A Record from Mary's Database

WC Vol 9 (75, 97-8, 205); CD 555 (70); FBI 124-10135-10123; FBI 100-32965-306, pp. 20, 26; NW 381-20, 26

Mother of Alexandra DeMohrenschildt. Lived in Italy in Feb 1964. While the deMohrenschildts were in Haiti, they received mail with return address: "J. M. Brandel, Stellare B - Vigna Clara, Roma" postmarked Roma Italia. Paragraph 19l of above document, p. 26, states: "l. The Rome telephone directory lists Joseph Brandel at this address. No information is available on Joseph BRANDEL or J. M. BRANDEL. However, our files do contain information dated 1958 on one Marcus Joseph BRANDEL, who may be identifiable with the Subject. This person was born 13 May 1904 at Rotterdam, Netherlands; and was once a director of the Dutch electronics firm Philips NV, and a lieutenant-colonel in the Dutch Army. During the second world war, he directed the Dutch programs of the BBC, and was either in British or Dutch intelligence. In 1958 he was living in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and was reported as a frequent traveler to the United States. He is divorced from a United States citizen (name unknown); and had a bank account at National City Bank (presumably New York). If your Bureau so desires this office will query the appropriate Italian authorities for information on Joseph M. BRANDEL at the Rome address. (This paragraph was written by James J. Angleton.)