Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 04/14/1959
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/3/2015

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10302-10241

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

2-1499-2ND NR 25

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

rasassination Records

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NT 54462 Date:

10-04-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

TITLE:

FBI

SAC, MM

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

04/14/1959

2

FS, ASSOC, MIL, TRA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

4.

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

06/17/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

v9.1

HH 54462

DocId: 32310297

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- STANDARD FOR

Offu morandum • UN

GOVERNMENT

DATE:

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI (109-430)

April 14, 1959

FROM

SUBJECT:

DEULASSIFIRD BRS

N 3-2

CLASSIFID

SAC, MIAMI (2-165)

EXTENDE

REASON

FCIM, II,

CARLOS PRIO SOCARRAS; ET AL

DATE O

RE

FPM

cuba;

RA;. NM

DECLASSIFICATION..

SPITER ATON 212419

2т.3.

3294--

Re

Bureau lecter 3/23/59 to Legat Havana.

On April 6, 1959, JOSBIN R. MEROLA, 2018. Norch

Bay Road, Miami Beach, a jewel thief who is presently under

indicoment for transporting in interstate commerce guns

stolen from the Canton, Onto Nationa, Garc Armory,

October 14, 1958, confidentially advised that he had

returned several days previously from a business trip to

Cuba, where he had been in contact directly with CArlos

PRIO SOCARRAS several times during a nine or ten day period,

terinating Apxia k,

MEROLA stated

visited PRiO ac PRIO's estate,

"Le Chator that he personally

and that he cav no

evidence

whatsoever Indicating that PRIO is under guard or

surveillance of the CASTRO government. He said that PRIO

appears to have complete freedom and that neicher he nor his

men are restricted in their movements.

MEROLA has

recently

volunteered information to the Milant Office relating to

Cuban and other Latin matters.

His

inforation has been

found to be substantially correct where it 1s susceptible

of being crossed checked.

on April 7,

1959, MN-635-S advised that he had

Just returned to Mlani

from Cuba where he had been since

March 25, 1959, - M4-635-S Is now an officer in the Cuban

Air Force and closely assoctated with PEDRO LUIS DIAZ

LANZ, Chief of the Cuban Air Force:

MM-635-S stated that

OPRIATE AGEN

TING

OFT

FRANKO FIORINI (whose real name is FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS) &

disclosed to him that PRIO is under house arrest and that

ADT*

SITP

DATE

about one month ago PRIO had been prevented from departing

Cuba::

PM-635-S said chat FRANK FIORINI is now a captain in

the tuber dir rosse and la vory closely assuciated ge moro

DIAZ and ochez ofEicials of the Cuban government.

1494-

(le) Bureau (RM)

1 - New York: (109-43) (Into) (EM)

1 • Miami

(ED; mbb 66 APR 23 1959

NOT RECORDED

165 APR 22 1959

NW 54462 DooId: 32310297

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