“CT: Viel Livingston WER-BELL IT 23 September 1959 RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce 1. Subject phoned me on 9 September 1959 to say that he was in atlanta and to ask if anything had been done concerning our use of hin in the Jomirican Republic I told him that we ”
“ally on the build up in Cuba but would not be exposed to operational information or exotic material. 14. COHEN is currently of interest to this Office in connection with an approach which was made to him by the Second Secretary of the Romanian Embassy in Washington. An FBI report”
“14-00000 states, " .. .•;■ his ixC rionce prier to 1965 .ir thr 2: Firdd, : 1 eceelved .. ul.n variety 0 training on: he V.i. ., ■ :ted into were 02/ fpoteated rolen. vabs s con/ 1 6 t. a. Che nach of, role was in nil-T .n to tun de a ausiaied :i .a s- aritive WlaC. ariio”
“in-q rvernomem —hboveing to-ted in aedrrote to high zone d’ stri et 0 At’onta. After ipreecntinvinedentie a ondes business andrveebkvlf-e night tohe the ent-nytey. He cyl he prederp? h tono **.eg:e11 fitire t - 09 :e11 no any fitire transactions n he rented, tybe bs utely su”
“: Chief, Miami Field Office SUBJECT: CIA Operative in El Salvador ☐ MIM-006-74 DATE: 4 January 1974 1. Joe Merola contacted the Miami Office on 21 December 1973 to explain that he recently had spoken with a friend of his in San Salvador, El Salvador. The friend, who allegedly wor”
“14-00000 -------- trlreet vans to t' grAPrue (s to my ^^iJ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT nc .Gumi Memorandum MIM-006-74 TO 1 Chief, Domestic Collection Division DATE: 4 January 1974 ATTN : Support Branch/Oss (JGross) FROM : Chief, Miami Field Office 77 . SUBJECT: CIA Ope”
“SECRET 0002417 MW 14 7/25/75 memo St. George-firo- inteWhe 12/49 rest he had they learnedSariet luy CIA work e d for Intelligence in Vierina in 1945 mid 40'5 debriefed 12/58 ne Castros activities also interest li bis 00/CD in 1/60, 2/62 + 4/64 12/23/75 memo Ma”
“( ( -5- * II. All CIA files, including without limitation any 201, Office of Personnel, Office of Security or Executive Registry files, on the following individuals: 1. Richard J. Lavoie (ITT) 2. Adm. Ellery W. Stone (ITT) 3. Robert Vesco. 4. Juan Trippe (PanAm) 5. Haro”
“activi- 20 ties which were being undertaken with the Valenzuela group 21 and with the Viaux group. In the case of Viaux, was that one 22 of the assignments that the false flag officers had? 23 Mr. Phillips. Yes. 24 Mr. Schwarz. And in the case of Valenzuela, was that ”
“CCC2413 CRET reporting M 11 call from MW Abort. DOD revoking his security clearance NW sought administrative sevrow 4/14/72 memos re: call From M W Seeking address so he can Convenes renew his friendship Cable 2/20/67 DCSre MU Miami says t hat even unsavory cora”
“14-00000 -2-7 6 € 3. GOTTLIEB apparently has current information on the activities of the persons he mentioned; for example, he knew that Juan A. PAULA was involved in the jewelry business (PAULA and Antonio Felix GENOVA Corzo, a WH/Miami proprietary? employee recently pu”
“Chieffin Guatemala was much, incensed but no issue was made at CIA Headquarters’ and theratter was put to rest. CIA may have developed concrete evidence that we were operating in Guatemala bearing in. mind that ' in a plago such as Guatemala City Sit would not be difficult ”
“ked out of the assignment. He suggested another candidate who made several attempts without success. 12. Joe then indicated that Dr. Anthony Verona, one of the principal officers in the Cuban Exile Junta, had become dis- affected with the apparent ineffectual progress of the Junt”
“ked out of the assignment. He suggested another candidate who made several attempts without success. 12. Joe then indicated that Dr. Anthony Verona, one of the principal officers in the Cuban Exile Junta, had become dis- affected with the apparent ineffectual progress of the Junt”
“VLONAE Chief, CI/OA 2? LUG *362 Deputy Director of Security (106) C-101331 #279 089 1. Reference is made to your memorandum dated 27 July 19 2 wherein Provisional Operational Approval interest. only. was indicated for possible use of Subject as an agent in Mexico by IFW unde”
“ANA was attempting to use ZABALA poten- tially to get Agency financial support for his organization. SECRET 2 : NW 65987 Docld:32413735 Page 2 104-10181-10183 : SECRET VECTANA suggested that $50,000 would be needed to get his activities off the ground. Lue indicated to VECIANA th”
“INVESTIGATION OF FI HART. IF THIS TRUE, POSSIBILITY EXISTS SOURCE CONNECTED WHY CIFENCE-4 VITH HART. GARCIA 201 FILE SHOWS HE DEALT WITH MIAMI ARMS DEALER IN OCT 63 ON BEHALF OF GoV. CANNOT Ciprent 1 DISCOUNT POSSIBILITY THAT GARCIA HAS HAD SUBSEQUENT DEALINGS. 1 3. FILE ”
“p of Alpha 66. 5. The Agency files CONTAIN NO INDICATION THAT ANY CIA NW 66000 Docld:32272147 Page 2 SECRET 11110409 officers officers even used the Name Moris Bishop AS AN AliAS, NOR THAT ANYONE NAMEL Morris Bishop WAS WER employed by the Agency. 6. The thee Attempts by VeciANA ”
“ERIALIZED. INDEXED FILED FEB 111375 FBI-SAN DIEGO い وأو 13.6 ۰۲۱۹۰ ۳۰۰۸ا د ماه ریان و ه ر י " attit, all otners. ..entioned are officials, at White Hous e statu memoers La present and past CIA chiefs. "So far a s we know, this is the first case implicating the CIA”
“14-00000 6857 CC-FBI Via OS ef A SECRET 9P. 3 SECRET 201530Z CITE CONTACTS/MIAMI 1710 CONTACTS/WASHINGTON file co ATTN: '.1. MCCONNELL FROM: GLEICHAUF JP WE HAVE RECEIVED A MOST UNUSUAL PRONE CALL FROM MITCHELL WERBELL, POWDER SPRINGS, GEORGIA, DETAILS OF whic”
“-2- 6 1 nd 3. GOTTLIEB apparently has current information on the activities of the persons he mentioned; for example, he wen knew that Juan A. PAULA was involved in the jewelry business :. . (PAULA and Antonio Felix GENOVA Corzo, a WH/Miami proprietary. % employee recent”
“FUTURE HANDLING. IN VIEW OFBFREE HAND GIVEN CIA CIA r 24- INTEL SERVice 2 GSMIN T HE SE OPS BY PRESIDENT AND emretete, SUCH DISCOVERY COULD DAMAGE CIA US.Govr 0 Cxos AND ALL E 5 RELATIONS. FOR FOREGOING REASONS, ALTHOUGH CIA officer OFFICER CIA OfficeR. officeR. Cuban Cub”
“cer in contact with Veciana never used alias of Morris Bishop, Blair, or Kail. 1/21/77 LA/COG/021-77 RE: Jack Anderson column Agency identifies Mr. X as Veciana. Indicates Veciana was first contacted by agency personnel in Dec 1960 when he asked COS in Havana, James A. Noel, to h”
“Fotiys bitteinp to--ted In a nedernte to high rent dintrlet r At’onto.. After . redrntin’n one phrntinr meerntinm bossiness periice asked fin Yeht tape the rne 41 ta eex nti-viey, . va ex’d he preferred a t-no ‘t: es : 1) an any Aitsre. transactions - ns he sented to de ab”
“1 4-00000 • X Ar ( The testimony given in that trial is not inconsistent with the response given above. It is true that after Merola was released from prison he again volunteered information to the CIA. Merota was a voluntary source of foreign intelligence. ' I hope this ”
“Branch/OSS (Joross) Chief, Miami Field Office CLA Operative in El Salvador MM-006-74 4 January 1974 1. Joe Merols contacted the Miami Office on 21 December 1973 to explain that he recently bad spoken with a friend af his in San Salvador, El Salvador. The friend, who allegedly wor”
“SICE) CONFIDENTIAL E-2, IMPOZY CL. GV: 528083 7113-20-02】 ☐ ☐ ☐ MAY 12 CDITION QUA FPMR ( ) 121-11.0 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum 10 : Collection Division Chief, Domestic ATTN : Support Branch/OSS (JGross) FROM : Chief, Miami Field Office SUBJECT: CIA Operative in El Salva”
“t if he (Merola) vere to see this Vermillion that Merola would become a suspected CIA agent as well. 2. Merola said that he was passing this information to us in case we did indeed have a man in San Salvador by the name of Vermillion. Marola has been a contact of the Miami Field ”
“cer in contact with Veciana never used alias of Morris Bishop, Blair, or Kail. 1/21/77 LA/COG/021-77 RE: Jack Anderson column Agency identifies Mr. X as Veciana. Indicates Veciana was first contacted by agency personnel in Dec 1960 when he asked COS in Havana, James A. Noel, to h”
“d States agency and that his comments concerning to that agency. SOURCE would be relayed CIA OFFICER noted that he was returning to New York City from iliami and said that, in the event he received any additional information concerning Cubela, he would forward it to the FBI. He f”
“and is not the responsibility of CI/PG. J*k(066) % 4. The CIA station as a member of the Country Team in P0)0B)Montevideo, Uruguay, may have had sone contact with Dan Mitrione, who was murdered by the Tupanaros. Dan itrione. an experienced and respected law enforcement officer”
“30000 SECRET 9 December 1953 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, WHD-2/FI Attention: Mr. John Cavadine SUBJECT: Training Report on Arthur G. VAIVADA, (P) - Training Alias: "VICKS" 1. Arthur 0. VAIVADA was trained covertly by instructors of this office in Washington, D. C. from 5 ”
“s i n Spanis h but at the time, hay he did n't know who Veciana was or why Senator S chweiker's offi ce had 187. sent him to the meeting. 184 185 Phillips also testified that he had never used the 188 name Frigault and had never used a Belgian passport. Phillips was shown the ske”
“4-00000 17 HW 41 PAGE 2 CONTACTS/MIAMI 1710 S EC RET - ’REPERCUSSIONS AND ASKED VERBELL FOR ADVICE. VER 'BELL ADVISED GRAY TO INFORM THE FBI IN LOS ANGELES, BUT GRAY WAS RELUCTANT TO DO SO. WERBELL THEN ASKED GRAY IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK WITH Ar. MEMBER OF CIA AND”
“esponse to your request and is not for dissemi not be disclosed to unauthorized person- Enc losed fo r the Bureau are 12 copies of a letter- bead memo dated and captioned as above which has been dissem inated locally to INS, ONI, OSI, G-2, INTC, U.S. Coast Guard 1.8. Border Patr”
“Mr. Justin Gleichauf, OC Contacts Representative in Miani, until Mr. Flores returned to washington. 03 4. At chout 2230 I reached Subject and told him his information had been passed up the line; that we were interested in any additional information he could obtain and asked him ”
“(So far as this Office knows, he has never divulged his participation in the project to the Agency.) 14. He asked, as a prerequisite to the deal, that he be given $10,000 for organizational expenses and requested $1,000 worth of communications equipment. 15. Dr. Verona's potentia”
“NA was, attempting to use ZABALA poten- tially to get Agency financial support for his organization. SECRET 2 NW 65924 Docld:32354592 Page 3 ( SEC KET VECTANA suggested that $50,000 would be needed to get his activities off the ground. Lucy indicated to VECIANA that he would look”
“. 4-00000 SECRET CIA INTERNAL USE CNILY Chief, Miani Field Office 03S-44-74 ATTN : Mr. Bruce Halnwaring 8 January 1974 Chief, Domestic Colluekion Division (Support Branch/OSS) Bltchall L. werbell, III 1. To have reviewed subject’s 201 file for additional information. ”
“TRUE, POSSIBILITY EXISTS SOURCE CONNECTED CIFENCE-4 WITH HART.. GARCIA 201 FILE SHOWS HE DEALT WITH MIAMI ARMS DEALER IN OCT 63 ON BEHALF OF GUV. CANNOT DISCOUNT POSSIBILITY THAT GARCIA HAS HAD SUBSEQUENT DEALINGS. 3. FILE 201-300985. GP-1. SECRET X WILL SUC UPON REQUEST. ”
“by the SB employee. Neither does he know of . the extent of contacts by this couple with other Agency employees except social contacts. 9 8. (TheOffice of Security has been running this operation for JK -over two years, in an effort to obtain conclusive proof of its intelli-.”
“rad Louch vans Malone 1 Rosen Sullivan 1 Tavel Trotter RAM:djv Tele. Hoo Holmes.. i ane CIA OFFICERS 2 Paris (Enclosures 2) (See Note, Page 3) London (Enclosures 2) (See Note, Page 3) SCE NOTE, PASE litami-(Sed Note, Page 3) • 55199251902 NW 66000 Docld:32201939 Page 2 يد Page 32”
“14-00000 Tag VA (F 8avsL [Co Use Oihy 1reproduce 1 4. The following is a compilation of items of concern to Agency components which were not included in the letter to Mr. Phillips. This does not include chapters one and six which have been previously reviewed and return”
“ked out of the assignment. He suggested another candidate who made several attempts without success. 12. Joe then indicated that Dr. Anthony Verona, one of the principal officers in the Cuban Exile Junta, had become dis- affected with the apparent ineffectual progress of the Junt”
“onal operations. NW 66000 Docld:32271295 Page 7 footnotes for VECIANA Gupton section of Doug Gupton, House Select Committee on ASSASSINATIONS, Λ 170. Staff interview 8/28/78, JFK Document No. 002101 171. Ibid, 172. Ibid. 173. Ibid. 174. Ibid, p. 2. 175. Ibid. 176. Ibid. 177. Ibid”
“tion of Customs. Additionally, 2. CONFIDENTI NW 66000 Docld:32340364 Page 3 - MM 97-518 CONFIDENTIAL this conceivably could involve a CIA operative. ASAC STANLEY SCHACHTER, Enforcements Section, U. S. Customs, Miami, advised that Customs was conducting investigation into this mat”
“s ever acted upon by CIA. Registered in ISR in Nov 62 and terminated without prejudice in July 1966. April 1966, John..R. Lucy, using alias John Livingston, met Veciana in NYC. MEeting arranged by retired naval officer James Cogswell, who had informed chief/ WH division, that he ”
“RECORD SEARCHED ANDEXED. SERIALIZED SA FILED MAR 27 1980 FBI-NEW YORK NW 65994 Docld:32199811 Page 6 Airtel to SAC, Miami PE: VISIT OF C. W. "BILL" YOUNG (FLA) TO THE MIAMI AND NEW YORK FIELD OFFICES For your information, Congressman Young will also be visiting with CIA represent”
“14-00000 ro ■ C’Tl A1 Uv1 :.: i trL 17 March 1977 1 MEMORANDUM FOR: SA/LA/EICO DCD FROM : Frederic McCann ISS/PICG SUBJECT : Litigation: Joseph R. Merola : 1. Attached herewith is all unclassificu memorandum received from OGC which requests information on the "exte”
“CFBONAt POtss MO. 1 SECRET Tavany Memorandum UNITED STATES Gov LRNMENT TO : Chief, CI/OA DATE: 30 AUG 1952 FROM : Deputy Director of Security (ICS) SUBJECT: C-101331 #279 089 1. Reference is made to your memorandum dated 27 July 1952 wherein Provisional Operational a”