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ON 27 Nove111Le r 1974 Joe Herola calle~ Hatt HacVane to inforra hici that ~ he(Herola)

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in person. Herola told Ha cVene that h e would co:r.ply and he planned to s~nd ~r
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Heedquaters was not notified cf the indicb::Jent by the Hiaml fi eld Office.
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TO Director, Domesti c Contact Se DAn: 20 November 1972

ATTN: Serv i ces Di visi~n

FR OM Chief, Miami f i e l d Off ice

SUBJ ECT: Joseph R. Me r ola

l. We recently rece i ved a call from J oseph R. tlerola , Cc>rd ou

Cooper and Associates , Opa-Locka, florida, who infon:ied us that he
was entering t he county jail in ~a;;sau County , t\E.'W York on 13 Sovem-
ber 1 972 to beg in a one yea r sentence fo r petty larc~ ny . li e stated
th3t he f elt he should l et us know hi s •hereabouts "in case y ou wanted
to get hold of me for anything" .

2. Herola, of course , prot es t e d tis innocence to us and s tated

that he was accused of particip.Jting in an armed robbery and was tried
on this c harge in ~y 1 972 with th e trial ending in a hung jury. He
cl.a in.ed that th e p:-osecuting att orn~y reco::r:nended d l smissa l of the
char{!eS because of his inability to pruve Merola's guilt. ~l e r ola
alleges that the judge stated tha t He rol.J ' s record proves h im an un-
des irable character nnd theref.>r e the cha~es should not be dt·opped .
The judge thereupon offered hil!I the c ho ice of a r etrial with a promise
of a t-wenty-five y ea~ sentence if conv i cted , or to plead guilty t o a
ch11rge of pct-cy larc.:?ny wi th a one year sentenc e . Merola choose the
latte r .

3. We thanke d him for his thoughtf'\.UJless and wi s hed him "'ell.

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l· REGARDING JOSEPH RAYMO~D MEROLA <20l-2Sn04}, . , , ,
U .s. CITillZEN .. SUBJECT PARA ], REF, PLEASE INFORM . . THE FOLLOWING:
EPH RA~MOND MEROLA, Att OCCASIOtJAL CONTACT OF OUR OVERT OFFICE IN
NIAN! SINCE l9bJ., PERIODICALLY PROVI~ES THAT OFFICE UITH FOREGIGN
POSITIVE INTELLIGENOCE IllFORMAaTION •
(_OllT/.CTED FOR AD~ITIOtJAL IN~OI~. Y
2 . . . HQS INFORMED~ JUNE 74 THAT MEROLA IJAS Of

OPERATIONAL THEY REQUESTED TRACES AND STATED HE REPORTEDLY

l:JO RKE D FOR l.9SO'S. WE REPLIED THAT MR. MEROLA llAD
NEVER WORKED ALTHO~UGH WE WERE A~A R E THAT HE HAD MADE

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10 JULY 1933, HAVANA~ CUBA, WAS IN CUBAN NAVY; ARRIVED IN u.s. Ill
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EARLY bO'S AS EXILE. sueJECT IS MARRIED TO DAISY DE LA CD T 0 R R E • .
WAS IN PRISON SEVERAL MONTHS IN 1959 IN CUBA ACCUSED Cf BEING MEMOER
Qf BASTISTA'S ARMED FORCES AND HAVEillG IDEAS OPPOSED TO CASTRO
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REVOLUTION, SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED. SUBJECT Of OPS INTEREST TO

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Merola is a gun runner, fas t de11ler CD )..) E / AR~ /SL
type with connections at all levela I (o D '-! (o H(\'S.
in Nany foreicn COW1trii.>s. His in- I fl n ~ ·. . . . . - . .
forr..ation is usually very good . He 1 ._._.--
was Batista's personal pilot aod was ! 0
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the take over. lie said that be could j i-4 GS .
not judge the information , but that !
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sincere about the offer. Perhaps
COS Beirut know• of the individual.

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