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![handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch14380 and id is 1 raw text is: 104790097
RETURN TO CIA
Background Use'Only
Z June 1961 Do Not Reproduce
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Rel ations with Manolo RAY and the MRP
1. For background see my memorandum of 12 May 1961, reporting on
my long session with Manolo RAY, Rogelio CISNEROS (Eugenio) and Ernesto
BETANCOURT. As will be noted in that memorandum, Manolo promised to
come up with a prospectus within approxima!ely tn das' time, after con-
ffig s with his leaderi in Cuba.
2. On 1 June 1961 Mr. Barnes called me to say that Mr. Goodwin had
been visited by Mr. Ernesto BETANCOURT who asked for immediate fifiancial
support for certain activities of the MRP which would run around $10
dollars. Mr. Barnes asked me't contact BETANCOURT for the purposeof-
ascertaining what the funds were to be used for, exactly h6w much needed, etc.
I called BETANCOURT and he told m that I should get these details fromI,
CISNEROS (Eugenio), who was staying at.rooin 549 at the Washington Hotel.
I called Eugenio and made a date for'iie and Ray DuBois (Ray Adams is th
name he uses with Ray and Cisneros) to cfAl spon him. We called on CISNEROS
at approximately 1845 hours 1 June' faid he informed us that he had urgent
need for pesos for use in support of his sabotage and underground activities :-.
in Cuba. He said his people were absolutely without funds, needed moneyfo
living expenses, transportationpurchase of sabotage equipment,. ir fares for
. couriers, and for assistingeiople to~getoth of prison He said' tatit wap
now possible for peoplet b4theirWay out of prison by bribing ohe of the
many communist lawyers and Judges. -Hq.thought that 40,000 or-50 O5,a
-would meet immediate needs and-that some art- of arrangement shbula be
to receive funds - 30.0Q monthy of ethreabouts - on a fixed and permanept
3. We made no commitment to Eugento other than to say -that we would
pass his plea along to the interested people. [r !eminded him that we ad asked
him and Manolo to prepare ai]5landi6r coisfdefation and that we were ailt`-
waiting for that plan. I said I personally doubted that anything could'be done
until the plan was received from RAY. He said Manolo was planning to come to
Washington on the afternoon of 2 June with the plan, but that he himself was
having to return to Miami immediately and it *as vital he be able to take the
money with him. arrange in Miami for purchase of the pesos (at rate of 4xl --](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.jfk/jfkarch14380&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)