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104-10179-10097 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (06/02/1961)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch75259 and id is 1 raw text is: 104-10179-10097 2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 P * I SECRZRETURN TO. CIA a oackground Use Only j 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 hin mately ten days' time, after con- s'itisigwith his leders 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 fijancial support for certain activities of.the MRP which would run around 10, 000 dollars. Mr. Barnes asked neto coitact BETANCOURT for the purpose-o- ascertaining what the funds were to be used for, exactly how much needed, etc I called BETANCOURT and he told me that I should get these details from CISNEROS (Eugenio), who was staying at.-oom 549 at the Washington Hotel. I called Eugenio and made a date for'me and Ray DuBois (Ray Adams is the name he uses with Ray and Cisneros) to cal upon him. We called on CISNEROS at approximately 1845 hours 1 June .and 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 nonoy o living expenses, transportationpurchase of sabotage equipment, ir fares for <. couriers, and for assisting people to`-get out of prison. He said t- atit wa- - now possible for people:to buy'their'way out of prison by bribing ohe of the: : many communist lawyers and judges. - He.thought that 40, 000 or 50 00 would meet im ediateneeds and that some asrt- of arrangement sliboulab ad to receive funds - 30,0Q0 monthly i teeabouts - on a fixed and perma 3. We made no commitment to Eugenio other than to say-that we would- pass his plea along to-the interested people. 1 reminded him that we) ad asked him and Manolo to prepare a plan for .consideration and-that we were 'tilt' 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 4^I - /

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