Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC ZIUT Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 . JFK Assassination System Date: 5/1/2015 Identification Form ’ Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10277-10181 . RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  92-3267-600 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,LA TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 07/03/1964 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : JRO, ASSOC, B/F INT, OC DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION :. Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 04/20/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : rr rrr i v9.1 DoclId: 32300846 Page 1
PReleased under~the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey= DALE athe 1dzhQa? : fev Ly Bo - a ! 4 | | { | | { \ { Date: 7/3/64 Transmit the following im —~W—______ ee . | (Type in plain text or code) Via AIRTEL | AIR MAIL - REGISTERED | | (Priority) | ; oe ee ee boi | TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3267) | | FROM: SAC, (pos ANGELES (92-113-C) | 4 RE: JOHN’ ROSELLI, aka | AR The following information was received during the past week from LA 4268-C: ROSSELLI was at the Friars Club, Beverly Hills, California, on the afternoon of June 26, 1964, and was observed by informant conversing with MAURICE H. FRIEDMAN, who was playing cards with TONY MARTIN, the entertainer. ROSSELLI left the club alone at about 4:45 p.m. ROSSELLI was not at the club on the afternoon of 6/29/64, however, MAURICE FRIEDMAN was there and in a tele- af phone conversation with an unknown individual, FRIEDMAN wot stated that he would be "in town" for six weeks. f _ 1 rae ra . (ee ROSSELLI was at the club on 6/30/64 and 7/1/64. Va ae On 6/30/64 he did. not arrive until about 4:30 p.m. and merely walked around and watched others playing cards. On 7/L/éht he was observed playing cards with a man named ELI FINEBERG, who is allegedly from Boston, Maggachugetts. On 6/30/64 SHARON SHERMAN, switchboard operator at the Glen Towers Apartment where ROSSELLI resides, advised that ROSSELLI has been residing at the apartment, and the red-haired girl friend is generally living at the apartment whenever ROSSELLI is there. She stated that this red-haired girl refers to herself as Mrs. ROSSELLI when she calls the apartment office for service. She stated that JULES ROTH frequently calls for ROSSELLI via telephone and invariably iLas Vegas (92-467) (Into) hee 12h f -S LG/ OOF l-Los Angeles QD HFD/dhw gt cones Veronese eaxsomet af (5 ) nes ea p r-V vo me, Of a - ry C. a =e ALS Bip POR {yo Approved. amt) sca a Sent __ eM Per __ 7 JUL 14 1Segy toot 1 Chatse we wee ee we ee te eee oO Ae ae DoclId: 32300846 Page 2?
Released under the Joi F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-3017 ; ~ LA 92-113-C af ROTH cannot reach ROSSELLI, he will ask to be switched to the apartment of IRVING J. LEFF (part owner of . the Hotel Last FrontierCCorporation). Examination of the "Emanuel Rothman, Trustee Account" at the Union Bank, which account has been used in the past by ROSSELLI's accountant, EMANUEL ROTHMAN, to handle funds for ROSSELLI, reflected that during the month of June, 1964, one deposit of $1,000 was made to the account. On 6/1/64 a check for $615 was drawn payable to Glen Tower Apartment. On 6/4/64 a check for $2,500 was drawn payable to Hayden-Stone, Inc. (stockbrokers). - On June 15, 1964, a check for $1,000 payable to JOHN ROSSELLI was deposited to ROSSELLI's account at the Fidelity Bank, Beverly Hills, California. 7 Information has been previously set out that | in March, 1964, ROSSELLI deposited to the above account a check for $5000 drawn on the account of INES CHAPMAN of . Beverly Hills, California, and that the check bore a notation that it was for "2000 Pacific Vitamin." On 7/2/64 information was obtained from Pacific Vitamins, Inc., North Hollywood, California, that the stock records of this company for September, 1963, reflect that : "JOHN ROSELLI," 1251 North Crescent Heights Boulevard, Los | Angeles, was then the owner of 2000 shares of stock in the company. Mr. DAVID VICKTER, the owner of the company, stated that the City National Bank, Beverly Hills, California, act as transfer agents for this stock and would have a record of any sale of this stock by ROSSELLI and the name of the purchaser. VICKTER said that he did not know that ROSSELLI ownea? the 2000 shares. He said that he knows ROSSELLI through association at the Friars Club, but is not closely acquainted with him. He said he has had no business ventures with ROSSELLI and added that he does not know where ROSSELLI gets his money as he apparently does not have any employment. “ He then added that ROSSELLI must have some interests in Las Vegas, but he, VICKTER, has no knowledge of what these interests might be. . | On 7/1/64 LA 4448-C-TE advised that about .a week ago JOHN ROSSELLI "gave" a birthday party at La Rue Restaurant -2. ee ae a oe Cl DoclId: 32300846 Page 3