Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of T9927 (47 USt 2107 Hotter DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/8/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: —124-90056-10012 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 183-737-3 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: HQ TO: DOJ/CRIM / TITLE: DATE: 06/14/1976 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : SALVATORE AMARENA SAMMY PAXTON DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact,. DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO v9.1 : 7 Docld: 32326705 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Us 2107 Hofer. ‘ DATE: 11-14-2017 f a 1 Assistant Attorney General . Criminal ate . June 14, 1976 kC , ‘Director, "Bey iy f 4 jo eM AT A Mr Theisen | SALVATORE AMARENA _ y | AND OTHERS | an | RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND | | CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS | . Our San Francisco office advises that a confidential source is furnishing them information regarding the current criminal activities of Salvatore Amarena, Aladena "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno, and other individuals. Amarena and the others are all notorious West Coast organized crime figures and allegedly they are involved in Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property, Extortionate Credit Transactions, and Hobbs Act violations. This confidential source is present when these individuals have conversations regarding their criminal activities. The conversations occur at Amarena’s place of business in San Francisco and also the confidential source's apartment. The confidential source has advised that she is willing-to fo cooperate and will testify in this matter. The confidential sourte is also | agreeable to the installation of a:microphone in her apartment to: record her conversations between Amarena, Fratianno, and others. = _ . poke _ Strike Force Attorney John Emerson advised that he feels the . “ confidential source's conversations with these individugis shdiild be recorded "Sep A i and he feels no entrapment is involved. = Adm. Serv. Your authority is requested for our San Francisco office to install Ew. Afeis_— @ Microphone in the apartment of this confidential source in San Francisco, Fin. & Pers. __. Geni... California, for a period of $0 days based on the consent furnished by the Ident confidential source. eee inspection —— See Note Pag e 2 : APPROVED: ‘ Ext, Affairs........ Laboratory... i as 7d Lend ro a Intell. Laboratory Assoc.. Dire... cane. Fin. & Pers... _ Legal Coun. Legal Coun a. Dep."AD Adm. asanennen Gen. Plan. & Eval. rps ar et oO Dep. AD in 7M Ident vase Rec. Mgnt. MA week hie Asst. Dir.: Inspection, , Spec. Inv., Plan. & Eyal... Rec. Me nanmiroewenn BA ee) Adm. Serv esnnannapent faa > eae aureane raining, rs —. 5 FePN z, 4 Bec unit (_] hee A & “ of | / r¢ / 7£ noe oo. f / Docld: 32326705 Page 2?
eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o ; ey. DATE: 11-14-2017 oO S . . Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division NOTE: On 6/10/76, San Francisco requested emergency ‘authority for use on 6/10/76 in this matter. After conferring with Robert F. Peterson, Legal.Counsel Division, San Francisco was denied authority to use the consensual monitoring without Departmental approval on an emergency basis. Mr. Peterson, after reviewing pertinent Departnient of Justice instructions in regard to the granting of emergency authority, stated the - _ facts presented by San Francisco did not warrant the granting of emergency authority. San Francisco is requesting approval for consensual monitoring in the confidential source's apartment. This confidential source is a female. San Francisco will be advised if this request is approved that they are not to monitor listening or recording devices that would overhear or record any intimacies that would conceivably arise between Amarena, Fratianno, or others and the confidential source, Docld: 32326705 Page 3