Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NK
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 9/12/63
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/21/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

FBI

124-10225-10010

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

105-114543-35

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, NK

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE: 09/12/1963

PAGES:

4

SUBJECTS :

JURE, LEADERSHIP, MEETING, SPEECH, MRRI

DOCUMENT TYPE:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 04/21/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

INC LHM

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

issassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Cased: NH 54464 Date:

10-10-2017

v9.1

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OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

5010-104

UNITED STATES GO

RNMENT

Memoranuum COWFID

TO

DIRECTOR,

FBI

DATE:

9/12/63

FROM,

SAC

NEWARK (105-

DECLASSIFIED BY SPY MACI

ON - 10-13-94

SUBJECT:

CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA

(JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA) , aka•

JURE

IS - CUBA

5=

10721>

Enclosed herewith are 12 copies of a letterhead

memorandum concerning the activities of the above captioned

organization. Copies are being furnished for information

to Miami because of their interest in anti-CASTRO activities,

to San Juan because of the past residence of MANUEL RAY

in Puerto Rico, and to New York because of the activities

mentioned herein which occurred in New York also.

NK T-1 in the enclosed letterhead memorandum is

[LUCAS BORGES, 10 West Scot Place, Elizabeth, N. J., source

of information (by request) • e(u)

The translation from

the

Spanish to English

contained in the letterhead memorandum was made by SA RICHARD

B. MURDOCK.

Copy to: CIA/State As ye ogley

IDIA/C.6uard

ONI/CSIACSI/Ciatoms/Crimmins (Cuban Coordinitoe

by routing slip for info.

Date I-23-63 bren

Classified by ElABJAIGCL

Declassify om:/DADR6/37/85

Bureau (Encs?

12) (RM)

1

Miami (Encael)

(Info) : (RM)

- New York

Enc.

1)

(Info)

(RM)

- San Juan

EnC•

1) (Info)

(RM)

1 - Newark

RDL: ks

(7)

REMOTE VOS=114593-35

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS

UNSLISETFIED

Hi SE? 1 3 1963

EXCEFT WHERE SHOWN

_OTHERWIS

6 4 SEP

251963

CONFIDENTAL

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UN

In Reply, Please Refer to

File No.

LD STATES D

PARTMENT OF

FEDERAL BUREAL OF NVESTIGATION

dewark, How jersey

septenber 12, 1963

STICE

10-13-441551)

CUSAN REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA

(JUNTA FEVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA)

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

The August 23, 1505, edition of "La Tribuna"

a Spanish

language meekly newspaper, published at Newark,

New jersey, contained an article on Page l concerning a

ineeting of

the Junta Revolucionaria Cubana (JRE) at

Newark, New Jersey, on Saturda:, August 17, 1953.

This article stated the neeting was addressed by Manuel Pay,

formerly Minister of Public Works in the Cuban regine of

follows:

This article contained a column captioned as

"Plan of the "mE"

"Phrases

from the discourse of the engineer anuel

tay wivero in

the neeting held by the celegation of

JUNE

in rewark. New jersey, in St. Joseph's Church.

'Only a minority of the militia are with Fidel.

Righty per

cent are against the Red governent of

Cuba.

"Free Cuba will be the example as the leader

against fear and misery.

"In the past three

nonths there have been nore

gains made for the liberation thas in the past three

years.

'We are close to the Faitian revolutionaries

because whichever of the two democratic revolutions

is victorious - against Fidel or Duvalier - they

will continue the struggle of their friend as though

it were their own.

"The professional

armed forces will be restored.

0/22/55

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CUNFIDENTIAt

CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JUNTA

(JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA)

"We will protect and sponsor the freedom of

the professor and education.

"The militia and all the extraordinary bodies

of repression will be abolished."

This

article from "La Iribuna" was captioned

"We will be un Cuban soil before May 20, 1964, says Manuel

Ray."

Lon August 27, 1963, Nic I-l advised that he also

spoke at the meeting of JURE, at which Manuel Ray

at that mena ten care cl advised(U)

that the meeting took place in the auditorium or assembly

hall adjacent to St. Joseph's Church in Newark, New Jersey,

and was church property.

NK I-l also advised that a meeting

of JURE was also held in New York City, New York, with Raj

as the main speaker at about the same

time as the Newark

meeting (c.)

NK T-1 stated that JURE has five leaders in this

country and four in Cuba.

Each one of the leaders are

situated in different provinces:

He stated there are nine

leaders in all which constitute

the ruling body of JUrE.

NK T-1 reported that Manuel Ray just returned

about two months ago from a trip to Europe and Spain trying

to get the support of exiles.

Ray has stated that everyone

in JURE must be willing to fight and die.

Ray claims that

only ten per cent of the Cubans who are against Castro

and are living in exile are willing to go to Cuba, but

that all members

of JURe must be willing to go to Cuba.

NK T-I stated that Ray claims support for JURE

in Cuba and that Ray also feels that they will be in Cuba

sometime early next year. He stated that Ray is counting

on the popular support in Cuba for a counterrevolution

and that the militia is riddled with chose opposed to

Castro and is useless to Castro.

Those in JURE feel that the militia will defect

en masse and that Ray did not disclose specific plans

regarding an invasion, arms of financial support.

2

CONFID

ENTIAL

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