CENTRAL INTELLIGENCY AGENCY SAID INVOLVED IN CUBA STRATEGY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600420012-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 12
• Content Type: NSPR

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MLLIA.MYM D. tMcXIAr o1N
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intelligence Agency is playing
ad important role in the myste-
rious operations of Manuel Ray,
chief of the anti-Castro Junta
Revolucionaria Cubana,(JURE)
,lc.spite those official denials.
,Vita White House approval,
th,: CIA is providing Ray with
"unvouchcred" g o v e r a at i c at
fund, through a third patty, d'-
scribed as a, wealthy Miami
Lusinassman.
? to oust or destroy Castro. Be-
yond that Ray is making no
commitment. Ile is carefully
avoiding any statement concern-.
in the eatablishment of a demo
crane goverjiniont in Cuba.
17 1 ffort:, of ' ..5. military nu-'
tl,oJ".Ies to persuade the CIA
to "condition" ins aid to Ray
on such an uncletstanding have
been r'au fcd.
1 i::Lr:r i Goodwin, 31.-year-old
me ,,i.cr af the White iiouse '
who is stlll?on the Peace
Corps payroll, is supporti,;g the'
CAI in this backstage contro-
versy. Goodwin is the inner ad-1
ministration's contact on: Ray.
Ai so, a nwaher of CIA a ent;
lave been assi .neci to ay's
rainir, ; camps in veneiuicla
nd Nicar:'gun, Rov claims to
e training a giierrilla. force of
ctween 500 and 000 io "infil-
rate the mountainous region
vhere Castro operated before
orning into power in 1959.
1 T-,r4 r 'nconfiniag - himself
RAY, UNTIL recently a 410, -
00-a-year employe of 1.he.~'Jl t,.
o. ican g n' .c vent, was once
rintsV'ot public works in the
'astro regime and is the most
,ontroversial of Cuban exile
eaders.
In his latest anti-Castro opera-
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