JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information 6/11/201 AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10206-10213 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-2781-614 . Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM ; TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: — 10/02/1962 *PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : ; . LST, ASSOC, BURGLARIES DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: _ 10/13/1998 . OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE t. COMMENTS : 39
=, OPTIONAL FORMNO. 10.0 || 7 , = STATES. opium me 3 - Oe rs ~ Memorandum ge pa Be St ay = : " DIRECTOR, ‘FBI (92. rei). oS pare: OCT 21967, Lis. o, Fp FROME . coe “MEAME. (925 28)(P), a8 : TA yp os re: wan “sumer: ene, ee me Se “TAMPA-00 ee seca te eB | Re: Tampa’ airtel to- ‘Bureau’ 8/3/62. - - ee oie i vig following information regarding MILO. BELL: is oe -gontained in the Miami. files: a oe ns _ mrLoNSELL, also known as. ‘wetogfER a and _M ; BI No, 5113889, was. one of. the | subjects of-a Neutrality’ Matters case in the Miami Office- in that he allegedly was to ~: obtain guns and ammunition to be used. in the overthrow of . . ep the Haitian Government ii 500 Chea (BeBe. ee Zl ees . Piha pe OM ee 7 oe: Bo sly 0) . WE frail’, Peg ro oIn. previous fist he conducted by yh Denver oe i Office; MILO BELL has. been identified as a Winthrop, IM Ohusetts gambler who has ‘in the past associated with cr ~- Bamblere JESS RAYMOND BRIDWELL and DONALD: KLITA SHORE ys w/e Doe, a ; es Bf te pss Legal tp od Abs, JOHN EX, ¢ co-owner. ‘of: the Seminole Gun“Shop ins st \Mamay (Protests). advised’ on September 18,1961 that in . °° *. ‘November, 1960, MILO BELL purchased seven magnum revolvers, ~. ' Me sald these guns cost in the-nedghborhood of $6,700, and - . "he understoed they were being taken to the Intelligence , . ~ =. : Division of the Cuban Government. EK also sadd-he under-. . “'-  gtood that. MILO BELL was a. runner for ‘SANTO TRAFFIOANTE ‘when, bow TRAFFICANTE operated: in, Havana, Cuba, 7 a (— NN, a <MM. 722. ¢ advised SA PRUE Cc, ‘OLINKSCALES on ‘November 18, 2 1961, that. ‘he had reason: to believe. MILO BELL’ and MEL. ADLER, aan - known assoclate. of ‘suspected thieves in the Miami Beach area, fi - , ° Were committing thefts through burglaries: of residences on sl. oe eed ‘Beach. tnformant- further adviged that he suspected | aa N Tf q CORDED COPY FILED “3 ‘= Dalle eae 1) ce “Beet (ren F370 1216). 2. Tampa eas iNBRebe) 7 3. - ade: ~8 s 1 - Fhe) dateled uy eon ; as Age y ae, : @ 4 OCT 16 1962 ONS
MM 92-88 ADLER and BELL had possibly made connection with local thieves, whom they used to commit these burglaries, after BELL. and ADLER had "Pingered" same. BELL is deseribed as follows: Race White Sex. . Male Dates of Birth January 25, 1921 at Boston, Massachusetts; January 25, 1920 at Kishinev, Bessarabia, Rumania Height 515" Weight 150 pounds Hair Brown Eyes - Brown Complexion Dark Build Small Residence 7300 Gary Avenue | Miami Beach, Florida BELL was contacted on May 25, 1961 by SAS CHARLES V.. | POWELL and NORMAN T. OLLESTAD regarding TRAFFICANTE, and BELL would. neither admit nor deny that he knew TRAFFICANTE ‘ An attempt was made on September 19, 1962, to interview BELL in an ITSP matter and he said he would "not tell the FBI anything." Enclosed for Dallas is a front and side view photo- graph of FRED C, CHAPMAN who is one of the large bolita operators in the South Miami-Kendall area, CHAPMAN allegedly has been _ "stuck up" on at least two occasions, the last being about two. years ago. He does not reside within the city limits of Coral Gables, but does reside in the same general area. yy Dallas is requested to display this photograph to 7 GEORGE FUQUA to determine if CHAPMAN is ore of the bolita men he and DOLAN "stuck up" in Miami. -2- * na enn