</s>104-10179-10121 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce TELEGRAME IN ORMATION REP.RT TELEGRAM CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SECRET SECRET COINTELLICENCE CONTROLS SECRET COUNTRY CUBA NOFORN CONTINUED CONTNO NOFORNI CONTINUEO CONTNOLS CUBAS STEMENTS OF MANOLA RAY, EXILE LEADER Nome DIST. DATE DIST .: TOCS .: 3/390,978. SURFECT 2H OCTOBER 1961 OF THE PEOPLE'S REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT DATE DATA. PRINCIPENCE ROUTINE DATE OF OF THE PEOPLES' REVOLUTIONS MOVEMENT IN11257 DATE AGO. OF OCTOBEOS 1961 INFLO INFLUENCE PLACE A INGLAND, LONDON (2) OCTOBR 1961) FIELD REPORT NO. 2330,995 DATE ACCO. DATE ADO. INFLUCATION INGREDIATED INFORMATION FOR GRADINGS WITH ANNIVERSARY APPARAL OF CONTENT OF TENTATIVE. SOURCES IN CARACAS. SOURE DEPARTMENT OF OUR SOURCES WITH ANNIVENTIVE CONTACTS, AMONG EXILES 1. MANOLO RAY. EXILE DEALER OF MOVIMIENTO REVOLUCIONARIO DEL PUEBLO (MRP - PEOPLE' s REVOLUIONARY MOVENEMENT) SAID IN EARLY OCTOBRE THAT HE WAS FIRILY OVERTHROWED TO ANY INVASION OF CUBA, INSISTING THAT CASTRO'S OVERTHROFT WAS TO EACHIEVED BY INTERNAL RESISTANCE THAT THIS HAS ALREADY STARTED. 2. THE MRP WAS ORGANIZED THROUGHOUT AND ISLAND AND SUPPORTED BY ALL CLASSES OF THE POPULATION, IT ITAD MEMBERS IN ALL 33 TRADE UNIONS, THE G.E. MILLITA AND THROUGHOUGHT THE ADMINISTRATION. RAY ESTIMATED TO THE POFESSIONAL OF POPULATIONS ARE OFFOSED TO CASTROSO, THOUGH MAJORITY WERE NOT A TIVELY SO, SO, HE CONSIDEREDED THE MRF AT PRESENT ENJOYED MORE, THAN THE ORGANICATION HAD SECRET CLASSIFICATION CONTROCTION CONTROL CLASSIFICATIONS DISMISSION CONTROL <loc_568>

Summary: This document contains a classified CIA report dated October 1961 regarding the People's Revolutionary Movement (MRP) in Cuba, led by exile Manolo Ray. The report details Ray's statements indicating opposition to foreign invasion of Cuba and belief that Fidel Castro's overthrow would occur through internal resistance rather than external intervention. It notes the MRP's organization across Cuba with support from various population groups, including trade unions, military, and administrative sectors. Ray estimated a significant portion of the population opposed Castro, though most were not actively involved. The document references intelligence sources in Caracas and London, and mentions ongoing efforts to monitor MRP activities. Portions of the text appear redacted or corrupted, including unclear classifications and repeated phrases such as "CONTNO NOFORNI CONTINUEO CONTNOLS CUBAS STEMENTS."  

Key People: Manolo Ray (exile leader of MRP), Fidel Castro (Cuban revolutionary leader).  
Key Locations: Cuba, Caracas (Venezuela), London (United Kingdom).  
Key Events: Organization and activities of the MRP in Cuba during 1961, internal resistance efforts against Castro, intelligence monitoring operations.  
Key Organizations: People's Revolutionary Movement (MRP), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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