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[37]Agency Information
[38]FBI
[39]124-90110-10083
[40]HQ
[41]CR 105-89923-184
[43]Document Information
[44]FBI
[45]MM
[46]HQ
[48]04/13/1961
[49]3
[51]CLIP
[52]JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA
[54]PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[55]Secret
[57]1A; 4
[59]Redact
[61]08/06/1998
[63]INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF CIA
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[67]Page 1
[69]Date:
[71]6/2/2015
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[77]god. 92.CIA HAS NO OB JECTION T9
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[81]URGENT” n1 3-61 . h-17 PM SK IN THIS aor
[82]DIRECTOR | othe | en
[83]“Clasnittgl_ bys ep ——
[85]FROM SAG, MIAMI 431836 Declass/fy Be:
[86]WY JNTERNAL SEoURITY-CUBA ;
[87]ahh ae BUFILES 105=89923, 137=26257,87=-58729., .
[88]1 APRIL 3 LAST MM 722 C FURNISHED FOLLOWING RE JOSEPH MEROLA,
[89]FORMER Cis NOW SUSPECT IN "UNSUBS (TWO) ARMED ROBE ° Bedt ce,
[90]iy APPROXIMATELY $117,200 IN JEWELRY AND CASA, RESIDENCE OF FIA
[91]EDLTH, AND RRITZ DORIGO, HALLANDRLE, FLORIDA, MARCH 20, 1961, Saunt ol
[92]ITSP MAJOR THEFT, OO MIAMI." MEROLA RECENTLY TOLD Ci HE . al aN
[93]IS“CONNECTED WITH CIA IN SOME CAPACITY IN WHICH HE CLAIMED TO SQ
[94]HAVE ACCESS TO ALL FORMS EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING FIREARMS AND th oy
[95]AMMUNITION, BEING FURNISHED BY CIA TO SOME ANTI CASTRO GROUP,
[96]WEROLA CLAIMED CIA SENDS THIS EQUIPMENT TO MEROLAS HOME WHERE
[97]IT 1S; SUBSEQUENTLY PICKED BP BY BOAT FROM REAR MEROLA RESIDENCE
[98]a CLAIMED HE 1S REQUIRED HAVE CUBANS WHO OBTAIN GUNS SIGN RECEIPT VY
[99]On Ve. SAME, OPERATION TAKES PLACE UNDER COVER DARKNESS. CLAIMED
[101]TO HAVE TAKEN FROM EQUIPMENT SEVERAL AUTOMATICS EQUIPPED WITH a
[102]SILENCERS. INFORMANT CLAIMS MEROLA 1S ®ARMING THE OUTFIT" ; =e
[103]AND IS FURNISHING THESE WEAPONS TO VARIOUS HOODLUM ACQUAINTANC i
[104]FOR SUM $500 EACH. MEROLA EXHIBITED ONE SUCH AUTOMATIC TO C!
[105]AND DEMONSTRATED BY FIRING SHOT INTO AIR. Cl "COULD NOT HEAR
[106]| A THING." ON APRIL 5 JOHN NOBLE, COVERT CIA AGENT WORKING
[108]OPERATIONAL LEVEL, ADVISED DID NOT BELIEVE CIA HAD OPERATIONA
[109]k INTEREST IN MEROLA BUT WOULD CHECK». ON APRIL 6 HE ADVISED
[111]CIA HAD NO” OPERATIONAL INTEREST, 1 og APRIL 7? JUSTI
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[122]Tnrvensr ATs TRANSPORTS a, OF 36) PROPERTY
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[126]i If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably
[127]paraphrased inorder to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems.
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[148]Trotter
[149]W.C. Sullivan —__.
[150]Tele. Room
[152]Ingram
[156]PAGE TWO: FROM SAC, MIAMI 131836
[158]GLEICHAUF, OVERT CIA REPRESENTATIVE, MIAMI, ADVISED ABOUT TWO
[159]MONTHS AGO HE WENT TO MEROLAS HOME AFTER MEROLA PESTERED HIM
[160]WITH PHONE CALLS OFFERING RENT PLANE OR HELICOPTER TO CLA ,
[161]FOR USE BY FRENTE REVOLUCIONARIO DEMOCRATICO, ANTI CASTRO
[162]ORGANIZATION UTILIZED BY CLIP. MEROLA SHOWED: GLEICHAUF BOAT
[163]"TERRY KNAUT" DOCKED BEHIND HIS HOME AND IMPLIED THIS WAS
[164]HIS BOAT AND !T HAD ALREADY BEEN USED BY FRENTE. MEROLA
[165]SEEMED EAGER GET OUT OF U. S. AND SUGGESTED CIA USE HIM ON
[166]SOME MISSION TO BRAZIL WHERE MEROLA PLANNED WORK OUT DEAL
[167]TO SKIP WHISKEY TO BRAZIL DUTY FREE THROUGH BRAZILIAN
[168]POLITICIAN. GLEICHAUF TOLD MEROLA HE WAS NOT INTERESTED.
[169]AFTER FURTHER CHECK, GLEICHAUF ADVISED MIAMI THIS BOAT HAS
[170]BEEN USED ON ONE OR MORE OPERATIONS BY FRENTE, BUT NOT
[171]LIKELY BE USED AGAIN BECAUSE IN BAD SHAPE. BOAT 63 FEET,
[172]BEARS REGISTRATION NUMBER 2700). GLEICHAUF STATED MEROLA
[173]NOT WORKING FOR CI wc FRENTE SO FAR AS CAN DETERMINE. ON -
[176]APRIL 5}DAVID GLAS OVERT CIA AGENT, FURNISHED MIAMI LIST
[177]BOATS BEING USED IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS IN WHICH CIA HAS
[178]INTEREST, "TERRY KNOTY" ON THIS LIST. AFTER SEVERAL
[180]\ jvonceiacgatl, ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT VARONA PERSONALLY, ON APRIL 13
[182]JORGEXMQRAN,. SECRETARY TO MANUEL ANTONIO DE VARONA LOREDO,
[183]f GENERA OORDINATOR OF FRENTE, CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED MEROLA
[184]L 1S WORKING ON THE BOAT "TERRY KNOTT" OWNED BY MOVIMIENTO DE
[186]RECUPERACION DE LA REVOLUGION, MRR, WHICH IS MEMBER ORGANIZATION
[188]OF FRENTE, MORAN STATED /2gAT WAS OPERATED BY SANTI AGOPEREUG ¥
[189]APRIL 8 AND JOSE caine 0 SNe WAS IN CHARGE OF "TER KNOTT Y&R
[193]a Batt
[195]If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably
[196]| paraphrased in order | to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. .
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