Report Form an “ é in .. \ . ‘ 5 / FD-263 "Fy $19.58) Q A } é fees o RECS eS o AN a [ : | _ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATI N Na re AS, 2 » } REPORTING orFice - — Orrick OF ORIGIN ‘FE eo T it) G2 INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD: . ad ___NEW ORLEANS __| NEW ORLEANS AL /31/782 | ‘ TITLE’ OF CASE a ys ee : ; REPORT MADE BY '- \ TYPED BY 4 Oo a SA REGIS L, KENNEDY lam } : CHARACTER OF:CASE : - | he CARLOS “MARCELLO, aka. , , o “SYNOPSIS: aera a REFERENCE V7 “Report of SA FURMAN G. BOGGAN, 5/5/61 at New Orleans. -p- Y miami D )EVISION i | Bo ORK Act 6 (4) By | ar. FORT LAUDERDALE FLORIDA: wb. " . Wi. maintain contact with PCI ——— 0s aes re MARCELLO's activities, particularly any efforts - Will determine from this PCI the sage conneétions ~ ‘ ag-with the Louisiana State Government or any of the - SPECIAL AGENT / IN CHARGE i DO NOT WRITE. IN SPACES BELOW —— , | t —GI\ 9 M2 Ba L272) 8 Reo Reon . (bureau (92- 3713) 1-USA;..New Orleans pee qe FEB 9 1962 4—New Orleans (92-36) le Form ue) Eee PROP Be tt \yWrerepertiejoaned te to you by the. FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to bé distributed outside the agency to which loaned. N HW 45355 DoclId:32290663 Page 2?
NEW YORK DIVISION HW 45355 Docld:32290663 Page 3 {JFK Act 6 (4) NO. 92-36/lam State Agencies. Particularly determine if MARCELLO ‘has any connections with GORDON LE BLANC of the Louisiana. State Mineral Board. | _ mS 7 ; f ; ‘ AT NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: | | «Will maintain contact with[____} PCI, =. in effort to determine whether MARCELLO has an interest in oot, Venezuelan Oil or has any possible relationship with ALBERT UKE. Will determine the current status of EMKE's alleged oil deal in Guatemala. ° i an , NEW ORLEANS DIVISION ‘}_ SHREVEPORT OUISIANA: AT SHREVEEVR?: ath 1. Will review the Court records, USDC, Shreveport, ' to determine the exact status of MARCELLO’ s suit in Shreveport. . 2. Will attempt to establish coverage of MARCELLO’ s activities when he periodically appeared in Shreveport. oO AT. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: 1. Will follow prosecutive status in USDC, EDLA of the indictment. charging MARCELLO with illegal entry into the . United. States. ; “ 2. Will follow the disposition of the indictment charging MARCELLO with Fraud against the Government -Conspiracy and Perjury. ae 3. Will follow the status of the Writ of Coram Nobis. 4. “With Immigration & Naturalization Service, New . Orleans, follow the status of the deportation case pending against MARCELLO. 7 B COVER PAGE i qos t- ‘ \ a) \* ; * a # ‘ ‘e . 4 4 : : wn mm
‘ by : ; AJFK Act 6 (4) 3 NO 92-36/lam 5. Will maintain contact with the Internal Revenue. Service, New Orleans, re the progress of the Internal Revenue | investigation of MARCELLO's income. . ° 7 of - 6. Will interview M. DAN HOGAN, Parish President, Jefferson Parish, re possible drainage development, which includes the. area of Churchhill Farms. ; jal t. Will maintain contact with PATRICK DUVALL, U. Ss. Border Patrol, who is conducting investigations re MARCELLO’ s, re-entry into the United States. ’ foe - a, Will maintain contact with, a re future activities of MARCELLO, @. Will continue efforts to. ) develop information re’ MARCELLO’ s activities. Af | ; { i ; | INFORMANTS =: p- 1 isl. +4 433 B Drive, Vice President American Physicians Insurance. Company, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a former PCI. fy , 7-2 is / Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a PCI of the Miami Office. — / | T-3 isf a PCI of the New Orleans Division. T-4 is a former PCI of the New Orleans: Division. 1-5 is[ a PCI of the New Orleans Division. T-6 is Liaison Sources for the United States Government in Guatemala. Cc COVER PAGE HW 45355 DoclId:32290663 Page 4
So, ; JFK Act 6 (4) a. NO 92-36/lam f, T-7 is Legat, Mexico City, reporting information received from PETER | J. _ PETERSON, United States. Embassy. Guatemala. City. r-8 is[_______} Assistant Head of . Security, Special Investigations, Banco de. ‘Guatemala (Bank of. _ Guatemala) Police. ; fo y . T-9 is NAURBON PERRY, Special Agent, UCB. Intelligence" * Service, Treasury Department, New Orleans. / T-10-is OSCAR CABELLERO, Special Agent, ‘U.S. Intelligence . service, Treasury Department, . New Orieans. T-11 is ee PCI of the New Orleans Office. T-12 is. STANLEY SING, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company Houston, Texas. f T-13 is NO 1169-c. 7-14 is. ] a PCI of the New Orleans Division. ADMINISTRATIVE The interview of FERREL 0. MASON, 6210 Perlita Street, former. Vice President of Pelican State Hotel Corporation, which corporation owns the Fontainebleau Motor Hotel © was” original) reported in the report of. SA JOSEPH G. ENGELHARDT, dated November 3, 1961, page 12, entitled JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA, ET AL, Information Concerning. 7 oo Reference is made to Bureau airtel.of December 21, 1961 requesting..investigation to locate a FRED BARON. A separate report will’ be prepared regarding the efforts to locate FRED ¢{ BARON and appropriate leads will be set out. . B we eS | REVIEWED BY Bian 1 TASK FORCE REVIEWED BY BAIIJEK TASK FORCE, { D ON a cn es —— COVER PAGE = ON. 7pe(e uF Pee | | TOTAL DENIAL \ HW 45355 DoclId:32290663 Page 5
NO 92-36/lam | Co | 7 January 12,. 1962, entitled WILSON WALTERN BROWN, JR.; al a Trap, Bufile 87- 23671, Houston file 87-4700. BROWN, following his - ; release by the United States District Court, £1 Paso,. Texas, , a ‘on a suspended sentence recieved January 31, 1961,. was interviewed by the New Orleans Office regarding MARCELLO. BROWN then departed from New. Orleans and his current whereabouts are not. known. BROWN was able to. furnish no specific information re-) garding MARCELLO and no leads are being set out in connection, with the mene meesteetion to locate BROWN. foo . By airtel ‘dated June he New York: Office Hi furnished information from PCI B0. 1261. the Ne to the effect’ ALBERT XEMKE) New Orleans, attempted to set up a ‘deal through the use of the International Time, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of the State of New York through which a large’ amount of. Veneguelan oil._could be. bought at reduced prices, oe HANSEN alleges that EMKE claimed that this oj could be _secured . cheaply through the cooperation of DE LESSEP MORRISON; “formed 4A. Mayor of. the. City,.of New..Orleans and now Am ssador to the em Organization of American States. - seer Lea Dee sane ent amma, To date, no information has been secured to substantiate this information or connect MARCELLO to this oil deal, therefore the information is not being | included in this’ report. By communication dated June 16 1961 the Miami Office advised that on June 11, 1961, PCI | tC“ NC‘ SWS’ SSA - VINCENT K. ANTEL that MARCELLO was intent on obtaining a six ~ Ol month delay in his Immigration & Naturalization Service deportation 2 hearing, scheduled for June 27, [on fatiocea that MARCELLO /was close to Governor JIMMIE BS LS and had contributed $400,000 to the National Democratic Campatgn and $300,000 to the successful _ ampaign of Governor DAVIS for office. He also alleged that | /senator RUSSELEXLONG would pe interested in assisting MARCELLO. ,e AB * “alleged that MARCELLO would attempt to contact the hearing officer and this officer will be approached directly or indirectly to delay the deportation. E COVER PAGE oo ee LR I HW 45355 DoclId:32290663 Page 6
} ° ; C. an 0 Ne 8 N NO 92-36/lam (On JanS 26,1961, , immigrations&-Naturalization’ Service: Officials at New Orleans, advised that ‘the hearing would be held = = in New Orleans by an inquiry. officer. designated by the Immigration sf Headquarters at Washington, D.C., who is unknown to the New Orleans oh. Office. . a Oe ; [_] was reinterviewed at New Orleans on June 26, 1961 by SA REGIS L. KENNEDY at which time it was learned thatt > ~~ Is) source. was a Baton Rouge contractor named WILSON P. ABRAHAM, who -—— v vyhad been interviewed by Bureau,Agents in connection with an ~ application of WILLIAM CURTIS/SEIGLEIN = Special Inquiry, who was being considered for the post lof Collector of Customs, New Orleans, ¢*. and whom| _——s- | believed was being considered for a position: with the Immigration & Naturalization Service. In view of the fact that the information furnished by[[__] is not based on fact, it is not being included in this report. On July 6, 1961, [ _ hdvised that he was unable to secure additional information regarding any attempts to delay MARCELLO's deportation. } catkit ‘Extensive investigation of MARCELLO's activities have So been conducted in the case entitled CARLOS MARCELLO, aka Joseph i | Marcello, Fraud Against The Government; Conspiracy; Perjury. ; which information is reported in New Orleans file 46-1731, Bureau file.46 42600. ‘This investigation resulted in the indictment of © MARCELLO and the details of this investigation are not being repeated in this report. There has been an extensive period of time since the submission of the last report, however, the Bureau has been advised of all pertinent developments by airtel and letterhead memoranda and‘in the Fraud Against The Government, Conspiracy, Perjury case referred to above. The information regarding the manner of the return of CARLOS ‘MARCELLO.to the United States as reflected in this report has been =~ furnished to the United States Immigration & Naturalization Service ‘ -at New Orleans... United States Border Patrol Inspector PATRICK DUVALL has been. conducting active investigation since MARCELLO's. return to. the United States to determine the means by which he did re-enter . the United States and efforts are being made.to identify the indivi- ~ | duals who assisted him for a possible criminal violation. " rogers ge Eg - rp USS fo C : BM REVIEWED BY BavJFK TASK FORCE REVIEWED BY $BIyJFie TASK F . ‘ “al - | Fe : - VR EL RPM aly Py Here TAs ORCGE es Ves (96 da - COVER. PAGE Ch haf 97 bok GL PELEASE INFULL D_RELEASE IN FUEL | C)°RELEASE INPART 0 (] RELEASE iN PART | C) TOTAL DENIAL = gg 7 C) TOTAL DENIAL | HW 45355 DoclId:32290663 Page 7
NO 92-36 NO T-4 advised that” he had: occasion to}meet J. T./( JOHN) ETT in Guatemala City./ BRAMLETT*’s businéss card which is “plain white, contains’ his name - J. T. (JOHN) BRAMLETT, Office Telephone 6-1485 and home phone 2-0485 and address 10 Calle 12731, Zone i. . This source advised that it was his impression that BRAMLETT was a"fixer"in illegal activities in Guatemala and that BRAMLETT was close to the Chief of Police in Guatemala.. ee BRAMLETT admitted to the source that he had — -beéen contacted in Guatemala by “an attorney named MAROUN from Shreveport, Louisiana in April 1961 about two days after MARCELLO arrived in Guatemala City. MAROU wanted BRAMLETT-to use his influence in getting: MARCELLO released: from=custody which BRAMLETT did do through influences ofthe Chief of Police in. Guatemala City. BRAMLETT also claimed he had been: “{nstrumental in getting MARCELLO and MAROUN out of Guatemala into Honduras although he did not go into détails with the sourcé. ~BRAMLETT told source that after MARCELLO had ‘beéfi in Honduras for about five days, through arrangements*'made by BRAMLETT, MARCELLO was a a a rn er TENN eA taken by small-boat’to‘an island off the coast of Honduras about 50 or 100 miles where MARCELLO transferred to’another boat which brought him back to the United States. Source said he did not question BRAMLETT concerning any of the details of how MARCELLO returned to-the United States because he felt BRAMLETT must be a real "operator" and he did not want to be too ; interested because he did not feel it would be in his best interests from the standpoint of his own welfare while in Guatemala City. 21 - 22 | ) | \ b Netra tt ESE a — =. Soe een hoe am nena so a eee HW 45355 DoclId:32290663 Page @
NO 92-36/lam PAXTON was properly cautioned and no further investigation was conducted in this matter. o T-8 advised T-7 on November 17, 1961 that efforts were made to determine whether MARCELLO had any connection with PAXTON or BRAMLETT in Guatemala and no information was developed. T-2 on October 22, 1961 advised SA VINCENT K. ANTEL at Miami, Plorida, that he had met MARCELLO personally at Baton Rouge; Louisiana and there was a possibility that MARCELLO might contact him in Florida. T- 9 advised on November 24, 1961 that he observed MARCELLO at the Moisant Airport apparently.. arriving from Miami, Florida on November 21, 1961. T- 2 advised SA VINCENT K. ANTEL on November 14, 1961 that | _, he thought CARLOS MARCELLO would be in New York about October 28, 3961 and that MARCELLO was desirant of selling real estate in the Rew Orleans area because he wanted operating capital. T-2 ‘stated that MARCELLO was trying to sell the area known as Churchhill Farms and was asking a price of $12,000,000. On December 5, 1961, T-2 advised SA VINCENT K. ANTEL that CARLOS MARCELLO was in the Miami area on November 21 and 22, 1961 inquiring as to a place to live in the Fort Lauderdale area. T-2 advised that MARCELLO claimed he wanted to get away from the situation in the New Orleans area and reside temporarily in this area.. HW 45355 Docld:32290663 Page 9
a In Reply, Please Refer to File No. ’ t . . ‘ , SF 4 spo UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION New Orleans, Louisiana February 21, 1962 CARLOS MARCELLO, aka ANTI -RACKETEERING Re report of Special Agent Regis L. Kennedy; New Orleans, February 7, 1962. The following is a characterization of . the sources listed in referenced report: T-l is an official of an insurance company at Baton Rouge, -™-2 is an oil promotional enterpriser with extensive extensive suspected connection among gamblers. T-3 is a bail bondsman. T-4 is an oil field worker who has an eriminal record and in the past has been of dealing in narcotics. , T-5 is a professmal gambler, T-6 is mUnited States Government Official. T-7 is a United States Government Official. T-8 is a government officer in Guatemala.. T-9 is a United States Government Official, United States Treasury Department. T-10 is a United States Government Official, United States Treasury Department. HW 45355 Docld:32290663 Page 10