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[51]11/19/68
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[53]: MARTI, MANUEL
[55]CHARACTER REFERENCE (NEIGHBOR)
[57]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
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[73]1. NAME OF SUBJECT OR TITLE OF INCIDENT 2. DATE SUBMITTED
[74]MARTI, Manuel NMN 19 November 1968
[76]PYT E41 ’ US 52 737 780 . 3. CONTROL SYMBOL OR FILE NUMBER
[78]824,0=6019
[79]DPOB: 17 May 1946, San Juan, Puerto Rico 193 36 4601
[81]. REPORT OF FINDINGS
[83](LISTED CHARACTER REFERENCE) On 24 October 1968, Ramona Rodrigues,
[84]Housewife, Apartment 4E, 905 East 167th Street, Bronx, New York, was ;
[85]interviewed in her residence concerning Manuel MARTI. Source who has known
[86]SUBJECT since 1951 stated substantially as follows:
[88]Source met SUBJECT and HIS parents as neighbors in 1951 when
[89]Source moved into the apartment across from SUBJECT at 905 East 167th Street,
[90]Bronx, New York. Source became a close friend of SUBJECT'S mother and saw
[91]SUBJECT daily until HIS family moved from the building in 1965. Source
[92]continued to visit SUBJECT'S mother after 1965 and until her death in early
[93]1967. Source had not seen SUBJECT since the funeral of HIS mother in 1967.
[95]Source had no knowledge of SUBJECT's birthplace since HE was
[96]approximately six years of age when they first.met. Source knew SUBJECT'S
[97]parents as Manuel and Reyes Marti. HE has an older brother, Ivan, and a
[98]younger sister, Blanca. SUBJECT was brought up in a very respectable home,
[99]and HIS parents exercised very strict control over the children. SUBJECT
[100]graduated from high school in Bronx, New York, shortly before HE and HIS
[101]parents moved from the neighborhood, further details unknown. Source had
[102]no knowledge of | SUBIECT'S employment.
[104]SUBJECT is a quiet, friendly, sericus-minded young man of excellent
[105]character and personal behavior. HE was never known to be adversely
[106]involved with law enforcement agencies. HIS parents were very strict and
[107]watchful over the upbringing of SUBJECT and HIS brother and they were not
[108]allowed to roam the streets or participate in any neighborhood gang activi-
[109]ties. Most of SUBJECT'S free time from school was spent at home with HIS
[110]studies, and with HIS hobbies of stamp collection, and HIS pet birds and
[111]fishes. Source believed that SUBJECT'S father worked in a- factory, further
[112]details unknown, and was never known to operate HIS own business. HIS
[113]parents were never heard to speak badly about the United States and its
[114]democratic institutions, and Source was of the opinion that SUBJECT was
[115]brought up as a loyal United States citizen. SUBJECT is a mature, emotionally
[116]stabi young man, and because of HIS home training Source was of the opinion
[117]that HE would be financially responsible. SUBJECT was not known to have any’
[118]organizational affiliations, nor to have traveled outside of the United
[119]States. HE is honest, trustworthy and dependable, and has manifested no
[120]undesirable social habits. Source suggested Iuisa Perez, 905 East 167th
[121]Street, Bronx, New York, as a friend of SUBJECT's family. She was unable
[122]to suggest other persons in the neighborhood who would have knowledge of
[123]SUBJECT since most of the people presently residing in the apartment building
[124]moved there since SUBJECT moved away in 1965. 45
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[131]1. NAME OF SUBJECT OR TITLE OF INCIDENT 2. DATE SUBMITTED
[133]MARTI, Manuel NMN 19 November 1968
[134]PVT E21 US 52 737 780 3. CONTROL SYMBOL OR FILE NUMBER
[138]DPOB: 17 May 1946, San Juan, Puerto Rico sod 3 1601
[139]4, REPORT OF FINDINGS
[141]Rodriguez recommends that MARTI be favorably considered for a
[142]position of trust and responsibility with the United States Government.
[144]AGENT'S NOTES: Source who had a closer relationship with SUBJECT
[145]and HIS family than her spouse, Atanacio Rodriguez, wassinterviewed in lieu
[146]of her spouse who was not available. It is believed that SUBJECT erroneously
[148]listed Source's husband as Antonio instead of Atanacio.
[150]6. SIGNATURE OF SPECIAL AGENT
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