JFK Assassination System Date: 6/3/2015 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy Assassination Records FBI 124-10353-10169 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : Ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD SERIES: LA ase#:NWU 45945 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: ELSUR 92-113C-269 ee Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 08/23/1963 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : JOHN ROSELLI (ELSUR) DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 11/17/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF EOUSA COMMENTS : Eas ad j vol 1 HW 45945 Docld:32317432 Page 1
~. _ ~) aN JFK Act 6 (4) 8/23/63 AIR MAIL TO: . DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3267) FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (92-113¢) Bp JOHN ROSELLI, aka LA 4396-C# advised that ROSSELLI has been in Los Angeles during the past week residing at his apartment . On 8/22/63, LA 4396-C# advised that ROSSELLI talked to JOE who is no doubt JOSEPH I, BREEN, JR. whe is a elose friend of ROSSELLI and who is presently residing and working in Las Vegas, Nevada. ROSSELLI tells JOE about a movie story and said someone in New York is willing to furnish money to produce the movie. He wanted BREEN to look over the Story and made arrangements to méet BREEN at the Friar's Club in Beverly Hills after three p.m. on 8/22/63. LA 4268-C advised that. on 8/22/63 ROSSELLI arrived at the Friar's Club about 2:45 p.m. and started playing cards with RALPH MARKS. At about 4:00 p.m., JOE BREEN arrived at the elub and he and ROSSELLI sat in a corner by themselves and talked. 4:15 p.m. when informant lett the Friar's Clubs ROSSELLI ond BREEN were Still there. While at the Friar's Club on. (0/22/63, LA 4268-¢ learned that Mr. and Mrs. MAURICE H. FRIEDMAN were in the San Diego area. In this respect, PCI} = _—s—sijadvised on 8/22/63 that FRIEDMAN and his wife had left the day before to attend the races at Del Mar. They planned to return to the Beverly Crest Hotel on 8/25/63. When FRIEDMAN left the hotel on 8/21/63 he left a small address book which the maid turned over to the PCI who in turn made it. available to an Agent of the Los Angeles Office. The address — _y 3-Bureau (AM-RM) per ta eX | SEARCHED ca oLos Angeles # OF SROX mh iS te INDEXED i _Inrviys4 oe - an PF SERIALIZED GZ ! FILED Go | HW 45945 Docld: 323174352 Page 2? _F21|Be-xo9 )
LA 92-1130 pook, which has been photographed and returned to PCT contains names, addresses, and telephone numbers of numerous contacts of FRIEDMAN, . . The Las Vegas Offiee advised that on 7/21/63 the Flight manifest of Flight 133 (Bonanza Airlines) from Reno, Nevada, to Las Vegas, Nevada, carries "Mr. and Mrs. John Rosselli" and "Mr. and Mrs. M. Friedman" as passengers. It 48 recalled that FRIEDMAN and ROSSELLI reportedly left Los Angeles together on 7/18/63 for Cal Neva Lodge on Lake Tahoe. The méans of travel they used is not known, however, additional information may be obtained from Bonanza Airline records in Reno where it was indicated that ROSSELLI and . FRIEDMAN cancelled reservations to San Francisco and Chicago, Tllinois and went toe Las Vegas. ROSSELLI, according to a neighborhood source, has peen driving a 1962 Ford T-Bird. This car is registered to Brand Motors where ROSSELLI bought his 1963 T-Bird. The reason for ROSSELLI using @ Brand Motors car is not presently known. as SEK Law 10(a)2 to appear before a Federal Grand Jury ing into the activities of subpoena for whieh is inquir (This is an investigation). 1268-C has advised that Someone from the Beverly Hills Police Department suggested te the Friar's Club that they cut down on some of the larger gambling games at the club during the current inquiries. E, STEPHEN D'ARTOIS, Sales Manager, Doheny Plaza Apartments, where ROSSELLI has a reservation to purchase an apartment advised on 8/22/63 that he has heard nothing further on this from either ROSSELLI or MAURICE FRIEDMAN. «LA 4268-€ had advised that ROSSELLI was at the Friar’s Club néarly every day during the past week. - AUSA_4 HERIDAN is eonsidering issuing a. LOuUSA REVIEWED BY PRHJEK TASx FoRDS 0% GAR Baba y RECEASE ty FUL ao a HW 45945 Docld: 323174352 Page 3