CABLE: REGARDING JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: WITHHELD
Document date: 01/01/1974
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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U.S. CITINZEN, SUBJECT PARA L REF. PLEASE INFORM DEA THE FOLLOWING:

JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA, AN OCCASIONAL CONTACT OF OUR OVERT OFFICE IN

MIAMI SINCE 1961, PERIODICALLY PROVIDES THAT OFFICE WITH FOREGIGN

POSITIVE. INTELLIGENUCE INFORMATION. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE FBI BE

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:2. DEA HAS INFORMED BHERALD JUNE 74 THAT MEROLA WAS OF

OPERATIONAL INTEREST. THEY REQUESTED. TRACES AND STATED HE REPORTEDLY

WORKED FOR BKHERALD IN LATE 1950'S. WE REPLIED THAT MR. MEROLA HAD

NEVER WORKED FOR BKHERALD, ALTHOUGH WE WERE AWARE THAT HE HAD MADE

SUCH CLAIMS ON NUMBER OF PREVIOUS INSTANCES: Y

•3. HAS RELAYING FOR STATION USE ONLY WH/MIAMI 20664, J3 JAN 74

AND DIRECTOR 502254, 17 JAN 74, WHICH REPORTS DEROGATORY INFORMATION

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OCCUPATION AS DETECTIVE IS INCLUDED IN CATEGORY OF PERSONS WHOSE OPS

USE IS PROHIBITED THROUGHOUT THE INTEL COMMUNITY AND ISR POLICY

PRECLUDES HIS REGISTRATION. HOWEVER. EMPHASIZE TO DEA THAT THIS FACT

NOT INTENDED TO PROHIBIT THEIR USE OF SUBJECT. BATISTA WILL BE

RECORDED AS A CONTACT OF DEA IN BKHERALD FILES IN CEASE ANY OTHER U.S.

GOVERNMENT AGENCY EXPRESSES OPS INTEREST. DEA HEADQUARTERS IS BEING ;

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10 JULY 1933, HAVANA, CUBA, WAS IN CUBAN NAVY; ARRIVED IN U.S. IN

EARLY GO'S AS EXILE• SUBJECT IS MARRIED TO DAISY DE LA ED TORRE

WAS IN PRISON SEVERAL MONTHS IN 1.959 IN CUBA ACCUSED OF BEING MEMBER

OF BASTISTA'S ARMED FORCES: AND HAVEING IDEAS OPPOSED TO CASTRO

REVOLUTION, SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED. SUBJECT OF OPS INTEREST TO

BKHERALD IN 1963-1964; INTEREST DROPPED IN 1964 AND SUBJECT

TERMINATED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. ASK DEA TO REFER TO FBI FOR MORE

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OPERATIONS: HOWEVER POA CANCELLED WHEN HE CLAIMED HE UNABLE

SATISFACTORILY TREAT HIS SEASICKNESS. IN 64, SUBJECT INTERVIEWED BY

FBI IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA RE. GROUP OF CUBANS IN MIAMI INVOLVED

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*REQUESTED PRIORITY TRACES ON MEROLA AND BATISTA, DEA SOURCES AND

REGISTER IN ISR.

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