Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: CV
To: HQ
Document date: 07/27/1960
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/2/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-90101-10015

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

52-72398-312

Released under the John

. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Note!.

Case#:NW 54027 Date:

08-25-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

"FROM:

CV

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE :

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

07/27/1960

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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 :

RPT

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DocId: 32332274

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CV 52-1918

ADMINISTRATIVE

On May 17, 1960, the Pittsburgh Office advised that

on May 13, 1960, former PG-580-C, who in the past has supplied

reliable information, advised SA

JOHN S. PORTELIA that on May

11, 1960, he was in the Young Men's Thinking Club in the Oak-

land Section of Pittsburgh where he

met DICK AMBROSE, Pitts-

burgh burglar, who was with two men from Youngstown,

he described as followstineR

Ohio, whom

B. APPROX.

complexion,

exon, da rear i e, as sounded and

DON/ (LNU), white, male, 25-30 years, 6'2"

', 220

ality possibly Italian or Syrian.

• PROX 1301/3 pounds, former prize fighter, handsome, nation-

Informant remarked that both PHIL and DON displayed

large sums of money when

paying for drinks.

Informant said that from the Young Men's Thinking

Club they went to the Phoenix Motel, operated by Pittsburgh

top hoodlum PHIL GENOVESE and ARCHIE NELSON. Informant stated

that both PHIL and DON mentioned that they were going to New

York City and from New York City they were going to South

America,

where they expected to stay for ten or fifteen days.

Informant said no statement was made as to why they were going

to South America and no mention made of any particular city

or country.

Ohio

FleAgle

On May 16, 1960, informant was shown photographs of

Cubis PHILLIP JAMES VAINER, Youngstown, Onto Police Department.

#9851, and DONALD LINBERG TONES,

FBI #4338520, and Identified

them as being identical with PHIL and DON.

Cleveland was requested to determine through CIs

and PCIS 1f MAINER and JONES in Cleveland area and 1f

not,

whether or not they had left for a trip to South America

possibly the reason for the trip.

MARIO J. GUERRIERI, PCI, was contacted by SA

STANLEY E. PETERSON and he advised that he engaged DONALD

LINBERG JONES, aka. "Bull" in conversation, and he determined

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