Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: PG
To: HQ
Document date: 07/13/1959
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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"Releaset wider the John F.

Remiety Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 744 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/2/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90100-10196

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 52-72398-174

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: PG

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 07/13/1959

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA

STUART SUTOR

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/29/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS : AT

v9.1

DocId: 32331978

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'Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

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(1671 42-230567

FBI

Date:

7/13/59

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AIRTEL

Via

(Priority or Method of Mailing)

TO:

FROM:

DIRECTOR, FBI (52-72398)

SAC, PITTSBURGH (52-1687)

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HERE

EXC2ET 984

OTHERWISE

SUBJECT:

STUART

SUTOR; ET AL

TGP; ITSP; FFA; NM; CONSPIRACY

(00 - Cleveland)

no: 566854D mnde

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(GER)

Pittsburgh newspapers on June 25, 1959, carried articles

concerning the arrest of JOE MEROLA by

the U. S. Border

Patrol,, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

According to news releases

was seized at the Miami International Airport with

one ROBERT ELLIOTT SPINING, age 34, of Hialeah, when they

landed in a rented airplane

shortly after dropping off

General ROBERTO FERNANDEZ MIRANDA at Bronara Airport,

Fort Lauderdale.

Previous investigation indicates that MIRANDA, son-in-law

of former Cuban President, FULGENCIO BATISTA,

was very

close to ALBERT ARDURA MOYA, former operator of the

Tropicana Night Club, and NORMAN ROTHMAN.

For background information concerning this phase of the

investigation, refer to information relating to the relationship

between MIRANDA,

ALBERTO ARDURA MOYA and ROTHMAN as

reported by Havana 4 in report of SA RICHARD GORDON DOUCE

dated 6/19/59, cover pages H-I.

C(4)

3

Bureau

Cleveland. (52-1918 Info

1

• New York (52-5814) (Info)

= Jackson (5e (52-25)TEnFOREC- EnFOREC-84 52=72398-174

- Miami (52-3290)

2 - Pittsburgh CLASSIFIEDA

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FOUND, 1, 1-2.4

DATE OF REVI

FOR

DECLASSIFICATON

2/13/29==

APPREPRIATE ACENCIES:

AND FIRID OFET

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