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SUBJECT STATEMENTS OF MANOLA RAY, EXILE LEADER DATE DISTR. 24 OCTOBER 1961 OF THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT DATE OF OCTOBER 1961 PRECEDENCE ROUTINE INFO 15-1 PLACE & ENGLAND, LONDON (24 OCTOBER 1961) REFERENCES IN 11257 DATE ACQ.

APPRAISAL 3 FIELD REPORT NO. FOEL 30,995 THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION, SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. SOURCE OFFICIAL BRITISH SERVICE FROM "SOURCE WITH GOOD CONTACTS AMONG EXILES IN CARACAS". 24

  1. MANOLO RAY, EXILE LEADER OF MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO DEL PUEBLO (MRP - PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT) SAID IN EARLY OCTOBER THAT HE WAS FIRMLY OPPOSED TO ANY INVASION OF CUBA, INSISTING THAT CASTRO'S OVERTHROW WAS TO BE ACHIEVED BY INTERNAL RESISTANCE AND THIS HAD ALREADY STARTED.

  2. THE MRP WAS ORGANIZED THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND AND SUPPORTED BY ALL CLASSES OF THE POPULATION. IT HAD MEMBERS IN ALL 33 TRADE UNIONS, THE G-2, MILITIA AND THROUGHOUT THE ADMINISTRATION. RAY ESTIMATED 80 PERCENT OF POPULATION WERE OPPOSED TO CASTRO, THOUGH MAJORITY WERE NOT ACTIVELY SO, HE CONSIDERED THE MRP AT PRESENT ENJOYED MORE SUPPORT THAN THE ORIGINAL REVOLUTION HAD

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