v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : 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 : Docld: 32317795 Page 1 __ JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10354-10123 NY ELSUR 92-846-238 Document Information FBI TP HQ 02/08/1963 15 MULTI SUBJECT: SGI, LST, JRO, CM PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 09/14/1998 INDEFINITE Date: 5/5/2015
‘TP 92-1 LEADS: NEY YORK DIVISION at NEW YORK Cir. NEW YORE : Will éontact: PCI BOBBY EDWARDS. and ‘endeavor to obtain further. information relative to his allegation that ‘TRAFFICANTE was in New. York City: and whom he states he met ‘in the company of JOSEPH STASSI. "last week", - noting he advised this on. 11/28/62, and endeavor to establish | . where subject. Stayed while in New York. oe 4 Will report results of interview with ENRIQUE GARCIA, 80-45 Eew Garden Road, Richmond Hill, New York, inasmuch as— Miami Office advised ‘New. York by | letter dated 1/18/63. that such | interview would not. compromise source of information. ‘Will contact other informants who ‘may be ina ~ position. to. know of subjéct' 8 being. ‘in: New York City just “prior to 11/28/62 for any and all information concerning such | visit: of subject. ‘MEAMI DIVISION AT MIAMI, FLORIDA Will continue intensification of subject's activities and residence, further: establishing highly confidential Bureau coverage, establishing. trash coverage as well as mail cover. Will note that no further information has been developed ‘concerning subject's: visit to Brazil but that LOUIS P. BRADY, subject of a- separate. file in the. Miami, Office, had in his possession, when he was arrested. on 1/4/63 by ‘the Tampa PD, a copy of a motel bill. number . 20964 from the Aloha Motel, 7500 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Fla., showing that probably. BRADY as LUIZ. PAULINO. BAILEY giving the address of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, had apparently oo stayed at. such motel April and May of 1962 and an appropriate. investigation of this matter may establish that BRADY: and so subject went together to. Brazil, further noting ‘that BRADY also had in his possession a. slip of paper ancerning gambling equipment, noting it was probably to be shipped via. B COVER. PAGE Doclda: 32317795 Page 2?
TP 92-1 "Wappen | ‘You ‘Hambarg’ and on the right top of the note was” "check. with: FBI". ; “wali jmaintaia: ‘contact with CIs in> a -poattieH | tO know and” report” of. subject's constant. activities while dn , ‘Miami, further | noting that a PCI'of the New York Office” —" ‘reported: subject was. in’ New York. City probably a week ‘before - 11/28/62 and will, therefore, endeavor to establish coverage _ of Miami. International Airport for. any ‘flights subject ° may take. — ps a DIVISION. AT. COCOA. BEACH. FLORIDA . ‘Will maintain ‘contact. with TP..94-C_ regarding | all possible. contacts. he may. establish with the ‘subject, noting that should this source meet. with subject,. highly confidential | Bureau. coverage’ should be established; Lt ais’ noted. that a source at Miami has: reported. that subject may be interested in some. land deals with JOSEPH INDELICATO (JOE: SCOOTCH) . It should be noted. that if any individuals meeting with the subject at ‘Cogoa ‘Beach has been: reported ‘by. | EP. G4m0€,. “highly confidential Bureau coverage. should be established, , Af TAMPA, FLORIDA Will report ‘results of investigation by. Legat,- ; ‘Rio de. Janeiro,” concerning | subject's alleged travel there. Will report results of investigation. Legat, Mexico: ‘City, . conerning investigation being conducted at Guatemala Citys Guatemala. ' Will expand highly confidential Bureau coverage | - On subject's associates and maintain. contact with ‘sources ~ of information as wéll as’CIs- concerning subject's: activities when in ‘the Tampa area. ADMINISTRATIVE: C | COVER PAGE | Docld: 32317795 Page 3
‘Qne. copy ‘of ‘this report is. furnished the. Atlanta and’ Houston’ Offices. inasmuch as such ‘offices. have been — ‘requested by” leads: previous ly. set forth to interview _ subseribers to. telephones ‘called in their division. . “Information set. forth on ¥D-302s concerning . investigation at Atlanta, Ga., ‘was obtained from Mrs. _ ‘MARIE TIETZ, Secretary, Security Division, . Ss. -B.T and: Te. Company, 805 Peachtree Street: N. Bey Atlanta.’ Information ‘from the records of General ‘Telephone Company of. Florida as set forth on FD-302 by: IC. HENRY E.. MC . INTORFF was ‘furnished by Mr, > WILLIAM: CARR, . Commercial Manager, General ‘Telephone. ‘Company of © Florida . ENFORMANTS: , TP_T-1 is PCI BOBBY EDWARDS, New York Office. ‘TP T-2 is NK 2145-C. TP. 7-3 ais JERRY. GREITZER, former. NYC PCI, now Wall Kill Prison inmate No. 7739. TP T-4 is Pcl SAM. SPITZER, NYC. [TP T-5 is MM 845-C# as reported in Miami letter to - Boston. 1/3/63 in case entitled "CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE, PROGRAM, . MIAME. DIVISION; AR". TP: T-6 is TP 94—-C as. reported in) Tampa letter ‘to . Miami dated. 1/14/63 in case entitled. CRIMINAL, INTELLIGENCE,  .. PROGRAM, TAMPA DIVISION; AR". : TP T.7) is. ‘PETER GIAMPAPA, Miami, « Aewiiee of the 1961: Falcon). a os TP T-8 is MM 829-PC. TP T-9. is DOMINICK LA ROCA, rer, ‘Tampa. TP. ‘T=10 is TP 50- C. ‘TP T-11 is TP 80-Ct, Ex COVER . PAGE Docld: 32317795 Page 4
ao wna? . Fersue wna, Seed UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION L : Copy to: Report of: SA STEPHEN J, LABADIE Offices TAMPA Der | ve . we fae Dawe FEB 8 1963 | - Field Office File a: = ‘TP 92-1 Bureau File #1. 92-2781 Tite : SANTO ‘TRAFFICANTE, oR, a Characters ANTI-RACKETEERING Synopsis: Subject was reported by a source ‘to have been in New York City a .week. prior to 11/28/62 ‘in the company of JOE. STASSI at the Stage Delicatessen and whom source gathered was’ a. big man in Florida gambling. Confidential sources at Miami, Florida, indicate subject may be an arbiter between numerous. Italian: ‘figures in the Florida area and may be | considered on an equal rank: with RAYMOND | | PATRIARCA, Providence, Rhode Island. Confidential sources indicate subject respected by. racket figures in the Miami area where apparently subject has a: right _.- hand man of STEFANO. ANTHONY. RANDAZZO. . _ Source returned from Miami to. Pampa, Florida, : 1/2/63 when observed at his. ‘Tampa residence vs, in company of LOUIS P. BRADY, JAMES C, LONGO _ and previously reported unidentified individual KENNETH LEON GUTHRIE, identified as an installer, -General ‘Telephone Company of ‘Florida, Tampa; Florida. Subject not reported: in. Tampa. after _ the above date but again returned. Saturday, 1/19/63, and in attendance at a -wedding . and reception held on same date and source ‘indicated subject after such attendance -at wedding returned to Miami, Florida. Subject last reported as observed. at Fountainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach, . Florida, 1/31/63. Nothing of significance developed concerning check of telephone — ‘subscribers. SUBJECT SHOULD BE CORBIDERED ARYED AND TANGEROUS 3 SEXY ; Pa af > ° ' This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions ‘OE ‘the FBI It ‘1s the ‘property ‘of the FBI and is loaned to” your agency; it and {ts contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. | Docld: 32317795 Page 5
TP 92-1 DETATLS: te 3 PERS: SORAL HISTORY AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION ; ‘ ‘Subject: continues to ‘réside at 523° NE. “Tst Strect, Miami, Florida, and during the period’ Of” ‘this - pepert | visited Tampa, Florida, | for the wedding, on January 19, 1963, of his nephew, JOSE SANTO TRAFFICANTE, to JERRY VALENTI, JOSE being the son of ‘subject's oldest bxother , | FRANK: CACCLATORE TRAFFICANTE of 705 W.. Alfred, Tampa, Florida. ‘Subject has been observed at his. Miami residence since above. a, _SUBJECT’S ACTIVITIES . A. Subject reported in New York City. On November 28, 1962, “TP Tel advised SA DONALD Ee. JONES that he gees JOE ROGERS , true name JOSEPH STASSI, o a daily basis when ROGERS. is dn. New York. City. |He stated. he was with ROGERS last week at the Stage Delicatessen, 54th Street ‘and 7th Avenue and ROGERS. introduced him to SANTO TRAFF ICANTE.. . Source stated ‘that TRAFFICANTE. was with three other: man and he got ‘the ‘impression. from — ROGERS that TRAFFICANTE is a "very big man" in gambling in Florida. ,  _£P T-2 advised in June, . 1960, .that the STASSI brothers, JOE, TONY and JIM, run one of the biggest crap games in New. York City and formerly operated. a gambling casino in Havana, Cuba. . TP. T-3 advised SA. JACK. Hy LUPTON on. December: 18, 1962, after being recontacted in the State of New York | relative to information this same source previously reported concerning going to Key West, Florida. ‘and being in Tampa, Florida ,- source stated that he had been. thinking about — “subject: matter since he was last contacted and the. name of the individual who. gave. him a. package in Florida is. TONY | DIAZ. It was source's recollection that this individual ; was from Tampa,: Florida, and he could recall nothing | _ further’ relative to the matter. - 2.- Docld: 32317795 Page 6
TP 92—1 . “On january 31, 1962, subject was“observed” ‘ haviiig lunéh alone in the coffee shop of the Fountainbleau “Aigitel on Miami Beach. a | : . On January 30, 1963, Mrs, IRELAND-SMITHY ALFONSO, 4001 N.W. 18th Place, Miami, telephone FR 4-2906..advised : SA JACK L. MARSHALL that she did not know anyone named. SIDNEY HOROWITZ, aka., Sidney Howard nor SANTO TRAFFICANTE. a Mr. RALPH ALFONSO, her husband, advised on the | same date that he was from Tampa, Florida, went to school with the subject but hag not seen nor heard nor been © ‘in touch with him for many years. Mr. ALFONSO said. he | does not know HOROWITZ and the only persons he contacts in Tampa are members of his family. oo : On January 24,1963, TP T-8 advised that he has _ Known the subject for a number of years andthat the subject fias been a client on several occasions. Source said subject ‘had been in his office a few weeks prior to this interview | put declined to discuss any specific matters relative — ‘to the subject. inasmuch as he was a client. Source made — the comment that subject.has a very unusual. personality and appears to have considerable influence but is the > type of person that “one can never feel close to". D. At Tampa, Florida. As previously reported, Sgt. JACK DE LA LLANA, Intelligence Unit, Tampa Police Department, advised - that relative to the 1956 Cadillac. that appeared at 2505 Bristol Avenue on the evening. of January 2, 1963, he | had subsequently ascertained through auto tag registrations on tle vehicle which had born 1962 Florida license. : 3W-51546 that such was transferred on June 8,.°1962 to KENNETH GUTHRIE, 4008 Taliaferro, Tampa. He said this vehicle had. peen followed by he ani Officer CLAYTON BRIGGS to the residence of 206 W. Cayuga, Tampa, which was the residence of KENNETH LEON GUTHRIE, who is employed as an installer for the General Telephone Company of Florida. - ‘Since subject was last reported on the night of co . am 7 os d Docld: 32317795 Page 7 To ena