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* Tracking Number: NARA-NGC-2021-001153
* Requester Name: Jarrod M. Barbetta
* Date Submitted: 07/15/2021
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Seeking documents related to the investigations of the Plymouth Mail Truck Robbery (also known as "The Great Mail Robbery") occurring on August 14th, 1962 on Route 3 Plymouth, Mass. As well Documents related to trial of said robbery occurring in November 1967. The indictments of Mrs. Patricia Diaferio, John J. Kelley, Thomas R. Richards, the Grand Jury minutes of July 1967, the presentation of U.S. Attorney Paul Markham (July 1967)

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jarrod M. Barbetta

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Dear Mr. Barbetta:

Thank you for submitting your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to
the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) via the
*FOIAOnline* website.
We received your request on July 15, 2021. Your request concerns a mail
truck robbery in Plymouth, MA in 1962, and related federal court trial
records circa November 1967, including grand jury minutes.

Our office uses the *FOIAonline* portal for FOIA and Privacy Act requests
for the National Archives and Records Administration's *operational *records
(records created by this agency). Because your *FOIAOnline *request is for
records that may be textual *archival *records (records created by or
originated in a different agency but that may have been transferred to the
legal custody of NARA), we are forwarding it to two of our components, *The
National Archives at Boston*, and our* Office of Research Services, Special
Access and FOIA *at our College Park, MD facility. *The National Archives
at Boston* holds records concerning federal agency operations in
Massachusetts, and permanent records of the federal courts in
Massachusetts. Please note that the FOIA does not apply to records of the
judicial branch of the federal government. Our *Special Access and FOIA*
office will search for any FBI files concerning the robbery that may have
been transferred to our College Park, MD facility.

Since *NARA Boston *and *Special Access and FOIA* do not process requests
through *FOIAOnline*, we removed your request from the *FOIAOnline* website.
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For your reference, a copy of your request is below.

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Below is an export of the submitted request information for the FOIA
request NARA-NGC-2021-001153.

- *Name and Address*
- First Name: Jarrod
- Middle Initial: M.
- Last Name: Barbetta
- Organization:
- Mailing Address Location: United States/U.S. Territories
- Address Line 1: MuckRock News DEPT MR 115964
- Address Line 2: 411A Highland Ave
- City: Somerville
- State/Province: MA
- Zip/Postal Code: 02144-2516
- *Contact Information*
- E-mail Address: requests@muckrock.com
- Phone Number:
- Fax Number:
- *Agency and Fee Information*
- Assigned Agency: NGC - Office of General Counsel
- Will Pay Up To: $0.00
- *Description*
- To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the
following records:

Seeking documents related to the investigations of the Plymouth Mail
Truck Robbery (also known as "The Great Mail Robbery") occurring
on August
14th, 1962 on Route 3 Plymouth, Mass. As well Documents related
to trial of
said robbery occurring in November 1967. The indictments of Mrs. Patricia
Diaferio, John J. Kelley, Thomas R. Richards, the Grand Jury minutes of
July 1967, the presentation of U.S. Attorney Paul Markham (July 1967)

The requested documents will be made available to the general public,
and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would
inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my
request. I would
prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment
if available
or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.
I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20
business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jarrod M. Barbetta

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- *Fee Waiver*
- Fee Waiver Requested: No
- Fee Waiver Reason:
- *Expedited Processing*
- Expedited Processing Requested: No
- Expedited Processing Reason:

Dear Mr. Jarrod Barbetta,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request for records in the
custody of the National Archives and Records Administration. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, we are not able to process FOIA requests according to
our normal procedures. We will conduct a search of our index of accessioned
FBI Case Files for the documents pertaining to the Plymouth Mail Truck
Robbery and the individuals indicted in this event, and have assigned your
request the temporary tracking number *RF-896*. When we resume normal
operations, we will log requests into our system in the order they were
received. At that time, we will provide you with a new FOIA tracking number
and a more substantive response. We apologize for this inconvenience and
appreciate your understanding and patience.

Sincerely,

Ashney Randle
Special Access & FOIA Program

Hi Jarrod,

The FOIA office forwarded your two requests to the National Archives at
Boston. As they said, judicial records are open to the public and we can
get you copies for a fee or you can come in and work through the case file.

I located a potential range of cases where US v. Patricia Diaferio, John
Kelley, Thomas Richards ( 67-0216) could be in our storage caves in Lenexa.
Unfortunately, the finding aid doesn't list each case, so I won't know
until someone can look at the box. I've put the request in and should hear
back next week. Facilities around the country are coming back online, but I
don't know their status and staffing issues may delay this request to check
for the case and to have it copied.

In case you haven't seen it, the seven-page docket for this case is
available online:https://catalog.archives.gov/id/146290724. Jump to image
#37 for the beginning.

You're correct that any material in the court case files is open. There's
another series of Significant Case Files from the U.S. Attorney that I'm
going explore next week. I may not find anything, but it's worth a look.
I'll let you know when I hear back from Lenexa, but please let me know if
you have any follow-up questions.

Best,
Nathaniel

--
Nathaniel Wiltzen
Archivist
National Archives at Boston
www.archives.gov/boston
(866) 406-2379

---To Whom It May Concern:

I hereby request the following records:

Seeking documents related to the investigations of the Plymouth Mail Truck
Robbery (also known as "The Great Mail Robbery") occurring on August 14th,
1962 on Route 3 Plymouth, Mass. As well Documents related to trial of said
robbery occurring in November 1967. The indictments of Mrs. Patricia
Diaferio, John J. Kelley, Thomas R. Richards, the Grand Jury minutes of
July 1967, the presentation of U.S. Attorney Paul Markham (July 1967)

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available, or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jarrod M. Barbetta

Hi Jarrod,

This is in response to your second question. Could you share where you're
seeing these dates and individual names? Also, is there a particular Howie
Carr article that you can point to? Citations like this would really help
us narrow down where to look.

We are staffed to provide research support services, not research itself.
If you need help, a list is available on our website.
<https://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help> Our online catalog is also
another good place to start to narrow your search down:
https://catalog.archives.gov/.

Best,
Nathaniel

--
Nathaniel Wiltzen
Archivist
National Archives at Boston
www.archives.gov/boston
(866) 406-2379

___

The Informant Records of one, George William Agiasottellis during the
period of December 1962 and January 1963, as reported and recorded by
Postal Inspector Earl Wheeler.

Context: These records were previously produced to the public At a hearing
on October 23rd, 1967 and previously at a Grand Jury hearing in June of
that year, where it was confirmed by Postal Inspector Raymond J. Dunne,
U.S. Attorney Paul Markham, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Postal Inspectors,
Edward Lee, John Collins and M.V. Sailor, that one George William
Agiasottellis was temporarily employed as an informant for the Postal
Inspectors for the months of December 1962 and January 1963 with a
compensation of $75. Mr. Agiasottellis’ “handler” was Postal Inspector Earl
Wheeler.

Mr. Agiasottellis became a fugitive for jumping bail, and said to have been
murdered, thereby negating any possible ‘reprisals’ nearly 60 years later.
In addition, records pursuant to the investigation by the Postal
Inspectors, have been previously dispatched to one Howard Carr Boston
Herald Reporter and Author, in which portions have been published as recent
as 2014, therefore further negating the argument of the case files being no
longer in existence.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and
this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform
me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer
the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or
CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I
look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Jarrod M. Barbetta

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the National Archives at Boston is closed effective March 23, 2020 until further notice. We are working onsite in a limited capacity and we are currently accepting reference requests at boston.archives@nara.gov. (mailto:boston.archives@nara.gov) I will return your email when possible.

Thanks,

Nathaniel

--
-- Nathaniel Wiltzen | Archivist
National Archives at
Boston www.archives.gov/boston (http://www.archives.gov/boston) nathaniel.wiltzen@nara.gov (mailto:nathaniel.wiltzen@nara.gov) (781) 663-0135

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the National Archives at Boston is closed effective March 23, 2020 until further notice. We are working onsite in a limited capacity and we are currently accepting reference requests at boston.archives@nara.gov. (mailto:boston.archives@nara.gov) I will return your email when possible.

Thanks,

Nathaniel

--
-- Nathaniel Wiltzen Archivist
National Archives at
Boston www.archives.gov/boston (http://www.archives.gov/boston) (781) 663-0135

Dear MuckRock.com,

You have already received several responses. For the court records part of
your question, FOIA does not apply to archival judicial records. I
previously linked you to the online dockets for the US v. Patricia
Diaferio, John Kelley, Thomas Richards ( case #67-0216). We checked the
boxes for the case file and there are no transcripts or grand jury
minutes or testimony, but there was a three-page indictment.

We have a $20 mail fee to cover this request if you want copies (1-25
pages). You can call me to pay by credit card. You can also send a check
to: National Archives at Boston, 380 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA 02452.
Please make checks payable to the National Archives Trust Fund.
Best,
Nathaniel

--
Nathaniel Wiltzen
Archivist
National Archives at Boston
www.archives.gov/boston
(781) 663-0135

Hi Jarrod,

You already paid $20 using a credit card over the phone on Sept 24th for a copy of the indictment. You sent this check to someone in College Park and now they're confused. We'll shred the check if you're good with that.

Best,
Nathaniel

--
Nathaniel Wiltzen
Archivist
National Archives at Boston
www.archives.gov/boston
(781) 663-0135

Your FOIAonline user account for requests@muckrock.com will be deactivated in 5 days due to inactivity.

Dear Jarrod Barbetta:

I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
of July 16, 2021, for records in the custody of the National Archives and
Records Administration. Your request was received in this office on July
16, 2021, and assigned FOIA tracking number RD 66039 interim tracking
number RF-896.

You requested FBI case files related to The Plymouth Mail Truck Robbery
also known as The Great Mail Robbery which occurred on August 14,1962. We
conducted a search of all available indexes transferred to the National
Archives for The Plymouth Mail Truck Robbery and The Great Mail Robbery and
were unable to identify any FBI case files responsive to your request in
our holdings.

Because we were unable to identify any case files pertinent to your subject
of interest, we are closing your request administratively. This concludes
the processing of your request.

If you have not done so already, you may wish to submit a FOIA request to
the FBI for a search of their indexes for files relating to your subject.
Information about how to submit a FOIA request with the FBI is available on
their website at:
https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/need-an-fbi-service-or-more-information/freedom-of-informationprivacy-act/requesting-fbi-records
.

Because we were unable to identify any records pertinent to your subject of
interest, we are closing your request administratively. This concludes the
processing of your request.

If you are not satisfied with our action on this request, you have the
right to file an administrative appeal within ninety (90) calendar days
from the date of this letter. Appeals must be in writing and may be
delivered by regular U.S. mail or by email. By filing an appeal, you
preserve your rights under the Freedom of Information Act and present the
deciding agency with an opportunity to review your request and reconsider
its decision. If you submit your appeal by regular mail, it should be
addressed to the Deputy Archivist of the United States (ND), National
Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, Room 4200, College
Park, Maryland 20740-6001. Both the letter and envelope should be clearly
marked “FOIA Appeal.” If you submit your appeal by email, please send it to
foia@nara.gov, addressed to the Deputy Archivist, with the words “FOIA
Appeal” in the subject line. Please be certain to explain why you believe
this response does not meet the requirements of the Freedom of Information
Act. All communications concerning this request should reference your FOIA
tracking number.

If you would like the opportunity to discuss our response and attempt to
resolve your dispute without initiating the appeals process, you may
contact our FOIA Public Liaison for assistance:

Accessioned Executive Branch Records – Washington, DC Area

FOIA Requester Service Center: 301-837-3190

FOIA Public Liaison: Rebecca Calcagno

8601 Adelphi Road, Room 5500

College Park, MD 20740-6001

dc.foia.liaison@nara.gov

301-837-3190

You may also contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS),
the Federal FOIA Ombudsman’s office, for assistance. OGIS offers mediation
services to help resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal
agencies. The contact information for OGIS is:

Office of Government Information Services

National Archives and Records Administration

8601 Adelphi Road–OGIS

College Park, MD 20740-6001

Email: ogis@nara.gov

https://www.archives.gov/ogis

Phone: 202-741-5770 or 1-877-684-6448

If you have additional questions, please contact me directly.

Sincerely,

Jason Mincey

Archives Specialist

Special Access and FOIA Program (RF)

(301) 837-1624

https://www.archives.gov/research/foia