1g-00000 Oe spa - “oye : mi bi po ! af J. MAC ANGS, gn, r HOLT, REQAOES fe HOLLYEGOe 2) latg- Second Avenue, Suita 17)2 fer pega, CA g82Igt i '* 3 (704) 239-1712 -PLED 2! a@ys for Deflondant rer _— C27 22 i975 JOSEPL R. MEROLA CRS, US DISTRET couRr SOUTKESN OISICICT OF CAUZORAE) fy . DePuly ° UNITED STATES DISTRICT CouRT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ¥ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, a NO. CR 74-2277-GT _» Plainti£fé, ORDER FOR ISSUANCE OF . ; SUBPOENAS ¢ OA SOF Saal Oe Sat get Sane atte Cass? taal? ee i H re . - , : ° : ‘ : goa ; a we ; uy 2 &. 03 @ . 7% ote e ” . if 3aze Sane vi Na 22328 on This court having considered the application of defend az Ve oa ‘ re ; ; . ty see ge 4 ‘ eG : esse 18 Joseph Merola,. and the Supporting affidavit of EL Mac Amos) Jr : 205 iota kd oot ea. . a : & +. sh ery st : € Sz 19 for issuance of ‘subpoenas directed: ‘to ‘Eduard Stanton and Mate’ as =a ? * : oie . ran wi a te te a8 oe vay, & en! 20 “MeVane ‘ana having found that good cause exists for the issuance «. ole = oemremeoteneeeree = oxeetnn ee Re ene Aen cast 5 aL ‘Of said “Subpoenas, SS . oy fe £ dee 22. . clerk of’ this court | PTD rey Vase fdaals £5 subpoenas requiring he attendance of Mate McVane and Edward ~ 24 Stanton on. November ‘ll, 1975 at ‘9:00 a.m. in this court and, - M5] 25 further, that all costs and feas in relation to the attendaace of 26 said witnesses shall be borne byt the United States under tha “EF 27 | provisions of the Criminal Jus tice Act. , * 23 ~  parep: OCT 22 1975 | 29 | | i - 30 I wp ctw ee. vey ve aes By gee GORPON THOMPSON, JR [| 00 fe . 4 | COMON PRUNE SON ; mh ee Ya, prsvaret Jupse. - , y ; SOUTHERY DISTRICT OF CAL LF webs ae ran aries a et mia tae a. ae bal ce PEM aed . aes ree tag > ay “| a — Awe ae . , fal, a. aoe omy a rarre Me gh at ap wa ¢ Tie fee A lade %. oo bee vt * +e “age is Lee rn ee eee sr oo eee * He  enteroeey . e' Poe 20% “SE 2 SEG ek Maspeth ced! cheatin mec athimaciolae ened wtb Yo Br ‘wot thse ae Cee pve 2 My gas rn arr
m, ™ cay ¢ ip CHEE MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Joseph Raymond Merola . 1. On 23 October, Mr. Robert Starling of DCD called to say that Matthew McVane (phonetic), a DCD officer who is stationed in Miami, Florida, had received a telephone call from a San Diego attorney eaying that he was mailing a subpoena to him. The attoruey, E. Mac Amos, Jr., _is a member of the iaw firm of Holt, Rhedes and Hollywood at 1010 Second Avenue, San Diego, California 92101, teleghone No. (AC 714) 238-1712. - - Mr. Amos advised Mr. McVane that the subpoena was jor his appearance On, behalf of Mr. Merota who was on trial in San Diego. “3 ayes: helen? wo fe SeE2. Mr. Starling. indicated that the charges against Merola kad ; : ‘something to do with exporting airplane parts without a license. I called “Mrs. Clyde Bryant, Office. of Munitions Control, Deoartunent of State, to “determine if this prosecution was related to 22 U.S.C. 1934, -Mr. Bryant “ealled back and said thar Merola was one of seven defendants being tried “ote criminal fraud charges for having engaged in a flimflam operation ed ‘against the Salvadorian. government. ° . facility in Salvador to assemble and s-rvice helicopters., The group had “assembled a collection of Army surplus parts for helicopters and was in the process of shipping them without an export license and they were lish. seized by U.SiiCustoms officers on 2) February 1974. Mr. Bryant '. "indicated that the Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Diego in charge of ‘the prosecution was a Mr. Robert Thaller, telepkone No. (AC 714) 293-566 _ “ hoffer: was also one of the detendants and it was Mr. Bryant's recollection ar that Maierhotter had some previous connection with ‘CIA. ote “3. 1 called Mr. Starliag and reported ‘this information to him and he. said that Mr. Merola was a real operator in ‘the Miami area, always - involved in some scheme to buy and sell weapons but that he had volua- teered information to the DCD Office, some of which was useful. I asked Mr. Starling to have:Mr. MecVarie call me when he got the subpoena but that he would not have to go unless they furnished the travel funds. ohn K. Creang@eo fociate General Counsel ec: Chief/DCD Distributicn - OVER - The scheme was sto establish a ~o Mr.. Bryant also indicated that an individual by the name of Hemry Maier- - zs 8.
Bice CONFIDENTIAL on ° cwnen FEE, in) 30_Jan._.}975 201 File cn U,S, Citizen e- , The 201 file on Licerg-te (surname) (291 number indicated below) can be most accurately be categorized as indicated below: “om ghould be closed, ~—~-e witting collaborator. OF Code Al, o—~ potential witting collaborator: date opened . OF Code Az, : former wicting collaborator (relationship terminated), Of Code A3, potential witting collaborator never contacted (security reasons, derogatory information). OI Code A4. “—~ counterintelligence case (i.e., involving a foreign intelligence or wwe security gervice), OI Code AS, : X all others, Of Code A6. ISR stened | ‘This assignment of categor C/LSN/ISR — taney has been ‘entered into STAR, rn ar ned 1975 Signed (date) i 201-_ PSP COY - : ‘ CONFIDENTIAL E2 IMPUET . CL BY 0022716 7 This document in @ permanent part of thia file. Sern p ap (phen “Fitted In)
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