JFK Assassination System Date: 6/11/201 Identification Form Agency Information 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 LASTREVIEW: _ 10/13/1998 - OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE * COMMENTS : Or CC ero CC See v9.1 39 HW 45966 DocId:32290937 Page 1
— “Re ‘Tampa’ airtel to- ‘Bureau’ 8/3/60. . - The. following information regarding MILO BELL: is ~gontained in the Miami. files: an oy a ‘= . . ea 10 . | C - aan - 7 . ae ot oN : 7 . ore -* | 5 j oF +.) $010-104 . ne . ; . . AN pat om te . ; . ; .. . ¥ UNITED STATES” of ERNMENT > 0 7 Ce re i © Memorandum: pete: cen f ae ; " DIRECTOR, ‘FBI (92. rei). _ spare: OCT: 21962. 0 vk PPROM. =. | gag,” MIAME (925 98)(P) ae ee a BS | 'SUByECE: sare Prare roan, mR. ‘aka ok So AR Soe OLS oe ty UE TAMPA-OO (0 SS ~ OF oe a: & “MILeyBELL, also known: as ‘wertonVERt « and _M . » FBI_No, 511.3889, was. one of the subjects of-a Neutrality’ 7 ee Matters case in the Miami Office- in that he allegedly was to 8 hy obtain guns and ammunition: to be used in the overthrow of i the: Haitian Government se Gas ~ be@ i tbsefelow _ 3 - - : - Paaygs i! 7 Be: Bo she 1) iG esses . WP, 3 In. previous feet eGt fis conducted by 7th, Dene Denver 2222 = Office, MILO BELL, has. been identified as a Winthrop, iM . | ambler. who has in the past associated with Denve se ohusetts — -- Bamblers SEss RAYMOND BRIDWELL _and DONALD: KLITA SHORE c/s wise oe ‘ fg tr 2: a "es -- ‘JO HN EK, co-owner “of: the Seminole Gun” as in eke? ~ Maama, (Proteot) , advised’ on September 18, 1961. that” fn. oO “November, 1960, MILO BELL purchased seven magnum revolvers, .. _, He said these guns cost in the neighborhood of $6,700, and - . "he understeod they were being taken to the: Intelligence , oy ~ .. + Division of the Cuban Government. EK also said-he under- . a stood that MILO BELL was a. runner for ‘SANTO TRAFFIOANTE van TRAPYIOANTE operated: in, Havana, Cuba, oe ya . on oN. __-MM 722. C advised SA PRUE C, ‘OLINKSCALES on ‘November 18, S 1961, that.-he had yveason- to believe. MILO BELL and MEL ADLER, . ‘ \o 2. known associate. of ‘suspected thieves in the Miami Beach | area, | —_ ~_ were committing thefts through burglaries of residences on _— Miami Beach. Informant: further advised that he suspected - 7 como COPY FILED ‘ Bureau onl) > 92:61) (n 2 Tampa weeG- 397-2216), eC se 5 = mtanyeye sa ohiele) wae eo am ‘Brise18) ey “SLM: rnia ye ve te)" 1d R4 ocr 16 962° et | NW 45966 DocId:32290937 Page 2
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 "fingered" same. BELL is described 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 TRAFFIC ANTE , 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. toy tlas is requested to display this photograph to 7 to determine if CHAPMAN is one of the bolita men OTHER 4 he and DOLAN "stuck up" in Miami. | | . t | t i HW 45966 DocId:32290937 Page 3