NAME TRACES [JOSEPH MEROLA, HENRY MEIRHOFFER, & THE PATTERSON CORPORATION].
Originator: CIA
From: GREANEY, JOHN K., AGC/GC/CIA
To: D/OS/CIA
Document date: 01/23/1974
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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(Jerry FitzparTack).

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23 January 1974

03

MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security

Mr. (Lee Patton) DD/O

Director of Personnel

SUBJECT

: Name Traces

1. The Office of Munitions Control, Department of State,

telephoned and asked if the Agency had any relationship with either

the company or individuals listed below. These people are currently

involved in selling helicopter parts to the government of El Salvador

and State feels this may be a "flimflam" operation and wants to offi-

cially notify the government of El Salvador to warn them of the repu-

tation of these individuals. Therefore, State has requested us to

search our records and determine if we have had any relationship

with them.

a. Joseph Raymond Merola, DPOB: 9 October

1925, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;

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b. Henry Meirhoffer, a Miami entrepreneur

who was involved in shipping B-25 aircraft without

a license to. Biafra during the, Civil War in Nigeria; and

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c. The Patterson Corporation, lists two addresses:

7855 Ivanhoe Street, La Jolla, California; and 3016-B

South Halladay Street, Santa Ana, California.

2. You are requested to check the above names and respond

by COB Friday, 25 January 1974.

OHN K. GREANLY

Assistant General Counsel

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