Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: MM
To: HQ
Document date: 09/30/1958
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/3/2015

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-90110-10068

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

CR 97-3575-8

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

Assassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 54027 Date:

08-25-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

MM

TO:

HQ

TITLE :

DATE: 09/30/1958

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

JOSEPH MEROLA

JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/06/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

MEMO

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STANDARD FORM NO. 64

Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO

FROM

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: September 30, 1958

SAC, MIAMI (97-230),

JOSEPH

MEROLA;

B. LEONARD BIRD;

ROBERT N. DILLARD;

UNKNOWN PILOT

RA; NM

(Miami - 00)

Rux/

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N

sages

10/14/55

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140

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE 4/21/95 BY 5417 0/1-

Enclosed is report of SA CHARLES W. EDMISTON,

dated 9/30/58, at Miami, together with letterhead memorandum.

REFERENCES

Miami teletypes to the Bureau, dated 8/28/58 and 8/29/58.

ADMINISTRATIVE

SA C. GRAHAM HURST has attempted to contact

JOSEPH MEROLA, FBI Number 498299 on August 28; September 2,

3, 8, 23. and 24, 1958, but he has been unavailable for interview.

It is to be noted that JOSEPH MEROLA is a top

jewel thief in the Miami Office and information has been

received from CIs and PCIs in the past that MEROLA has

been involved in jewel thefts but no concrete evidence :

has been developed in any of the cases in which he was a

suspect.

Most of the information pertaining to MEROLA's

activity has been developed by Chicago informant CG 6132-C.

The Bureau has instructed that all measures should be taken

to protect this informant and for this reason no information

furnished by this informant was set forth in the body

of this reprt.

wV.i

KECAD

REG- 29

LBI

97-3525-8

Bureau, (Encls.

2 Nex York (Info)

(Enals.

Miami

• OCT 3 1958

CWE :mbs

(6)

& ENCLOSI

IN

NAT:

5J OCT 15195

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MM

97-230

On September 26, 1958, SA CHARLES W. EDMISTON, with

the pretext of making an

application investigation, ascertained

that ROBERT GREEN was unknown at the Garden of Allah Motel,

6444 Indian Greek Drive, Miami Beach.

INFORMANTS

IDENTITY

INFORMATION FURNISHED

AGENT TO

WHOM FURNISHED

FILE NO.

T-1 is MANUEL Pertaining to MEROLA's

SELGAS, PSI

relationship with

ALEMAN

T-2 is MM

665-PC

Information about

MEROLA's association

with ALEMAN and PRIO

GEORGE E.

DAVIS, JR.

134-276

Sub A

ROBERT F.

FETZNER

137-610

Careful consideration has been given to each

source concealed in this report and I-symbols were utilized

only in those instances where identities must be concealed.

LEADS

MIAMI :

AT MIAMI, FLA.:

1. Will report results of interview with JOSEPH

MEROLA, 6444 Indian Creek Drive, Miami Beach.

2.

Will continue efforts to locate and interview

ROBERT GREEN.

3. Will interview FRED NUNNALLY, 3251 N. W.

28th Street, Miami.

NEW YORK: (INFORMATION)

Information copy of this report is furnished

the New York Office inasmuch as they are investigating

revolutionary activities of Haitians exiled In the unite?

d0119

HIH

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