt with nare thoroughly in the Constitütion: Another point of dis-.

aftersiant with the FiW l0 the faot that 1t vas linked too such vith the

past: The 110, Ray 0s1d, 15 roally I DY Varono.. Ul the Ilvo, be lo the

only one of any true Importance anongat the current Exacutive

Comasttoe

BesiderAl CorrIllo bao ¿lvays been very close to the MRe polltical duluro,

Bn) ArtINo lo a yound fiTO-brani vithout too such brainos the reet of tha

PRO PRoOutiva Cisalttro menbers are nico people 1ns1v1dun1ly, but Vurcra

18 the san to rackon vito.

Hon, there is nuthing trong with Varons par-.

sonallys ls 19 a BisceTo, patrlotle. Cussa uho bas and deserves respect.

Hoover, Ynrims to Inceparably linied with the corruptress of tha $710

regios nithalih ha, Varons, lo undoubteuly n complately hoscot man.

In

BOltIon, vorons, shother ho vants to or not, 1a s syabol uf the paut and

outdatad pulitical and econonic pollosophy of the Prio regime. It 1a

lapossible for the trp to have any dealiss with or any licke to that

past.

7. I 00k0J Ray ubit bis pacition to the 8:010t/Cbicon block would.

se ottor cuatro'a vonlue, One of our brale concepto, day 8n1s, 14 to

trade vagrovar 1t Vill be benef1e1al for us, beneflital Joes Dot sarn

to the our aconary to that of the Bovlat block. le are quite aura tbat.

our future 1a. linked to our ereat. Horth Acerican nalubbor.

However, such

1ink ena sus ban coination or should imply any excluarveness. lo suot

build up cur haru currency pooltion so that to can trade vhorever us

vart.to.

You lasticass underestimate the strone fueling of naticallas

1bO0.bOuZ IntlA AbeTiCal Don't use the karInas!

won't 1nv0J0: 1218

revolates. suo to do gaserateó tron the inalue.

lio Dood ALerIcan belo

but this boly must be ritbout atringa attaches.

labasraior Bongal and

Jia Hool proalaed us thie belp, and your, Benier's, vealinis w18h MHP

ropredentativos bere maja us very hopeful, but 11 ua can not set tula alu,

ve vill procoes on our oun.. lie are

certain that ve vill wis, but if we

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bare so i1s in Influra

no d0 de 1tl

It vas at this posct sbos lay complaines

bittarly adoui sus bonilin of die sinesto balis affair, sinolo l'alab mo

liatina for area. Ho, Ray, las 60= to bullu ua bis organieation and

tberafore to drno peplo lite lalat into hla elrela.. Oce of los seana to

do this vao, it cource, to este linisà ieperient on lia, laj's, ability to

furnino Illitary equipoent. Malia saje a request for ares ta rays Roy

channelod ts1s roquieat to tito lerfesa contacto in lavasa in the asticipation

thot be, tisy, nould do cires tba creilo dy bialou or barius delsrereo

What happones, dovevas, vas chat pllalo Prlato, ibo ba: dees sralded ino 800d0.

Anarica, mio caritact vita lialeb an ascuras bia tha suppre vould be

fortbecaln: ton a source orDer tina isy.

1216, Riy consinues, sas 10-

vicatico that the ibericans myntes to aplit avay the lalob ossup Irosa

Ray's Infliesce. I Indicated no troulodje about this affair but poo pocod

the conclusica dram trua dt by Ray.

8. After Esla pollifenl j1acusa100, lay alucliated un payebological

aspocta os the tri vorke

va ere toralutionaries,

on: toua ve suot retain;

at sul tloao, a lesa and bungry lout.

sach one of us, regarilesa or tbe

leval of our

sot1o1t1e0, sust bara s feelley of parsasal r9spoca 1b111878

trass se daNn to tie plain cooi, da sust bara speciito saate asslined to us

to do nod enco of us unat recastira that ne vill bo beli responsiblo tor

the success o falloro of the spolile mission anilined to va. Thus, tor

Inatance, vo esa not bo antistieu just to accopt suney, su sust erbago 10

fuso-ralatas irftes here ani 1n cuba. There irives night not drias in

mueh and bopssully, Bender vill sate up the silierence, but sbe 1n91v1úual

furd-ralsero vill bato a foellai uí accouyllahuent and sill sos sot fat and

opulent sou lasy.

9.

Abore cacciuisu tho over-all diucusason and some datalled questiono

vero astad by 2ay.

coulu be dave 425, 000 by vert veex?

(I ecualtted

$10,000.) Couls be ergago 1n a rasi siaini activity in the ü. F.8 (1

temporigel.) Could de bavo prass conforences?

(I sali, viy Rotz) Corla

be hove rauso tloc8 (I salú, perbajs.)

üouli La cot silitary ais? (i

cald yee, produeu sur eritaria tor surniibins queb ald voulo de

set, ass

I repeated, at 8095 polnt, my ries tha: thore enulú be no cuplication of

fusla, vould play a conoiderable sale in ebe di payco perfare activities.

10. The deedle closed uith cr un'orstasilly tort to vouli seot ajalo

vitain

toc next tro vreks..

WILLACE À. PARISIT

HAP/ptg (19 bior 60)

Distributions

0 - c3 rile

1 - SWISH

1 - Haruel Bay 1038105

vI - 198?

pittina

1 - C/SMURE/OPS

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