AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR: FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : a COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32298644 Page 1 DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : . RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Identification Form c Agency Information 124-10222-10420 HQ 92-3267-556 Document Information FBI SAC, LA DIRECTOR, FBI 02/08/1964 3 ( JRO, DESERT INN HOTEL, ASSOC, BUSS VENTURES, - AIRLINE RECORDS, TELEPHONE NUMBER PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 04/18/1998 INDEFINITE 20 Date: 5/1/2015
FD-36 (Rev. 12-13-56) wae a"? : a rd aN, Lf FBI Date: 2/8/64 Transmit the following in (Type in plain text or code) | via AIRTEL ATR MATL ! . (Priority or Method of Mailing) i — eee ee LL LL L TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3267) FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (92-113) (Cc) RE: / JOHN ROSELLI, aka oo i AR . | | | ! | | | l LV 129-PC advised the Las Vegas Office on 1/31/64 that ROSSELLI checked into the Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, late in the day on 1/30/64. Spot checks on numerous occasions during the past week of ROSSELLI's Los Angeles apartment failed. to disclose his car in the garage on any of these occasions, and no information has been received from other sources that ROSSELLI returned to Los Angeles during the past week. | On the afternoon of 2/4/64 Special Agents of the Los Angeles Office observed ROSSELLI's 1963 Ford Thunderbird other two men. JOHN C. HAGERMAN, former FBI ‘4 Sent rw Special Agent in Charge we . fs Q a “ _ ' Docld: 32298644 Page 2? ent and now a security manager for Litton Systems, advised 2/4/64 that RICHARD BARGER ¥ /3-Bureau oo ; | os \lLas Vegas.(Info) © «4 — G2. 4 269- l-Los Angeles . as . 6S A Ax 3 a 4 HFD/djw Ss & — : 6}. 9i7/_ XEROX . » FES 14 1964 ee : | adil - FEB 14 1964 parked in a lot in the 600 block of La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, directly across the street from the Bantam Cock _ Restaurant. Four men came from the Bantam Cock and entered ROSSELLI's car. None of the men was ROSSEELI. The men drove to the 300 block of Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, California, where they parked the car in a lot of Litton Systems and then all four entered the Litton Systems building at 336 Foothill Road. The guard at the parking lot identified two of the four men as RICHARD BARGER and JAMES MANN who are employed in the Real Estate Department of Litton Systems working under JACK COGAN. The guard did not know the identity of the
oa LA 92-113 | was formerly employed by Hughes Aircraft and was recommended to Litton Systems by Claire Peck who is the owner of a large construction company. HAGERMAN said that some of the officials of the Litton company were not too pleased with the hiring of BARGER. HAGERMAN said he "wouldn't trust BARGER | at all. HAGERMAN said that he is not acquainted with JAMES MANN © and knows nothing about him. . He said that JACK COGAN . is a former employee of CIA, and is a “wheeler and a dealer." \ HAGERMAN said that he would conduct inquiries, which he could do readily in line with his employment, to. identify the two men who were with BARGER and MANN and that he would further be able to ascertain the nature of their business dealings with Litton Systems. He added that he could easily | do this without revealing that the FBI was interested in the matter. As of this date HAGERMAN has not advised the Los Angeles office of the results of his inquiries. On 2/3/64 and 2/4/64 JACK WALTERS ;- PCI, advised that MAURICE H. FRIEDMAN, B. FRANK WILLIAMS, J. MENDOZA, Mr. and Mrs. WILSON, and T. W. RICHARDSON came to the Beverly Crest Hotel, Beverly Hills, California on Sunday,; 2/2/64. FRIEDMAN, WILLIAMS and RICHARDSON have interests in the Hotel Last Frontier Corporation, and WILSON and MENDOZA, according to mt WALTERS, are attorneys. WALTERS stated that these people are | involved in negotiations with the Holiday Inns, Tne., concerning the building of a new hotel | in Las Vegas. WALTERS further AeyEy, that FRIEDMAN left for New York City on the evening of 2/3/64 but made no mention as to when he would return. /64 information was obtained from. the Los Angeles Police ON ecartoent. ‘Intelligence Division, Airport Detail, that MORRIE FRIEDMAN and A. MILLER left Los Angeles together on TWA, Flight. No. 2, at 10:30 PM on 2/3/64 for New York City. It is believed that A. MILLER is ARLINE MILLER, a girl friend of FRIEDMAN. oo } wee ee pee ee a a et ‘ Docld: 32298644 Page 3