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

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                                                              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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