JOSEPH MEROLA
Originator: CIA
Document date: 01/01/1963
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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1. FOLLOWING INFO IN ADDITION: TRACES REF B: JOSEPH RAYMOND

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PER DBA 68712, 13 APR 64I SUBS CLAIMED HE

CIA AGENT AND ALLEGED CIA OBTAINED PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FIVE YEAR

PRISON SENTENCE FOR RUNNING GUNS CUBA. IN ADDITION CLAIMED CIA

ISSUED PASSPORT IN NAME MICHAEL JOSEPH ME ROLA FOR TRAVEL

CENTRAL AMERICA:

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PER HOS RECORDS, MEROLA NOT CIA AGENT. BUT HAS BEEN DED

CONTACT SINCE EARLY SIXTIES.

3. 21 DEC 73 MEROLA CONTACTED DID MIAMI TO ADVISE HE RECENTLY

SPOKE WITH FRIEND IN SAN SALVADOR WHO WORKS FOR ANSESAL: FRIEND

ADVISED MEROLA NOT GO US EMBASSY SAN SALVADOR TO SEE A MAN NAMED

(GREMILLION) BECAUSE GREMILLION} WHO US EMBASSY POLITICAL SECTIÓN

OFFICER UNDER SURVEILLANCE ON SUSPICION OF BEING CIA REP SAN

SALVADOR. MEROLA TOLD FRIEND HE NEITHER KNEW NOR WOULD HAVE CAUSE TO

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DED DEANT RECONTACTED MEROLA IS JANUARY DETERMINE AROUS

IDENTITY FRIENDE IN SAN SALVADOR:

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GUTLER SO DER PRESIDENT INSAFI, MARRIED TO SECRETARY AT

IN SALTADOR

US EMBASSY, CURRENTLY ON MATERNITY LEAVE:

MEROLA TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFO AT MTG WITH DED MIAMI

17 JAN CHER WILL ADVISE.

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