RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : - FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 . Doclda: 32334036 Page 1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90110-10031 HQ CR 92-3107-108 Document Information FBI NK HQ 03/16/1959 35 JOSEPH ARTHUR ZICARELLI JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 08/06/1998 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF ATF RPT Date: 6/2/2015
SPT Nee aad NK 92-388 PRT eens CONF ENTIAL Five copies of this report are furnished to the Bureau. The additional three copies are for the information of the Legats at Havana (92-23), London (64-483), and Mexico City (92- Ds view of their possible interest in the case. \ fana since ther investigation may be requested of them U More® than 30 days appear. in the investigative period although the. last report was. dated 2/5/59. Due to the length of the previous report, correspondence from numerous offices, and administrative details, there is an overlapping of investi- gative. reporting from the. last report to the present. report. Newark desires from the Bureau any information received, by liaison with other Government intelligence agencies ,. concerning Mexican General FEDERICO AMAYA RODRIGUEZ, former. - head of the Federal District Traffic Department, or RAUL. CABALLERO ABURTO, Mexican Governor of the State of Guerrero.. ewark Division is especially interested in any overtures y these men, concerning Mexican gambling franchise or supplying, of war-type materials, to American citizens. » On’ ‘page 3 of instant report, the information concerning | the subject's interest in securing American-type guns was ‘secured by ATTD. through LEONARD JULIUS RICCI, FBI. #2055711, whom ATTD is: déveloping as an informant. It has been previously. reported* ‘that ATTD is planning an undercover operation for the purpose. of. obtaining evidence for the. arrest and subsequent. trial of JOSEPH | GIARUSSO and SAM GIARUSSO, along with others. It should: ‘pe noted the above information was acquired by ATTD agents from RICCI on a confidential basis. _ATTD is presently attempting to ‘develop RICCI as an. informant and, therefore, © requested none of the above information be disseminated outside the Bureau, ~ -/** Per the information of offices not previously receiving a communication in this case, it is noted that. ZICARELLI is a top hoodlum of the Newark Office and a former. close associate of CARMINE GALANTE, New York top hoodlum.:° . GALANTE at present is a fugitive from the Bureau of Narcotics. The subject. and GALANTE were former.operators of the Abco. Vending Machine Company, which is alleged to have a "direct. ain PR TASE Headquarters. ‘GICARELLI, commonly. known as S B 1 le ay dey gover Page ios Rel ELEASE | i PULL } Docld:32334035 Page 2
(> NK 92-388 CONFRENTIAL en oor “Bayonne Joe," is reportedly/t head man in the numbers, lottery, and gambling operations in Hudson County, New Jersey, with headquarters in Bayonne, New Jersey. ZICARELLI -has also been active in purchasing guns. for a Cuban revolution, gambling activity in Mexico, kickback contracts in Venezuela, possible assassination of a Venezuelan. olitical leader, and a possible link in the disappearance. .of JESUS. DE GALINDEZ-SUAREZ. Another Government agency has furnished information that ZICARELLI has been authorized to purchase $1,000,000 of rockets and machine guns for the Dominican ap ata . The Agents. observing the subject on 2/4/59 (instant report, page 2) were ‘SAs- LINCOLN J, STOKES and CHARLES L. WERELEY. INFORMANTS The. informants utilized in this report are identified as follows; T-1 Detective Lieutenant WILLIAM KENNEY, West New York, New Jersey Police Department # T-2 Detective JOHN WALKER, Bayonne, New Jersey. Police. : . Department va “NK .T-3 . LEONARD RICCIO, National Board of Fire Underwriters, - De Fort Lee, New Jersey T-4 OSE CZUKERBERG, information furnished at Legat, . | [ _plexico City , A T-5 . NY 31-C T-6 NK 2125-c_ - NK T-7 New York records of Dun and Bradstreet | NK T-8 MM 656-C | All of the above informants have furnished reliable information in the past and/or are in a position to furnish e CONFIDITIAL SEQRT™. Cover Page 4d | Docld: 32334038 Page 3