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14-00000 104-10179-10136 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

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TO : DIRECTOR

FROM: PARIS

ACTION: 3AS 8 (SAS NOTIFIED AND COPY SLOTTED AT 1735 19 JUN DO)

INFO: DOP, CI, CI/OPS, CI/OA, FI, RI/AN, WE 4, WH 7, 5/C2 11

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KPRITY DIR INFO PRITY MADR SJAN WAVE ROUTINE BRUS CITE PARI 9868 TYPIC

REF A PARI 9888 (1) (IN 60169)* 19 JUN 1963 B PARI 9849 (NOT SENT SJAN BRUS) (IN 63094)

  1. RAY CONTACTED BY JERVAY (UNDER IDEN A ALIAS) 17 AND 18 JUNE. IN ADDITION CONTACTS REPORTED PARA ONE PARI 8824 RAY HAS ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT UNRUMBLE 6, UNPAPIST, AND AT LEAST ONE CONTACT WITH AMSPORT 1. RAY DESIGNATED UNRUMBLE 6 AS HIS CONTACT MAN PARI. JERVAY NOT INTRODUCED BUT WILL CONTACT SHORTLY. STA FEELS THIS IS GOOD MOVE SINCE UNRUMBLE 6 APPEARS BE GOOD MAN AND HAS APPROACHED EMB IN PAST SEPARATELY FROM UNRUMBLE 2 WITH SOME • INTERESTING PLANS. STA DID NOT APPROACH HIM DIRECTLY IN PAST BECAUSE DID NOT WANT TO DISTURB RELATIONSHIP WITH UNRUMBLE 2. UNRUMBLE 2 VILL NEVERTHELESS BE VISITING UNRUMBLE 6 CURRENT RELATIONSHIP RAY WAS DRIVEN AIRPORT BY ALBERTO BAEZ WITH WHOM RAY SPENT MUCH TIME AND WHO SEEMS BE CLOSEST TO RAY AMONG HIS CONTACTS PARIS
  2. CABRERA DID NOT PHONE OUR COME PARIS OVER WEEKEND. CONTINUE MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH UNRUMBLE 6.

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RAY BELIEVES CABRERA VILL WORK ON ARCOS BUT SAYS MAN WHO COULD REALLY DO THE JOB IS ARCOS UNCLE WHO IN FUERTO RICO AND KNOWN TO RAY. HE COULD NOT REMEMBER NAME OR EXACT RELATIONSHIP BUT PLANS CONTACT HIM ON RETURN AND GROOM HIM FOR TASK. RAY ASKED BE INFORMED WHEN ARCOS RETURNS BRUS.

  1. KUBARK STAFFER (IDEN B) OF CONGRESS OF CULTURAL FREEDON MET RAY AT LEAST TWICE. EXCELLENT RAPPORT. HE ARRANGED RAY'S PRESS INTERVIEW WITH GUILLON DE MOULINS (INCORRECTLY REPORTED (IN 60159) IN PARA FIVE PARI 8947) OF LE MONDE. ALSO ARRANGED DINNER 63 JUNE. WAS NONCOMMITAL BUT ENCOURAGING ABOUT JOB POSSIBILITY FOR FRANQUI SHOULD HE DEFECT.

  2. RAY SEEMS TO BE CONFIDENT FRANQUI VILL JOIN KIS CAMP IN NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE AND RELYING ON CABRERA TO CONTINUE WORK- ING ON HIM. STA NOT SO CONVINCED AND PLANS PROCEED ALONG LINES (IN 63152) DIR 48158 AND PARI 9867(NOT SENT SJAN BRUS).

  3. POSSIBLE REFERENCE TO GUEDE TALK WITH FRANQUI IS IN 8 JUNE UNSOX. AMB GRAMATGES MENTIONS TO SINOBAS THAT MARIO (PRESUMABLY THIRD SECY MARIO GRACIA VARELA CALLED FROM THE EXHIBITION SAYING THAT SOME ANTI-CASTRO ELEMENTS WERE ABOUT AND THAT FRANQUI ASKED FOR SOME MORE PEOPLE FROM THE EMBASSY TO BE AROUND THE EXHIBITION. 50 13 DINE UNSIERRA UNGRIAFU 12 GONNENTS TOMUSNAFU LE THAT ONE "QUSANOS VERE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION AND THE FRENCH POLICE VENT BY CUBE 18 ASK IF THEY SHOULD GUARD THE EXHIBIT. HOWEVER DIES LATTER PROBABLY NOT REFERENCE TO QUEDEL OTHER THAN THIS STA HAS NO INDICATION FRANQUI HAS TALKED ABOUT APPROACH 30 NIM.

  4. RAY FEELS TRIP EUROPE VAS VERY PROFITABLE. DESPITE FACT HE HAS NO FIRM COMMITIMENT FROM FRANQUI, CABRERA OR ARCOS HE

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SEERFT PAGE 3 IN 63271 HE FEELS HE HAS SEEMS CONFIDENT THEY WILL JOIN KIM EVENTUALLY. TIGHTEVED UP AND INSPIRED HIS ORGANIZATION" PARIS. SAYS HAS GAINED MPRESSION FROM TALKS WITH CUBANS HERE THAT DISILLUSION- MENT AMONG CUBAN EMBASSIES AND OFFICIALS INSIDE CUBA HAS GROUN CONSIDERABLY. RAY CONVINCED IT POSSIBLE TO OVERTHROW CASTRO CLEANLY AND SIMPLY. WANTS DEVOTE OWN APPARATUS TO IDENTIFYING DISAFFECTED ELEMENTS IN CUBA AND BUILDING UP SUPPLY APPARATUS IN AND OUTSIDE CUBA TO SERVE THEM. 8. RAY ASKED FOR FOLLI A. UP TO DATE LIST OF PERSONNEL AND ADDRESS OF ALL CUBAN EMBASSIES IN EUROPE TO BE PASSED HIM IN SJAN AND UNRUMBLE 6 IN PARIS. HE WANTS BEGIN MAILING PROPAGANDA AND LETTERS TO STIMU- LATE FURTHER DISAFFECTION PERSONNEL. B. TRAINING OF HIMSELF IN SJAN AND UNRUMBLE 6 PARI IN IDENTICAL SV SYSTEM WHICH THEY CAN USE FOR CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SJAN AND PARI AND ALSO INTO CUBA. STA FELT BOTH THESE IDEAS SKOULD BE ENCOURAGED AND RAY WAS TOLD COULD BE DONE. VOULD APPRECIATE HOS PROVISION OF ITEM A AND DESIGNATION OF SV SYSTEM. C. RAY ALSO ASKED WE LINE UP JOB FOR CABRERA AS EUROPE REP SOME PAPER AS DISCUSSED WITH NAUNAN PER PARI 6947. WOULD APPRE- CIATE HOS FOLLOWUP ON THIS.

FEEL ONE SOLID ACCOMPLISHMENT OF RAY'S TRIP WAS RE-ES- TABLISHMENT OF WORKING RELATION WITH RAY. BELIEVE HE HIT IT OFF WELL WITH NAUMAN GROVERY AND JERVAY AND GAINED CONFIDENCE OUR SUPPORT WHICH MAY ALLEVIATE SOM EVHAT SOME PAST PROBLEMS KUBARK RELATIONSHIP. 16. INDEX. SECRET C/S COMMENT: PRAY DEPARTING PARI AF 015 ARRIVING NY 1300 HOURS 18 JUNE

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