oe ee SS JFK Assassination System Date: 5/7/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90076-10129 RECORD SERIES: HQ ~ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR SEE TITLE Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: [Restricted] DATE: 05/21/1959 ‘PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : MARCOS DIAZ LANZ ROBERT ARTHUR WILLIAMS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : - Unclassified _ RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/06/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: AT rrr rrr v9.1 Docld: 32328614 Page 1
/ FD-36 (Rev. 12-13- $6) . ue . ° * oF, ° t -% . > ae “sg . an « z oe . . an ah . ; eee . Co, a . ~ . - Se, - - ae FBI. Date: MAY 21 1959 Transmit the following in Conk - ; oe DECLASSIEIEN gph nes LBC ‘ | po ale: om 15" (F TEM mR: 0: | -DIRECTOR, FBI yo FROM: SAC, MIAMI fax. sf ee ens Be IRE : ‘(RoneRt ana Eas ee Se oat PSI ~ Ce GA On 5/5/59, ROBERT ARTHUR WILLIAMS, 4253 N. W. 2nd Sa EAACN ste, Miami, Fla., came to the Miami Office and reported that aa Ne Op 3 ‘\ithe had recent Ly been propositioned by a Cuban who identified > E 2e 8 a! | himself as J, SERGE BURRELL, of Miami, to conduct certain ne Oy Set gD wy | investigations for the Cuban Air Force Intelligence. WILLIAMS , \ said he is employed as Assistant Collection Manager, Pan Americ ri Bank, and that in connection with his duties of recovering ‘ automobiles and collecting money borrowed, he has come in ~eontact with. many Cuban exiles and revolutioriaries. in Miemi. t WILLIAMS, a World War II veteran, stated that he would like to cooperate with the FBI in any way possible, but at the same time did not want to violate any laws of the U. SOK Al pr During the succeeding few days, WILLIAMS bavised | % ~ “he had been recontacted by BURRELL end had been intvoduced ue 1G, to ms ed Sgn eget Cuban Consul General, Miami: to “—~-~—-- “aw Major MARCOS.DIAE“LANZ , Inspector and Assistant Chief. of. the \' [4 Cuban Air Force (FAR); to Captain FRANK-FIORINI, an American, . | Q< who is presently alleged to be working: for the. Cuban Air. Forces. £ Pn me , and others. WILLIAMS identified photos of FIORINI,and HIDALGQ, ae REC. 19 ; Ww ye 1.54 (34 i / Bureau (AM) (RM) - an 1 BL —F P43 Se oly ye If G2" Albany (4 (RI) Zi an « Qive _eléveland (AM) CRM) | 20 eo wie —2.© St. Lewis: (AM) (RM)  GONIPENTIAL 5. 3 aM Washington, Field, (AM); (RM). memes gb 2 « Miami we ‘dis, 2 a, he. Fe ae = as aw fase a aad in ‘ + | i | t t \ i | ' vit Approved: a at tem? wu 5 4 d PA ges Cea = Sent —_—— — 1 ess Specfal”’Agent in Charge NAT. / TELL 4 eae . Docld: 32328614 Page 2?
° . “ . : > ao : * S * > - . : x _ 2) On 5/15/59, WILLIAMS was paid $35.00 by BURRELL. for services rendered in furnishing information concerning . & Piper Apache Airplane and pilot, in which Cuban. Air Force was interested. u\ It appears that WILLIAMS has an excellent potential | as a PSI, He has furnished the following background information; Date. of Birth 1/14/25, Duryea, Pa. Mf St Parents. Father - Rev. ARTHUR THEODORBE“WILLIAMS Mother - WINIFRED“ROBISON“SLLIAMS Service record Served in U. S. Air Force, SN 33591588, as tailgunner in 99th Bomb Group; flew 51 missions and honorably discharged in 1945 as Staff Sgt. Prior to his discharge, went AWOL for 97 days as result; of wife' | refusal to live with him i Employment ' 1/57 becatie employed by Southern Bell . Telephone and Telegraph Co.,. Miami; 1952 transferred to Ohio Telephone and Telegraph Co., Toledo, 6., where engaged in installation and construction work; 1954 became Methodist minister while attending Hartwick College, Oneonta, N. Y., | and while residing at Mt. Upton, N. Y.,_ | was pastor of Mt. Upton Methodist Church, and Rockdale Community Church. Also served as Chaplain while at: Mt. Upton for Sidney Hospital, Americal Legion, . and Butternut Lodge 515 of Masons at Gilbertsville, N. Y.3 1957, upon returning Miami, employed by Life and Casualty Insurance Co. of Tenn., for 3 months; 1957 employed by Lenders, Inc., as assistant manager for 2 months; Since 2/58, employed Pan American Bank, Collection Dept., where his immediate tes. supervisor is Mr. HOWARD WALTERS. HOMER: pe ee SMITH, V. P., Pan American Bank, is his . Department chief. —_— Docld: 32328614 Page 3
mt 194-356 WR) _ | | Previous residences Beginning 1952, Genoa, Ohio, while . working at Toledo, 509 Main St.; Beginning 1954, Mt. Upton, N. Y.,. no street address, (close friend of C. I, WADSWORTH, prominent citizen, Upton, N. Y. 3) . Miami address. - 4253 N. W. 2nd St. Education Attended Lindsey Hopkins Vacational . School, beginning 1947, receiving equivalent of high school diploma in. 1948; . . Beginning 1954, attended Hartwick. College, Oneonta, N. Y.3;. Beginning 1956 transferred to State Teachers College, Oneonta, N. Y. Marriages At the age of 16, married MABEL FETTER . of Rineholds, Pa., in May, 1942, at ‘Elkton, Md. Divorced in 1946 or 1947, in Miami. Stated this marriage was a- big mistake, that his wife was several | | years older then he was and in 1946, wife! | caused him to be arrested in Philadelphia |. for false charge of beating her father. — | This charge was dropped and WILLIAMS is . not certain whether or not he was fingerprinted and formally charged with any criminal offense. _ . Oo {| eeimerty ewptogs BETTY (LNU), who was — Miami; .-divorced in 1948 or 1949, in Miami; SUI CLS A ye & - Third and present marriage to ARLA . = BLANCHE-BELL in Miami on 2/25/50. She M RS. Raper? Bet He kA is graduate of Nyack Bible Institute, i so Nyack, N. Y. She is employed as medical —Tv i b1GF15 — eechnician by Dr. LAWRENCE MEDOFF. Miscellaneous WILLIAMS has stated he has a private — pilots license and frequently rents planes’ in Miami from Hertz. | | i : overt Docld: 32328614 Page 4
x . e ° . w ten Sf roa é : * . . <2 sy ~ . - 4 ry - . * . Q . . * . MM 14-356] Ru) LEADS _ Bureau is requested to check indices and files | for any pertinent information relating to ROBERT ARTHUR WILLIAMS., Me u) J Albany at Oneonta and Mt. Upton, N. Y., will | ir, conduct appropriate investigation to determine WILLIAMS' loyalty, reliability, stability, etc. (4 io, will conduct ; Cleveland at Toledo and Genoa, Similar investigation requested of Albany. ®& u) 7 St. Louis at St. Louis, Mo., will contact DDMPRC, —&> ARC, for all pertinent information relating to WILLIAMS' e service, record. Ww) . 4 Washington Field and the Federal Aviation Agency, .~ Will check records pertaining to WILLIAMS' pilot's license, af for verification and any other pertinent information relating + tas ae . to'his qualifications as a 4 u) : e Offices receiving’ copies of this airtel, are requested to expedite investigation: requested as WILLIAMS is presently volunteering information to Miami several times a week, and is in ‘a position to be of considerable value to this office in connection with its investigation of revolutionary meseee Yu) OMFIDENR! BAe \ iy fDocld: 32328614 Page 5