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104-10180-10093 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (1/16/1965)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch14497 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10180-10093 AICjy 16 January 1985 MORANDUM FOR: Mr. John H. Crimmins Coordinator of Cuban Affairs SUBJECT: Arms Shipment for Ray The following message has been received from Santo Domingo: I conveyed points enumerated in Section B of Reftel to Reid and Caceres Jan 14. reid indicated some of what I told him confirmed information already communicated to him by Ray. Reid fully understood that if he went ahead with transaction, it would be at his own risk and U.S. position, if origin became public, would have be that thie normal export to GODR. Reid did not repeat not ask us to deny export license, evidently preferring to investigate matter further before making his decision. His primary concern is whether onward shipment to Venezuela has approval Venezuelan Govt. He said in absence diplo- matic relations this difficult ascertain. He lacked sufficient confidence in Venezuelan Consul General here or in his own in Venezuela to use them as channels. After I discouraged him from expecting us to ascertain attitude Venezuelan Government for hip, he indicated he would probably ask his Ambassador in Washington to sound out his Venezuelan colleague there. Reid's concern about assuring onward shipment stems largely from his great respect for lethal qualities of weapons involved and fear they might find way into wrong hands here. He said he would not allow them to be uncrated here or broken down into packs of sixty each which he Indicated was form in which they would be shipped eventually to Cuba.

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