424-10210-10327 HY 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 : v9.1 S095% Bocld: 322793051 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10210-10327 HQ 92-2713-175, 176 Document Information FBI LALLIER, R. O. BELMONT, A. H. 05/29/1961 5 CM, DEPORTATION, COOP, GUATEMALA, RETURN TO US, AIRPORT, WHEREABOUTS, PAID OFF, ASSOC, BUSS ACT, SOURCE PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret IA Redact 12/04/1997 APPROVAL OF CIA INC 2 MEMO Page i 5/29/20)
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 . UNSTEP. STATES GOV’ .MENT Oo. , - °‘Wlemorandum TO: Mr, Belmont — a : .DATE: May 24, 1961 ’ Ne, 4 . _ 7 . Wc. Sulliven — —_ 4 me . CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO) Tele. Room PRom = R. 0. Latif : DECLASSISICATION AND/OR, ny Fe . _ RELEASE GF CIA INFORMATION SN) | bye supject: CARLOS MARCELLO IN THIS DOCUMENTAS SAMITIZED NA Vien “if ANT TRACKETEERING Gma shyla Caeky oo 4 pts With regard to events which led up to the deportation. — of Marcello to Guatemala and to activities which occurred thereé- after, you may be interested in the following information which i was developed by Agent Papich in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on May 12, 1961. . a chier of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station in Guatemala, confided to the Bureau Agent that he had. been very much involved in working out arrangements whereby Q@ was accepted by the Guatemalan Government. It was nderstanding that Attorney General Kennedy had conferred WL len Dulles and had asked for the CIA Director's assistance in making cert t Guatemala accept Marcello as a citizen of that, country. pnw Peceived instructi om his Headquarters to. give, the matter special handling. Hien went to President Miguel Ydigoras of Guatemala and explaineé o him that Marcello allegedly was a Guatemalan citizen; that the U.S. Government pianned to deport him to Guatemala and that in order to effect this deportation it would be neces r the Guatemalan Government to accept the subject. ppealed to Ydigoras for full céoperation which was granted. At the time this took place [e Guatemalan President insisted that ‘hema ser be handled quietly and-that there be no publicity. nformed Ydigoras that as far as he knew there would not bé any publicity. The Guatemalan Government then officially agreed to accept sub ject. } | fetated that he personally was at the airport on. the day when Marcello arrived in Guatemala City on a U.S. Border’ Patrol plane. He was shocked to observe that there were 15 to 20 reporters gathered at the airport, all waiting for the subject. SJP:ban (7) AvtHA oy neo Mr. Parsons. Mr. Belmont Mr. Evans Mr. Gunderson. ; Liaison -: ; Mr. Papich ae | HY 50953 Doctd: 32293051 Page 2?
4 corre A ee Memorandum L'Allier to Belmont Re: CARLOS MARCELLO Avr TRACKETEERING did not know how the information had leaked to the press u e assumed that there must have been some notice given to newspapermen in the U.S. Because of this sudden appearance of newspapermen, Guatemalan officials found it necessary to process the subject's entry in a clandestine manner and in another building which blocked any contact with newspaper people. This worked successfully and the subject was immediately removed to a hotel in the city. According tol [the newspapermen learned what happened }} axe some of the local writers began criticizing the Guatemalan President for his involvement in the entire episode. Some of the President's political opposition accused him of protecting a hoodlum. Ydigoras became greatly incensed, bearing.in pind that his political position is extremely shaky. He accused Pee mishandling the entire matter and has refused to deal with on any other matters since the above-described event. we al Because of the pressure being placed upon him by political opposition, Ydigoras realized that it would be necessary to remove the subject. On or about May 10, 1961, Marcello allegedly was to be returned to the U.S. via Pan American Airways, who had agreed to accept him as a passenger even though he would be inadmissible in the U.S. Pan American reportedly did this because Ydigoras had issued orders cancelling flights of all airlines going into and out of the country if they refused to take Marcello as a. passenger. Pan American apparently decided to gamble because the threatened cancellation would be seriously damaging to the airlinds business. } [_fetatec that Marcello never appeared at the airport and a check at the hotel indicated that he had disappeared. Later a report was received that Guatemalan officials had force im into H1 Salvador, which country had refused to accept subject. pS pointed out that as far as he was concerned there was no tru 0 the story. He was convinced that arrangements were made between Marcello and Guatemalan officials whereby Marcello was abe to (Ce Rlas "ree move to a finéa (farm) in the interior of Guatemala. at s as received information from.a reliable source indicating ubject is living comfortably and will not leave until a disposition is made of the court action in behalf of the subject, now reportedly pending in Washington, D. C. es convinced ~ 2 - Shh, a HY 50953 Doctd: 32293051 Page 3