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TELETYPE NOTE: Joseph R. Merola was interviewed August 15 and 16 last In Miami by two Special Agents from Pittsburgh Division, and Pittsburgh is being req Bie ee © PLAIN TEXT . foo a pe / TO SAC PITTSBURGH _ ' “ Prou pirecror rar 72 URGENT ) QWE ane GABRIEL MANNARINO, AKA, SAMUEL MANNARINO,’ AKA, ‘AR.. RE MIAMI TELS AUGUST FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN LAST, EXPEDITE SUBMISSION OF Oe COMPLETE INFORMATION FURNISHED BY JOSEPH R MEROLA. | INCLUDE | PROGRAM. -MEAME ADVISH SEPARATELY. | 8/17/61 ESTIMATED VALUE OF INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER ~~ HEROLA SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN TOP ECHELON CRIMINAL INFORMANT | oe to furnish full details of information furnished by Merola in view of the fact that he was interviewed at length on two occasio is necessary to evaluate the information he 2 1 - MIAME (AM) -. two attorneys from the Department. and a complete report has furnished. JER:MAC Lad © Tols i Ny ane Belmont ye |Mohr . ' Calichan — . rt Conrad : : _/L “eROe DeLoach oe ore af Evans . ee AGH. Melone AS ib. as Rosen —___. . 2 Sullivan 5 s : VP Tavel — bs) , ; Trotter uy AUG Docld: 32303133 Page 2? 2 A961. (7) revetype unt TELETYPS) g 3 uested . va n your ae fos! a. &
ey GANGA ‘ ' et CATIONS em f AUS Lb ge)" a eo fo URGENT 8/16/61. 12-54 9PM EST MH f : ‘ | FROM SAC, MIAMI ‘192-2 36//92-228/ 2P. DIRECTOR, FBI /92-2914//92-2918/ AND SAC, PITTSBURGH oe =e GABRIEL MANNARINO, AKA, SAMUEL TANNARINO, AKA, AR o “oN AUGUST. SIXTEEN LAST, INTERVIEW WITH JOSEPH Ro MEROLA RESUMED LATE. "> AFTERNOON AT FEDERAL BUILDING, MIAMI, BY SAS JOHN Se PORTELLA' “ AND THOMAS Gs FORSYTH IN PRESENCE DJ ATTORNEYS WILLIAM KENNEY a AND WILLIAM KEHOE. . MEROLA FURNISHED INFORMATION CONCERNING oe _ MANNAR INO BACKGROUND, ASSOCIATES AND ACTIVITIES. HE ADVISED wha. | OF RECENT PURCHASE OF JEAN-S FLOWER SHOP IN SQUIRREL HILL oo | "SECTION OF PITTSBURGH BY GABRIEL MANNARINO IN NAME OF HIS “LIEUTENANT THOMAS ANTHONY CIANCUTTI, AKA SONNY.> HE SAID RIEL MANNARINO USES NICK JEROME, TRUE NAME MICHAEL GIORANO, OF MIAMI, TO LEND OUT SHYLOCK MONEY IN MIAMI ‘AREA: AT TEN PER CENT FER MONTH» HE NARRATED His UNDERSTANDING, BASED ON HEARSAY, CONCERNING NATURE AND SCOPE OF QUOTE NATIONAL 5 AUG Ser ; ; aS is “CRIME SYNDICATE UNQUOTE » HE SAID AT ONE TIME GABRIEL = mee ME quote DON UNQUOTE.  ~ a rar. “2 GLE ; aN op yaa NOT OT RECORDED os ze ty | 5 AUG 21 1961. Docld: 32303133 Page 3
wo | > t oy J oi LY v ’ LESSING cate acuiedith s GLa he She aa PACE: Two 7 ; | | MEROLA ALSO FURNISHED DETAILS CONCERNING BOND SWINDLES, | A STOCK THEFT AND JEWEL BURGLARIES AND ROBBERIES. | MEROLA me _ INTENDS TENTATIVELY TO FLY TO PITTSBURGH AT LEAST ONE DAY PRIOR TO AUGUST TWENTY FIFTH NEXT WHEN HE IS SCHEDULED TO cos APPEAK TO COMMENCE SERVICE OF SENTENCE IN CONNECTION WITH fa ee CONVICTION IN GUN SMUGGLING CASE. SAS PORTELLA AND FORSYTH _ WILL RETURN TO PITTSBURGH AFTERNOON OF AUGUST SIXTEEN INSTANT. 7 | “END AND ACK PLS oe WA 1-48 PM OK°FBI WA MLL e - FB . . VGOL PG ~' .OK FBI PG MG . ‘ “Tu DISC M . 4 we 7 a { x \ bes 7 : 44 Pi poy Anthea ee dom Tae Nore eee (ai at eb actanmutisicn by actrees Vi cents Yéef aaetfoantnt aunfoon en ® oven cnit ne on oenetee att Haat sania rr res Docld: 32303133 Page 4 . I 23 ae yeahh St lit ory pia Bee Sa PAIR A de ieatetae * | i h