Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. | DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System _ Date: 5/20/20] Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10226-10156 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-3RD NR 2637 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, SF TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: - DATE: 04/15/1969 “PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : LCN, MEMBERS, CLUB MEETING, CONCORD, CA, AFFIDAVIT, POSSIBLE MEETING, CERRITO, JOSEPH DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : = . ————————$LL@we v9.1 6 Docld: 32299876 Page 1
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FReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 HoyEF- DATE: 11-14-2017 © | a ° i La geen ene en { a ; a — Co a “SF 2550-C-TE furnished the following information to SA RUDOLPH. H, MANCINI on 4/10/69: - On 4/9/69 he took his wife to his cousin's ‘home in, Concord, Cal- ifornia, to attend a club meeting during which time he had a short con- -versation with ROSE CAMARATA, wife of ALEX CAMARATA, who also attended the meeting. ROSE said that her mother, JENNIE MISURACA, had arrived . from Florida and that she had brought some "letters" from "DADDY JOHN" (JOHN MISURACA.) one of which wes for the informant. She said that ALEX, who also received one of the "letters", was supposed to contact informant to give it to him: however, he wants nothing to do with the "letters" and refuses to’ even talk about them, ROSE explained that when ALEX re- fused to handle the letters, she took them.to ANGIE. GREEN, the daughter of JOHN and JENNIE MISURACA, in Modesto, California, and that MANNY FIGLIA _now has the informant's letter, oe bo : a Informant attempted to ascertain. from ROSE CAMARATA what was containe intne "letters" and why ALEX wes so upset about tnem; however, due to the pos _ circumstances he had to depart and he was unable to obtain additional infor mation. Informant added that he would contact MANNY FIGLIA in regards to [~~ the so called "letter" for him from JOHN MISURACA, oe SF 2550-C-TE furnished: the following information to SA RUDOLPH H. MaNornt on L/14/69: ae ° oO | On. 4./13/69 he contacted MANNY FIGLIA at San Jose, California. After a few minutes of idle conversation, he said that ROSE CAMARATA had advised | him JOHN MISURACA had sent him a "letter" or "message" which he (FIGLIA ) now has, FIGLIA then took an envelope from his pocket, handed it to the informant and said, "Here it is. I.think it is something your “S&pposed to, sign", Informant noted the envelope to havei.been:dpened end to cétain tne name of JOHN J. ARDIZZONE, Attorney at Law, 870 North First Street, | Say Jose, California, in the upper eft hand.corner. He removed the con= tents noting it to be three copies of an Affidavit with a place for his Signature and a notary seal at the bottom. He began to reed ‘the document | at which time he heard MANNY say, a8 if he were talking to himself, "I did not went JOE to do this. It's only more trouble", _ After informant completed reading the affadavit, he foldei@ it up, placed it into his pocket with the envelope and said, "I'll teke itiwihth me and look it over again", MANNY immediately replied, "Sure, thats OK, take DR | with you" and msde fo suggestion that the informant sign the document at that time. Informant asked FIGLIA if the affadavit was sent to him by JOHN MISURACA. and he rather evaded the guestion by saying, "H, knows all | about it", At this time, informant was of the opinion that JOHN MISURACA aporoved of him signing the document, FIGLIA then related that he had en important message for informant to relay to ALEX CAMAR ATA, wig. would in turn pass the information on to his father-in-law, JOHN MISURACA, FIGLIA cautioned informant not to call ALEX | . . ‘ Pots ie fo § i. i t coger i re re eter cere nee nee enema em ene meena ee Docld: 32299876 Page 3
“Released under the John F.. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hd® DATE: 11-14-2017 aU oo ; —_ . i “ . n . , - \ . . : a oa 8 i Co ( bo CAMARATA put to contact nim personally "right awey". FIGLIA said infor- ' mant should tell ALEX to tell JOHN..MISURACA that if he is ever questioned I in the future by anyone regarding JOHN ARDIZZONE , he should not say that ARDIZZONE is not known to him because ARDIZZONE feels that someone took his| picture as ne was leaving JOHN MISURACA!s residence, i i i | Informant did not question FIGL TA as to when the above incident might have occurred; however, he surmised that it was in the recent past during which time ARDIZZONE took copies of the affadavits back to JOHN Mi SURACA for his approval and, perhaps, to induce him to,sign one. | aN : On h/14/69. informant visited the CAMARATA residence in. Martinez, Cal- ifornia, at which time ALFX CAMARATA, ROSE CAMARATA, JENNIE MISURACA and ANGIE GREEN, were present, As they were all seated around a .table in conversation, ROSE CAMARATA asked informant if he had contacted MANNY FIG~ jf LIA. Informant said he had and withdrew the envelope containing the three affadavits from his pocket. He abtgmptes to hand the affedavits to ALEX stating, "Did you get one like this" ALEX immedietely threw up his hands. 4 " I don't even want to look at-it or "bo have anything to do wth it. I heve, already talked to MANNY. about it", Informant then said, "Well, DADDY JOHN wants us to sign, dosen'ttzhe", ALEX, ROSE, JENNIE and ANGIE all replied together that this was not so, that JOHN MISUR RACA does not want — the documents to be signed or to have anything to do with theme - Informant was somewhat surprised at this because, although FIGLIA ° ‘ata, not make any ‘statements in tuis regard, he had assumed from FIGLIA - that - the signing ‘of the affadavit had JON MISURACA! s approval. ; e “Informant then related to AIEX and others present that FIGLIA wanted ‘ ALEX to relay a messace from FIGLIA about JOHN ARDIZZONE. Informant re- | ‘lated his conversation with FIGLIA stating that ALEX should immediately 3 communicate with JOHN MISURACA to warn him not to deny knowing JOHN ARDIZZ-' ONE if-he is ever questioned as ARDIZZONE told FIGLIA that he believes he ree DID a was photograshed leaving his residence in Florida. Informant said that ' JSENNDE MISURACA, wife of JOHN HISUR RACA, then said, “How can he say he doesnt know him, he was just shere" Informant advised that this comment . confirmed that. JOHN ARDIZZONE apparently had made a recent trip to Tara, | : ' Florida, to visit JOHN MISURACA, Se oe Inforriant. made “available a copy of the Affadavit furnished to him by- MANNY FIGLIA previously referred to which states, in part, thet he had been| contacted by two individuals, one of whom identified himself as an agent of the Federal Bureau. of Investigation, et which time an offer was made to him to “testify against JOE CERRITO" in exchance for $10,000, He is quite certain that ALEX CAMARATA also received a similar document but he hs had. no opportunity to observe the wording tiat it might have contained, He is not certain but. he believes. that ANGELO GIAMMONA of Modesto, California, might have also received suth a document for signing inasmuch as ROSE orig-: inally took the affadavit or affadavits to ANGIE GREEN in Modesto for del- _. Livery to FIGLIA, possibly by ANGELO GIAMMONA, when ALEX refused to have any _ thing to do with the matters . a! peepee Nn stn 4 emanate mae tenteine eas senemiinseeee neneinienincnwenwerneine cancer steed ranppentnr aii rat [ po SRS Docld: 32299876 Page 4
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hof _ DATE: 11-14-2017 “. i _— : . ., m Informant advised: that he still plans not to sign the affadavit under any circumstences, Now that he has learned that JOHN MISURACA does not approve of signing the document, and ALEX CAMARATA wants noth- : ro > ing to’do with it, he feels he is in a good position to also refuse to | pot sign it. He said he will, of course, have to contact FIGLIA regarding Ss -Signing the document in the near future. He said that instead of re~. fusing to sign the affadavit outright to FIGLIA, he.will strongly point. - out to FIGLIA that he(FIGLIA) left him with the impression that JOHN ' MISURACA had approved signing the affadadavit; however, he obtained a |. different impression from ALEX CAMARATA and others. Informant said he _ will tell FIGLIA that he wants to do everything possible to help "JOE" _.,. but he wants PIGLIA to arrange a personal contact with JOE CERRITO so’ “; . he may obtain CERRITO's personal assurance that he want's informant to |. sign the affadavit. Informant advised that he is certain that FIGLIA | will not arrange a personal contact for informant and CERRITO as CERRITO. apparently is not agreeing to any contact with other LCN. membe is at this aoe “Informant advised, ‘of course, “that. at no time has: he been contacted “by anyone who offered him $10,000 to "testify against JOE CERRITO", ‘Inf-! ormant added that. ‘the above : affadavit appears” to be an | abeempe: by CERRTTO to. use ime ee je PL ; Leentencenmes tne nt pate nents ene i epi emg eminent Docld: 32299876 Page 5