“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. Date: DATE: 11-14-2017 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 t hocld: 32327969 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90066-10210 HQ CR SEE TITLE Document Information FBI NY HQ [Restricted] 04/08/1963 4 SALVATORE GRANELLO [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 06/24/1998 INDEFINITE AT 21 5/21/20]
Reledged, under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Agt of 1992 {44 USC 27107 Hote) . DB 36 (dev1 422057 .F es | a _ o.oo a me, ! ~ ; . a ay é FBI _ Date: 4/8/63 Transmit the following in PEA (Type in plain text or code) @ AIRTEL | a (Priority or Method of Mailing) i mee EE ee Lo TO: prrector, FBI (/37- 8S. Lz) A (ATTENTION ASSTSANT DIRECTOR in A. ROSEN ) y FROM: pete, NEW YORK (137-9495) CONF. INFT.' SUBJECT: NY 3936- Co ois . “CRIMINAL INFORMANT Source advised this date that he has recently returned from a trip to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. He stated he was accompanied by his close associate, | whose identity is known to the Bureau. He advised that he met this associate in _,the Dominican Republic and took him with him to meet (FNU) DE JOIE, who is the leader of a group. of armed revolutionists.. WHO Anticipate taking over the government of Haiti. Source advised that after exchanging pleasantries with DE JOIE, he A LS explained to DE JOIE that his associate was a technical man whé ~ would help him decide on whether financial support to DE JOIE's group was feasible. He stated that he left his associate with DE JOIE and flew back to Puerto Rico. He subsequently ascertained from his associate that this associate spent two days with DE JOIE and was made fully aware of the armed strength of DE JOIE'S revolutionary group. Nie Source advised that he has had a brief conversation with JACKMC CARTHY, and requested MC CARTHY to ascertain for him if any government in estigative, a Coheress is sowing into the activities of ANGELO/ SPIRITO“OF DST, ist arior to the time he files his income tax return. Aches. “a Py J, ra Ge& iC ri na . {0 Conk ees 9S a7 al “Wh oT Me 4 a VE. 7% hs ‘Be. ae est 5Seau (Enon) "REC. 118 5. G9 3 / ae |e P - New Yort-(137-9495 fee 437 2 44 wayies ee ibis Rie oe too = iz Ctl, . t : ih M Per 9 {902 SS &q Ne erect ane ' Docld: 32327969 Page 2?
DATE: 11-14-2017 ee arn! es ; oy seg 8 6 » ~ ° J } NY 137-9495 | eS Source made available a receipt number FPT 192654 of. the Chase Manhattan Bank dated 1/10 ya This receipt is being forwarded to the Bureau as an enc laure to this airtel. y Concerning this receipt, information was written by GLADYS TOWLE put in there as an explanation by RO the hundred thousand dollars was accummulated. As previously. yo reported, this money was to go to JACK MC. CARTHY and .PHI. Source advised that the money is still ind safety deposit. box at the Chase Manhattan Bank. He also indicated that he has in his possession two keys to the safety deposit box. Source made available these safety deposit keys and offered to furnish them to the agents so that duplicate keys might be made. office. and was apparently Je ° i - Informant advised that, He spent” ‘Saturday night with -an individual whom he named as- 2s BURNS. | He said th BURNS _. had been sent to see him by<Ki SELIfSURALINO Mand IL ‘ DOEene 1S! It should be noted that SALL RNS is identical with © SALVATO ANELLO, presently under investigation by this office ““nder'the=Criminalr Intelligence Program. GRANELLO indicated to the source that_he is interested*in establishing gambling activity in Haiti Ade told the source that LOWELL _ (presently a | fugitive residing -in Brazil) skipped w P$rT5 , OOO of of his. money. Source indicated to GRANELLO that he represented , Stockholders who brought the original action against BIRELL. GRANELLO then told the source that he presently sends BIRELL - $300,00 per month for livi expenses GRANELLO also told the source that he owns th rmerof Hawaii" Restaurant at 11th Street_and 6th Avenue Wei During his conversation _-With GRANELLO, GRANELLO also ha¢‘/an individual named TQ RINO with him and another individual whom source iden ified CO, Manager 0: of th NJ uy. iB CENDIEGHECO, I hékPlayhoy.. Club.in_New. York, PE nN oncerning ther) eraton Tenney Motel at La Guardia airport" Source stated that he was vola by JAME 2LUMERT ‘that. , _ $50,000 in "green" was paid to LOUISXSUNSHINE, NewYork IBT _ official, to get. this loan throug » He stated that the owners of the Sheraton Tenney are putting pressure on SUNSHINE to get this loan approved at the June meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Teamsters Pension Fund or to return the $50,000. 2. ee ’ Docld: 323277969 Page 3 source S TOWLES?ROO the handwritten Ne OOT Of “as to “the methods in which wy SOARED He was advised that these keys would be of no value to this IRELL wit. {f Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. sti 8 4
"Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act” ‘ot * “1992 “(44 Use 2107 Hote). 11- 14-7017 © DATE: — re a, ; Ps f ¢ a / ° : ~ 4 > an ° . NY 137-9495 a ‘Source advised that he spoke to BERNARD” SPINDEL oe concerning the alleged 7 million dollars in gold bulltorrnew in Puerto Rico. He indicated to SPINDEL that rather than attempt to steal this gold, SPINDEL should determine its exact location and he, the source, would then attempt through his political affiliations in Washington to secure a reward for SPINDEL and himself for pinpointing this gold for the United States Government. He stated he told SPINDEL this in an L attempt to get SPINDEL to tell where the gold-is so that he may, in turn, pass this information along to the proper authorities, who then would be in a position to possibly apprehend SPINDEL at the site of the storage place for the gold, He stated that SPINDEL "bought this story" and is extremely anxious to get the source to accompany him to Puerto Rico in an attempt to locate the gold. He told SPINDEL that he would not accompany him to Puerto Rico unless SPINDEL. had positively identified the hiding place. , It should be noted that this source has an extremely ' heavy work schedule and efforts are constantly being made to sit down with him for an extended period of time. However, due to his work schedule and personal problems at home this has not been possible. Arrangements have been tentatively made to exhaustively interview this source on 4/10/63 or 4/11/63. Itis °- , anticipated that if sufficient time can be allotted by the ‘source, all matters of an inecdénclusive nature to date will then be resolved, Staats ©. cA Docld: 32327969 Page 4