JFK Assassination System . - Date: 6/11/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI | RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10198-10292 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 92-2781-698 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: BELANGER, LIONEL E. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 03/14/1963 ‘PAGES: ° 33 SUBIECTS : LST, ACT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4 CURRENTSTATUS:  Redact DATE OR LAST REVIEW: _ 05/18/1999 - OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE ok COMMENTS : t v9.1 ‘Docld:32288016 Page 1 il err er OO Oe
i Foreig -- C, Caer 3, \ FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SECRi | ‘REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORI . “DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD TAMPA TAMPA 3/14/63 9/63 ~ 6 "TITLE OF CASE a REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY } SANTO-fRAFFICANTR, JR., aka SA_LIO. E oe CHARACTER OF CASE ; . ay a” fc , REFERENCES | | | PN é es AC, ‘ Ps ? oa ff Report of SA STEPHEN J. LABADIE dated 2/8/63 at Tampa” ys Tampa airtel to Bureau dated 8/8/63. (} yy - Pp. “ : fv Bcsosunes - mE TO BUREAU se san = Original and one copy of a letterhead memorandum . characterizing informants used in this report. i. LEADS 1 lat / : . ae « 4 ACKSONVILLE DIVISION Classified by D) renee ennentice . * Declassify on: OADR . AT BUSHNELL, FLORIDA a naiaronnesnel Hlbardcwainhanhententeed SPECIAL AGENT ‘APPROVED IN CHARGE COPIES MA DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW $2. 2814 Grecia cb paawe a. La '- Bureau (92-2781) (Enci.-2) 2 - Jacksonville (92~7) 3 - Miami (92-81) 2 - Tampa (92- ) NOTATIONS | | 5 io Tar eeus ci, OS @. GOVERKMENT PRINTING OFFICE == 16 -76324-1 © Docld: 322788016 Page 2?
| Pe, ; ; _ | TP 92-1 Si P| 3.6 Will maintain contact with sources in the position to know and report on subject's activities while in Miami and establish on a daily basis whereabouts of | subject. TAMPA DIVISION _AT TAMPA, FLORIDA a le Will report results of remaining investigation - to be conducted by Legat, Rio de Janeiro concerning sub- ject’s traveling to. Brazil in 1962. . 2. Will conduct: appropriate investigation to expand highly confidential sources coverage of subject's activities and associates and will remain in contact with all available sources concerning subject's activities. ae ‘ADMINISTRATIVE . The Bureau will note that the extensive. ‘period which, is covered by this report was occasioned by the inclusion of . information from Miami 845-C* not previously recorded. - By letter dated 2/19/63 the Legat, Rio de Janeiro ~ advised the Bureau that on 1/30/63 PCS DYLSON SMITH stated - that a search of the records of the Foreigners Registration Service and the various divisions of the Police Department, Sao Paulo, Brazil failed to reveal any information relating - to the subject “(S) - The above letter set out information concerning subject's trip to Rio de Janeiro in March and May of 1962 ~ (6)Gs furnished by CS Rio-2 on 2/6/63. It was noted in -the * etter that CS Rio-2 reported that the records of: the Foreigners Registration Service in Rio de Janeiro con- tained no information relative to subject and that the Political and Criminal Indices of the Rio de Janeiro Police ; } Department were negative also concerning subject. This source stated that there was no indication that subject was in Rio de Janeiro in November of 1962.4] The Legat reported. - that he was continuing inquiry. concerning subject at*Sao \ Paulo. 3 ; DocId: 322668016 Page 4
q a WE ow ata! J ‘ TP 92-1 a mo cay ete gry tod TP T-1 is CHARLES CUCCIA, PCI, Miami me TP T-2 is TP 50-c | TP T-3(is cs Rid-2 ]/6) TP T-4 is TP 41-C | TP T-5 is CARLOS ALVAREZ, PSI, Miami TP T-6 is PETE GIAMPAPA, PCI, Miami TP T-7 is TP 97-C | . a TP T-8 is TP 8-C | TP T-9 is NY 3822-C-TE . . : he: TP T-10 is MM 845-c* TPT=11 is TP. 80-c* ° - TP T-12 is. WLLLIAM KENNEY, Special Assistant AG, USDJ, ; * Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, Miami, Florida... Fx* COVER PAGE - rs ~s ot ~ one ~ + +. J. : PI IATEEGS > Docld: 322788016 Page 5
\@- + + HDID=204 (Rev. 3-3-59) : . ‘ ‘ ° . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SECRET. Copyto: 1 - USA, Miami, Florida Attention: Mr.. WILLIAM KENNEY Report of: SA LIONEL &. BELANGER Office: TAMPA Date: March 14, 1963 Field Office File No: TP 92—1 Bureau FileNo: 92-2781 Tile SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR. TON ACN TAINED ° ee re wD PXCEPE + . poapekkeriad Whe f Character ANTI-RACKETEERING Ae Sets by GAD oe oo Declassify on: Synopsis: : . Subject continues to maintain residence Miami, Florida and .- , Be Tampa, Florida. On 2/11/63 grandson, SANTO JOSEPH PANIELLO - i orn to .subject’s daughter and AUGUST PANIELLO. . On 2/6/63 (Bee T-3 advised subject was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in March and May. 1962.3 _ Subject departed Miami 2/10/63 for Tampa and observed in Tampa 2/14/63. - Subject observed Miami ~- 2/19/63. . Subject observed Tampa 2/25/63 and reportedly * returned to Miami next daye Subject observed Miami 2/28/63. - Subject observed ‘Tampa 3/3/63. On 2/19/63 TP T~8 advised GINES "CALIFORNIA'ZRIVERO was operating a numbers. lottery \ pe “Operation in Tampa -and it was a part of subject's operation. On 2/21/63 TP T-9 advised that the TRAFFICANTE family was re ' % reportedly in complete control of organized crime, in .the. Tampa area. ,On 1/15/63 TP T-10 advised JAMES LMAISANO and ANTHON? ASSO had urged subject to organize the various activities the Miami area.: Source stated that the main proponent of the idea was RUSSO but. subject disapproved of the idea due ‘to the heat which might result from such an h organization. . Source added that subject complained that his ay numbers operation in Orlando and St. Cloud, Florida has been raided. Same source advised that subject claimed that — he used to have a $100,000 weekly numbers lottery operation - in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama but following his involve- _ ment. with a law enforcement officer he expended a great. deal 7 of money and he wondered if it was worth it. KENNETH -LEON. - : a GUTHRIE, telephone company employee, Tampa states his associa- wid tion with subject related to repair work on electric motors a oy in garage doors of subject's residence Tampa. On 2/25/63 CO subject observed to meet with HENRY TRAFFICANTE, SALVATORE | | LORENZO, and JOSEPH BEDAMI. Subsequent to this meeting sub-. ject observed to proceed to Dixie eee Ser TP Til . weg - 4 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is sued pr BL ae and is icinea: “to your’ "agency; it and* its contents are not to be distributed outside vA ZL - ry / wh 9 bn ™~ ye: “os |} Docld:322568016 Page 6
i Dewey wf TP 92—1 1959 White Chrysler ~ 3W-6338 1959 Fawn colored Plymouth - 3¥-59519 On February 21, 1963 GASPER G. ‘LAZZARA, 1707 ale North Decatur Road, Northeast, Apartment 8, Atlanta, Georgia _ was interviewed by Special Agent THOMAS H. "DAVIS, JR. vo LAZZARA stated that he was the son of AUGUSTINE PRIMO LAZZARA: | a produce businessman in Tampa, Florida. LAZZARA stated that he is a freshman at the School of Dentistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, and that he did not know sub- y ject. He stated that he has no knowledge whatsoever con- cerning. the business affiliations or the activities of “ subject or any member of the TRAFFICANTE familys He stated . that he had no information concerning any racket activity ' of subject and that he had generally heard that subject owned real estate holdings. LAZZARA pointed out that he now shares ‘an apart- = « ‘ment with RICHARD VALDES who is engaged to the daughter of _ subject, SARA ANN TRAFFICANTE. He stated that the wedding of SARA ANN. and RICHARD would probably take place in June, . 1963. He added that VALDES often calls SARA ANN on the tele- phone to which he, LAZZARA, is a subscriber. He pointed out. that VALDES is a freshman, School of Denistry, Emory University. Regarding RICHARD VALDES, LAZZARA stated that when’ Lo VALDES learned that LAZZARA was to be interviewed by the FBI - he remarked to LAZZARA that while he, VALDES, was at the _. University of Florida, Gainesville, ‘Florida, "his roommate at that time was interviewed also by the. FBI: concerning subject. LAZZARA stated that VALDES advised that he actually has no .~ information concerning the business affiliations of his future. father-in-law, the subject. It is to be noted that TP T-2 has wavieea that AUGUSTINE PRIMO LAZZARA has been a bolita banker for many years. o. On February: 6, 1963 TP T-3 advised that subject ad been in Rio de Janeiro, "Brazil, on March 11, 1962 having (S)_ ~ Docld:322788016 Page
TP 92-1 arrived from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He departed from _ Rio de Janeiro for Miami-on April 11, 1962, TP T-3 stated that on May 10, 1962 subject again “arrived in Rio de Janeiro... from Panama bearing Us Ss. Passport Number 256.6536 which had - A, been issued in Havana on February 16, 1960. ‘6) On February 1, 1963 TP TH4 advised that he had not’) 0", seen subject in Tampa, Florida. Since before New Year's, | On February 5, 1963 TP T-5 advised that he had ‘ seen subject at the Fontainbleau. Hotel, Miami Beach speaking to an ‘unknown male that day On February 8, 1963 TP T-6 advised that he had . learned on February 3,- 1963 that subject planned to leave Miami on the weekend of February 8 - 10, 1963 for Tampa. On February 15, 1963 TP T-6 confirmed the fact that subject had left Miami for Tampa_ on February 10, 1963. . It will be noted that subject's ‘grandson SANTO — JOSEPH PANIELLO was born February 11, 1963. . On February 13 and 14, 1963 TP T-7 advised that , subject had not been reported as being at the Columbia Restaurant recently. 7. On February 14, 1963 SA FRANCIS J. FLANNERY observed subject at 1: 15. Dems in Tampa, Florida. Efforts to locate subject in Tampa during the. period of February 11 through 18, - 1963 negative. ; . On February 15, 1963 SA JACK LOUIS MARSHALL searched the records of Cauley and Martin, . Inc., Miami International Airport, which firm sells travel insurance. A search of these records failed to disclose any evidence of subject's travel during the months of November and - December, 1962, _ ~ gt , ce STN . . La! may a ke ee ee oe eee ae ee \. Docld: 322788016 Page & 72-2 7QlGIR os oO e
TP 92-1 "CALIFORNIA" RIVERO was operating a numbers lottery op- _... eration in Tampa and it was part of subject's organization. :* |.” TP T-8 stated that he did not know who the connection was re between subject and RIVERO but he was certain there would. ==’ be one as there would be no direct passing of money or: papers between subject and RIVERO. On February 21, 1963 TP T-9 advised that the TRAFFICANTE FAMILY is reportedly in complete control of | organized crime in the Tampa area. - _On January 15, 1963 TP T~10 advised that JAMES ° PALMAISANO and ANTHENY RUSSO had urged subject to organize the various gambling activities in the Miami area. The. source stated that the main proponent of the idea was RUSSO but subject disapproved of the idea due to the heat which might result from such an organizations eo .. The above source added that the subject complained over the fact that his numbers operation in Orlando and St. Cloud, Florida had been raided by the Federal government. = «- Source stated that subject had admitted that he had formerly conducted a $100,000 a week numbers lottery operation in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama but following his involvement . with a police officer he had to spend so much defending him- self that he wondered if it was all worth it. The source was unaware of subject's background in Tampa and could. not elaborate upon the trouble to which: subject eluded. - Contacts On January 29, 1963 KENNETH LEON GUTHRIE, 206 East =. Cayuga was interviewed by Special Agents STEPHEN J. LABADIE — and LEIONEL E. BELANGER. GUTHRIE stated that he was an © employee of the General Telephone Company of Florida and that - he had met JAMES LONGO about 5 years ago by accident. He ° stated that since that time that his association with JAMES aa ra Docld: 322788016 Page 93
TP 92-1 LONGO has resulted in that he has been able to obtain odd jobs to do electrical work for various individuals in Tampa " and that this has been of considerable help to him in | maintaining his family. - GUTHRIE stated that one of the persons whom LONGO introduced him to was the subject, who Fi maintains a residence at 2505 Bristol Street, Tampa, Florida. — He stated that subject. has a garage with double doors on it — and these doors are opened by means of electric motors in “ the doors activated by switches on the dashboard of subject's automobile. GUTHRIE explained that the motors on the doors are burned out and that he had been negotiating with subject, but) principally with Mrs. TRAFFICANTE, for several months to oo set a price for such repair work. He "stated that as a matter of fact, shortly after New Years, 1963, he visited subject's oe home at about 7:00 p.m». He stated he had been called there ~ by LONGO. . GUTHRIE stated that when he arrived at the > TRAFFICANTE residence the subject was there as was Mrs. on TRAFFICANEE, LONGO, and a man by the name of LOU, and another individual who may be a relative of subject. He stated this latter individual left soon after he got there. He stated that: on this occasion subject merely said hello to him and watched television while LONGO and Mrs. TRAFFICANTE dis- cussed repairs to the electric motors on the doors of the oR garages He stated he was there about one hour and at the conclusion of his business he visited the Phoenix Bar in Tampa and then proceeded directly home. He stated that he has ordered a new motor for the TRAFFICANTE doors from the - Denton Company in Tampa, Florida and he expected to accomplish repair work on the doors on the following Saturday. . On February 7, 1963 subject was observed to depart his residence in Miami and to. proceed to the residence of ANTONIO RANDAZZO, 8865 Northeast 9th Court, Miami, Florida.. RANDAZZO has been previously identified as a racket. associate . of subject. On February 25, 1963 Detective CLAYTON BRIGGS and Sgt. JACK de la LLANA, Intelligence Unit, Tampa Police De- partment. observed automobiles of the following individuals N Docld: 322788016 Page 10