Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: OBRIEN, FRANCIS J.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 7/7/64
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Date:

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10225-10125

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

105-114543-166, IST NR 166, 2ND NR 166

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: OBRIEN, FRANCIS J.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 07/07/1964

PAGES: 22

SUBJECTS :

JURE, MRRI, ASSOC, INFILTRATION, CUBA, SUBV ACT,

ATTEMPT, CAPTURED, BAHAMAS, FINED, RELEASED

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

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REPORTING OFFICE.

NEW YORK

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

SAN JUAN

TITLE

F'CASE

JUNTA

REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA

(JURE)

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Nyrep of SA FRANCIS J. O'BRIEN dated

4/15/64;

Nairtels with enclosures dated 5/15/64

and 6/19/64.

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APR 5 1965

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"DECLASSIFIED BY SPIS MAC ISR

он 10-22-94.

ANS.

BY:.

ZACHARY DE GASTER, 10 E40th Street,

NYC, on

6/1/64, stated that RAUL CHIBAS indicated to him on 5/31/64

that the JURE was still interested in setting up some type

of a base in Jamaica and wanted DE GASIER to go with one

of their men to inspect the area.

DE GASTER stated that

CHIBAS told him that he would inform DE GASTER when he

wanted him to go to Jamaíca.u

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INFORMANTS:

1934

Identity of source

NY T-1

EMILIO J. BARQUIN

(PSI under development)

NY T-2

4116-S (2)(u)

File No. Where Located

134-9717A-6

134-9717A-7

134-9717A-9

134-8343A-32

134-8343A-33

134-8343A-34

105-42570-119

105-42570-111

105-42570-132

NY T-3

ANDREW ST. GEORGE

Dobbs Ferry, NY

(Request)

NY T-4

ZACHARY DE GASTER

10 East 40th Street, NYC

(Request)

LEADS :

105-42570-112

Instant report, page 6,7,8

MIAMI, SAN JUAN, WASHINGTON FIELD (INFORMATION)

Information copies of this report are being

furnished to Miami, San Juan and Washington Field because

their continuing interest in this investigation.

interest

NEW YORK

AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK.

Will maintain contact

with established sources and follow activities of JURE. W

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Report of:

Date:

Field Office File #:

Title:

FRANCIS J.

O 'BRIEN

Office:

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105-42570

JUNTA REVOLUCIONARIA CUBANA (JURE)

New York,

New York

Bureau File #:

105-114543

Character:

INTERNAL SECURITY - CUBA

DECKASSIFIED BE JP& BIA/GUL

ON /8/85

Synopsis:

NiL

NY T-l advised that the last meeting of the

National Directorate of the

Junta Revolucionaria Cubana

(JURE) was held in Miami on the weekend of 5/2, 3/04.

NY T-1

stated that ANGEL FIGUEREDO, a delegate of the Jurt in

stated that MAnUEL'Ray's plan will be merely an

infiltration move Into cuba.

NY T-3, who was to go with

RAY on his infiltration attemp, stated that 1t was his

opinion that RAY would probably hide in various cities in

¡Cuba, attempt to organize the opposition, direct sabotage

and maybe radio broadcasts from inside Cuba. I

that RAULACHIBAS, a member of the National Directorate of

JURE, was in Miami for meetings from 5/15 - 17/64, and

• upon return to NYC CHIBAS was strangely silent about RAY's

planned operation to infiltrate into Cuba juNY T-4 advised

that RAUL CHIBAS was very critical in discussing RAY and

stated that RAY was dictatorial, autocratic and politically

unclear.

NY T-3 advised that members of RaY's group left

Miami on 5/28/54 by boat, spent 22 days at Elbow Cay,

Bahamas, awaiting more fuel, and on 6/1/64, were picked up

by British authorities at Anguila Key and charged with

1llegal entry into British waters.

RAY and members of his

group were given a hearing in Nassau and all were fined

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

CO GONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASS FIEL

CLASDIFIED

& SHOWN

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NY I-I, on April 23, 1964, stated that he had spoken

WiTh DE. RAUL CHIBAS, member of the National Directorate

of the Junta revolucionaria Cubana (JURE), earlier in the

week but was unable to obtain any information from CHIBAS

regarding the immediate plans for JURE.

NY T-1 stated chat

he asked CHIBAS specific questions regarding the meeting

of the members of the National Directorate which was held

•In San Juan, puerto Rico, during the last week of March,

1964, but CHIBAS declined to discuss the meeting excep to

say that the meeting was successful but he neither expressed

optimism or pessimism. a

NY I-l also stated that in his conversation with

CHIBAS, CHIBAS advised that MANUEL RAY had been to the United

States over the weekend of April 11, 1964, to fulfill speaking

engagements at Massachusetts Institute of

Technology (MIT)

and Harvard University.

The subject matter of RAY's talks

dealt with the housing

situation in Latin America, which

problem RAY was handling in Puerto Rico for Governor LUIS

MUNOZ MARIN. U

NY I-I advised that CHIBAS related that after

RAY's talks In Massachusetts, RAY proceeded directly to

Washington, D.C., where he spend several days and is alleged

to have visited

with unidentified representatives of the

United States Government.

CHIBAS stated that he had no

information concerning the identities of the individuals.

with whom RAY spoke in Washington, D.C., nor did he have

any details of RAY's conversations in Washington, D.C.И

NY T-2, on May 8, 1964, advised that two Cuban

exiles, identities unknown, who were former members of

Brigade 2506, now members

of JURE,

had recently come to

New York on the instructions of MANUEL RAY and purchasec

food rations for the JURE. (E) (U

NY I-2 further stated that members of the JURE

in New York have heard that MANUEL RAY and JOSE GONEZ

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JoselGomez

CupA

Cube

FlAS

, the activities of the JURE inside

*Cuba and that ROGELIO CISNEROS of Miami would direct the

JURE activities in the United States and SUAREZ QUINONES

would direct JURE activities in venezuela. LevA

NY T-1, who is in contact with members of the

ORGANIZATION

SUBJECT

OF

MEMBER

1s a member of the National Directorate of JURE. NY I-1

advised that Dr. CHIBAS told him on/ May 5, 1964,

that the

members of the National Directorate of JURE held their last

meeting in Miami, Florida, MANOLO gekend of Nay 2-3, 1064/

CHIBAS stated that MANUEL

AWAY, the head JURE

1s determined to fulfill his promise of being inside cuba

by May 20, 1964. CHIBAS stated that he was not going to

accompany the group of JURE going to Cuba in May, 1964,

as he still had to fulfill his teaching

York until the end of June, 1964.(2)

contract

in New

NY I-l, also advised on May 6, 1954, that he

spoke with ANGELAFIGUEREDO, who is the

delegate of the

JURE in New York, who informed him that the action con-

templated by JURE will not be anything spectacular but

will be an infiltration move into cuba.

and MANOLO RAY

will accompany this infiltration group. (2)

N.

BATANIS.

."D.C

men of MajOr HUBER, MATOS had joined forces with JURE

and woüld

be accompanying the group into cuba sometime

before May 20, 1964.

Ny T-l also advised that he ha

ascertained from DIAGO that the members of the Ejercito

concerning

• Major HUBEh

MATOS, mentioned above,

it is to be noted that he is one of the

leading figures

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RAY, but that he, NY T-3, had called RAY's wife,

AURORA, twice on

the past weekend and was informed

That RAY was not at home. (2)

NY T-3 telephonically advised from Miami,

Florida, on May 13, 1964, that he had received a tele-

phone call on the night of May 12, 1964, from San Juan,

Puerto Rico, from MANUEL RAY. NY

T-3 stated that his

Instructions were to proceed immediately to Miami, Floridä,

and wait for further contact. NY I-3 advised he took

the first plane..from New York and arrived early on

May 13, 1964, In Miami and was staying at the Dupont Plaza

Hotel awaiting further contact from RAY's group.(u)

NY I-4, on May 15, 1964, stated that RAUL

CHIBAS telephonically advised him that day that he was

flying

to Miami, Florida, on urgent matters on the night

of May 15, 1964, to meet

with members of the National

Directorate of the JURE. CHIBAS told NY I-4 that this

meeting in Miami over the weekend of May 15, 1964, would

probably be the last meeting when all members of the

National Directorate of the JURE would be together. (u)

advised that in conversa-

sthat MANUEL RAY, the

head of JURE, had named JOSE HERNANDEZ, a member of

Brigade 2506, the Supply Officer for JURE.

NY I-2 stated

that JOSE/HERNANDEZ is now associated with the JURE. (&JU)

During conversation with CHIBAS, NY I-2 stated

that CHIBAS was not overly optimistic about the possible

success of RAY's planned inflation

of Cuba. NY I-2 said

that CHIBAS was pessimistic about the outcome because

so many projects started by the Cuban exiles during the

last three years have been complete failures but the JURE

members feel that if anyone is capable of succeeding in

infiltrating

Cuba and beginning sabotage there, RaY would

be the one to do 1t. (8) 4)

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NY T-2, on May 22, 1964, advised that RAUL,

CHIBAS had been to Miami, Florida, during the period of

May 15 through May 17, 1964, and upon his

raturn to New

York, was strangely silent about the operation planned by

MANUEL RAY of infiltrating into Cuba. NY T-2 said that

CHIBAS behaved in such a strange manner after his return

from Miami that he, NY T-2, belleves that RAY must have

suffered some setback which would preclude his being.

cuna by nts sel? Imposed deadline or May 20, 1054 reset

During conversation with CHIBAS, CHIBAS stated that the

JURE had collected $60,000 as a result of their bond sell-

ing plan and MANUEL RAY had obtained additional funds from

other sources and had obtained funds from Government sources

and it was presumed that the Government sources were Puerto

Rico

and Venezuela. (a)

was

NY I-4 advised that, during conversation, CHIBAS

openly critical of MANUEL RAY and RAY's political think-

1ng.

CHIBAS said that as/of May 31, 1964, he did not

know the whereabouts of RAY and felt that RAY's actions

were creating problems for the JURE because people who

contributed money were anxious to see results and not

promises. CHIBAS also criticized RAY for making foolish

purchases of military equipment and stated that RAY

purchased a short-wave transmitter which was unnecessary

and also certain types of weapons which were obsolete.(u)

NY T-4 advised that in discussing the personality

Of RAY, CHIBAS stated that RAY was dictatorial, autocratic

and politically unclear. CHIBAS said that in a political

sense RAY blows hot and cold regarding political philosophies

and likes to have "yes men" behind him who will agree to his

every whim. CHIBAS also told NY I-4 that he considered

RAY to be a very definite

danger to the future of Cuba

and

that he could, if successful in getting into cuba, turn

out to be another FIDEL CASTRO. CHIBAS stated that he

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did not believe that RAY was a Communist or subscribed

to communistic thinking but stated that there was no

question in his mind that RAY was an out and out socialist. (2)

NY I-4 advised that CHIBAS told him that he

had

just finished his teaching contract in New York City

and

was in the process of renting his apartment and would

move to Miami for the summer months in order to assist

the JURE.

contract

to teach in New York CIty during the 1964,65:

year but if the situation in Cuba developed favorably for

the exiles, he would forget about the contract and remain

1n Miami, Florida.(U)

NY I-4 advised that CHIBAS also stated that he

was so disgusted with MANUEL RAY and the JURE that he

considered leaving it but he saw no other organization

among the Cuban exiles which offered any opportunity for

him to participate in plans to overthrow the present Cuban

Government. (U)

NY 1-2, on June 3, 1964, advised that he had been

informed by AVENOL FRANCO,

an officer of JURE in New York

that MANUEL RAY and

the group with him including AnDrEW

ST. GEORGE, a "Life" magazine photographer, had been

apprehended by the British in British territorial waters.

NY T-2 said that FRANCO had no details concerning the

capture of RAY but felt that the capture of RAY took place

in the Bahamas and stressed the fact that this was strictly

rumor and that the JURE in New. York City had no definite

facts. (ui

NASSAU

Informed from Washington, D.C. by the representative of

"Life" magazine that her husband had been picked up by

British authorities off Anguila Key, Bahamas, and was

then on his way to Nassau.

MrS. ST.

GEORGE stated that

there were two photographers and five Cubans aboard the.

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stated that CHIBAS told him that he was so disgusted with

RAY that he wanted to leave the group and would if he

could find another exile Cuban organization which offered

any hope of overthrowing the present Cuban Government.(k)

on June 22, 1964, advised that as a result

of talking to various members of the JURE and in particular

in conversation with RAUL CHIBAS, he was able to put

together, the following concerning RAY's attempt to infiltrate

Cuba: def(u)

MANUEL RAY arrived in Miami, Florida, on May 17,

1964, and Informed ROGELIO CISNEROS that he was ready

to leave for Cuba. This announcement caught CISNEROS a

bit unaware since CISNEROS, although he had RAY's permission

to decide the route into cuba, did not want to assume

such a responsibility, and hence, was not prepared for RAY's

departure. lui

CISNEROS then chartered a boat in order not to

use one of the JURE's boats, because they wanted to

conceal RAY's movements.

The chartered boat was painted

white and 1t was necessary to change its color before

entering Cuban waters.

According to information from

MANUEL RAY, It was ascertained that after departure from

Miami, one of the motors broke down and the radio transmitter

which

was aboard the boat was not working.

These

failures indicated to many of the JURE that the plan

of RAY was already destined for failure although it

is assumed that RAY was serious in his statements relative

to getting into Cuba by May 20, "1964. (E)U)

According to information from RAUL CHIBAS,

NY I--2 said that the entrance into Cuba was not properly

prepared since the spot of entry on to cuban soil was

in an area where the inside contacts were not absolutely

reliable and this pointed out the lie that RAY boaste

that he had an efficient underground inside Cuba. (AU)

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