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104-10192-10016 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (09/07/1960)

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Manuel Antonio RAY Y Rivero


      Manuel RAY vas born in Habana, Cuba, on 13 June 1924.

 He vas educated. in Cuba and became a very able construction

 engineer.  In April, 1958, having become rebellious. under

 the Batista regime, he joined the Civic Resistance Movement

 (Movimiento de Resistancia Civica -- MRC) and vas named

 secretary-general of the organization. At the same time,

 he became a member of the national directorate of the 26th-

 of-July Movement and vas responsible for coordination between

 the two groups.-

     RAY worked closely with Fidel Castro for the rest of

1958, travelling frequently to the Sierra Maestra for con-

ferences with him.  After. Batista's fall, RAY was appointed

Minister of Public Works in the provisional government of

Manuel Urrutia.. RAY took office on 7 January 1959, and on

the same day be was also put in charge of the National Bread

Board.


     Although RAY remained a liberal and continued to be pro-

revolutionary, he became increasingly resentful of the com-

munist domination of the Castro regime. His dissatisfaction

became known to Castro, and in November of 1959 he vas re-

placed as Minister of Public Works by Captain Osmany

Cienfuegos. a communist.  Presumably he was also dismissed

from the National Bread Board.


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