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trial, "actively engaged in the service of tre governmen!"Irving Green, attorney for Cartuca and Hanna, said the prosecutors, Ha bert 1. Tete.baum and Daniel J. Sar dor, knew Merola was a government agent and therefore "perpetrated a fraud upon ine-tmas court."Tetelbaura and Snyder are now fed eal judges a Pittacurza and have r commented about the action filed by Green, which is still pending. But oficial Tamatar with their positiza snd the tam judges will, if necessary, swear they did not now Meroia was a government agent.## Cuban Connection"The answer to this whole thing revolves around Cuba," said this offi- cial.Green, who represents Mannarino's son-in-law, said he didn't thinis Merola's testimony la Chicago had been particularly "heipfu!" to the prese cution. A "imore logical assumption" is that Merola was freed from prisua because of what he could do for the government in Cuba, he said."This gay works anywhere he wants to," said Green. "The governmer: has protected him in California, Chicago and everywhere else. He still has to be of value to the government."One thing is certain: Merola is wel known in the Miami Cuban comm nity and among those who have been linked to alleged Castro assassination attempts.."Joe was an undercover agent, he was closely associated with the gov- crament," Frank Sturgis, of Miami, told The Bulletin, "He did have an as- sociation with the CIA."Sturgis, who gained notcriety as one of those convicted in the Watergate burglary, was a ton Castro Lieutenant during the revolucion who served as a double agent for the CLA. He later worked against Castro in the Day of, Pigs operation and has acraitted plott ing to kill Castro"I know Joe was involved with the revolutionaries," said Sturgis, "I know he had an association with the CIA, but because of compan mentalization, you don't know what they're doing."## Tied to BurglarA source close to the nations Committee said Merola was "a good friend" of Fugeria (Road) Merarer, another of those convicted of the Watergate burglary. Martinez bis asuciaied with the CIA in the Bay of Prys effort and in other sati-Castro moves."Joe's place in Miami Beach was on the water and it was used by ante-Castro groups to sm.ogle arms to Cuba," this source said. "Martinez was one of them.""I can't recall," Martinez said, when asked by The Bulletin about using Merula's dock. "Really, I can't tell you arything about it."He was connected with helping people here in Miam against the dictatorship of Bausta. He might have been in some other branch that I don't know about."Altredo Borges, a Miami business consultant and a Bay of Pigs veteran, told a Bulletin reporter inquiring about Merola to "please write me a letter.""I don't know who you are." Borges said, "I cannot tais over the tele: phone."One investigator interested in Ne rola said the matter is "very sensi tive, records are hard to come by.""He seems to it everything." this investigator said. "He's a pilot, he speaks Spanish, he knows Cuba and he's connected. But nobody wants to cooperate."## A Scared ManRecords indeed are hard to come by. Official and unofficial attempts to cocain complete records of Merola's arrests proved fruitless. So did efforts to determine wins: encounters be might have had with officials respon sable for watching the nation's bor-.But despite the best of some that Meroia enjoys the protection of the government while at the same time being welcomed by crganized crime, those who know him say that is not the case."Joe has got a little money," said one Florida acquaintance. "I don't Anow where he gets in Sut he's an un former and they hate informers. The is concerned.""He goes around Dace (County), but he is very, very careful where be goes, Joe is scared."