JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 4/3/2015 a AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : - ORIGINATOR : ; FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Agency Information FBI 124-10302-10244 HQ 2-1499-1ST NR 27 Document Information FBI SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 05/21/1959 4 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 05/20/1998 INDEFINITE Released under the John Kennedy Wss5assination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54462 Date: 1O-O4-2017 I v9.1 HW 54462 DoclId: 32310300 Page 1
“he had been recontacted by BURRELL and had been introduced ° } \ 63) - Bureau (AM) (RM) | H(A) . QL AIRMAIL REGISTERED MAIL haul TO: DIRECTOR, FBI | - i ea ™N FROM: SAC, MIAMI [ca34-354) |X) = RE: (RoperT ARTHUR WILLIAMS) yj) | I _ ‘PSI . cy On 5/5/59, ROBERT ARTHUR WILLIAMS, 4253 N. W. 2nd St., Miami, Fla., came to the Miami Office and reported that he had recently been propositioned by a Cuban who identified himself as J. SERGE BURRELL, of Miami, to conduct certain investigations for the Cuban Air Force Intelligence. WILLIAMS said he is employed as Assistant Collection Manager, Pan American Bank, and that in connection with his duties of recovering | automobiles and collecting money borrowed, he has come in aw contact with many Cuban exiles and revolutionaries in Miami. ; WILLIAMS, a World War II veteran, stated that he would like w&w> to cooperate with the FBI in any way possible, but at the same time did not want to violate any laws of the U. S. Mf u) During the succeeding few days, WILLIAMS advised to ALONSO HIDALGO BARRIOS, Cuban Consul General, Miami; to Major MARCOS DIAZ LANZ, Inspector and Assistant Chief of the Cuban Air Force (FAR); to Captain rRani{ FIORINE, an American, who is presently alleged to be working for the Cuban Air Force; and others. WILLIAMS identified photos of FIORINI and HIDALGO ORIGINAL FIED IN in 2 - Albany (AM) (RM) foo 2 - Cleveland (AM) (RM) —) _ shh @ 2 - St. Louis (AM) (RM) .9s 7y | 2 ~ Washington Fied. se ) 2 - Miami srPROK ee GED:mbs _ gw ¥$. rane Of oe, ey NOT RACORDED 1}4 JUN @ 1959 .. aie SS ee rece ty HW 54462 DBocld:32310300 Page 2?
z ‘was interested, _ wag lawereskeds ae (Uy) as a PSI, He has furnished the following background information:} “Service record Served in U. S. Air Force, SN 33591588, 4 < a é : | C) . . wn [236-3502 {i1) “onesie On 5/15/59, WILLIAMS was paid $35.00 by BURRELL . for services rendered in furnishing information concerning a Piper Apache Airplane and pilot, in which Cuban. Air Force It appears that WILLIAMS has an excellent potential Date of Birth 1/14/25, Duryea, Pa. Parents . Father - Rev. ARTHUR THEODORE WILLIAMS Mother - WINIFRED ROBISON WILLIAMS as tailgunner in 99th Bomb Group; flew 51 missions and honorably discharged in 1945 as Staff Sgt. Prior to his discharge, went AWOL for 97 days as resulti of wife's | | refusal to live with him i Employment 1/57 became employed by Southern Bell _ Telephone and Telegraph Co., Miami; 1952 transferred to Ohio Telephone and Telegraph Co., Toledo, 0., where engaged in installation and construction work; 1954 became Methodist minister while attending Hartwick College, Oneonta, N. Y., and while residing at Mt. Upton, N. Y., was pastor of Mt. Upton Methodist Church, and Rockdale Community Church. Also served as Chaplin while at: Mt. Upton for Sidney Hospital, Americal Legion, and Butternut Lodge 515 of Masons at Gilbertsville, N. Y.; 1957, upon returning Miami, employed by Life and Casualty Insurance Co. of Tenn., for 3 months; . 1957 employed by Lenders, Inc., as assistant manager for 2 months; Since 2/58, employed Pan American Bank, Collection Dept., where his immediate supervisor is Mr. HOWARD WALTERS. HOMER SMITH, V. P.,.Pan American Bank, is his Department Chief. HW 54462 DoclId: 327310300 Page 3
nt fine-a5a) W) Previous residences Beginning 1952, Genoa, Ohio, while . working at Toledo, 509 Main St.; Beginning 1954, Mt. Upton, N. Y., no street address, (close friend of C. I, WADSWORTH, prominent citizen, Upton, N. Y.3)_ Miami address-- 4253 N. W. 2nd St. Education Attended Lindsey Hopkins Vacational ‘/ | School, beginning 1947, receiving equivalent of high school diploma in 1948: | Beginning 1954, attended Hartwick. College, Oneonta, N. Y.; Beginning 1956 transferred to State ae Teachers College, Oneonta, N. Y. Marriages . At the age of 16, married MABEL FETTER , of Rineholds, Pa., in May, 1942, at Elkton, Md. Divorced in 1946 or 1947, in Miami. Stated this marriage was a big mistake, that his wife was several | years older then he was and in 1946, wifd caused him to be arrested in Philadelphia for false charge of beating her father. | This charge was dropped and WILLIAMS is | not certain whether or not he was. i fingerprinted and formally charged with any criminal offense. In 1948, married BETTY (LNU), who was formerly employed by Miami PD and FBI, Miami; divorced in 1948 or 1949, in Miami; Third and present marriage to ARLA BLANCHE BELL in Miami on 2/25/50. She | is graduate of Nyack Bible Institute, f Nyack, N. Y. She is employed as medical technician by Dr. LAWRENCE MEDOFF. Miscellaneous WILLIAMS has stated he has a private | pilots license and frequently rents plane in Miami from Hertz, ; 5. BW) HW 54462 DBocld:32310300 Page 4
HW 54462 LEADS | . Bureau is requested to check indices and files for any pertinent information relating to ROBERT ARTHUR » Albany at Oneonta and Mt. Upton, N, Y., will “conduct appropriate investigation to determine WILLIAMS' loyalty, reliability, stability, etc.. RW) Cleveland at Toledo and Genoa, Ohio, will conduct Similar investigation requested of Albany. St. Louis at St. Louis, Mo., will contact DDMPRC, ARC, for all pertinent information relating to WILLIAMS’ service, record, Ae U Washington Field and the Federal Aviation Agency, will check records pertaining to WILLIAMS' pilot's license,. for verification and any other pertinent information relating to his qualifications as a PSI, Offices receiving’ copies of this airtel, are requested te expedite investigation. requested as WILLIAMS is presently _ volunteering information to.Miami several times a week, and ia in-a position to be of considerable value to this — office in connection with its investigation of revolutionary DoclId: 32310300 Page 5 a et rte ts Le te entneeietEnet dia cnet ene ites fae ne ore