Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 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 : v9.1 Docld: 32305566 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19929 (44 Use Dio7 Wote; JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10288-10196 HQ 92-3267-674, 675 Document Information FBI LEG, RO DIRECTOR, FBI 05/21/1965 7 JRO, DUAL IDENTITY, ASSOC, SHOOTING INCIDENT, CRIMINAL ACT PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4. Redact 04/17/1998 INDEFINITE INC 2 A/T, LHM Date: 5/1/2015
Released umier “the wenn F- Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (47 UST 7L07 Hote; AFE: 11-14-7017 ; ; ° wee oe o Tye & . + 0° ; C) Aixtel to Rome ‘Re: John Rogelia identity. Also, théy should be requested to furnish in ae much detail as possible a chronological history. of Roselli's activities as they know them from the time he left Boston until they sensed 1 having contact with hin. 4ga8~C-1R, Tancréedl Tortora ‘and | - the time they were young mon un a1 ‘they ‘S60 ted in t ate 1920's or early 1930's. Wanereda was in. the Los Angeles area in the 1920's as was his ‘brother, Parigi, who at one time operated some: type of bay or liquor store in San Pedro, California. He reportedly sold this, rai, store to an Ting. 8. for named mee DiMartine. ‘Dillartino “that ‘Rosella sends money “each year: ‘to ‘his ae nN. I is requested that the Legat, Rome, not information te the Tortora brothers during the — . 5 “This information came only from LA 4448=CoTE and . wy ‘probable that very few other people know. about hevefore, the ‘revealing of this information would pardize the security. of LA 4448-C-TE, The fact ends money to his mother. is not a. matter pertinent > Of information currently being sought concerning | , nor 36 it a matter concerning whieh ‘the Tertorss | are likely: ‘to: have any. knowledge, : . in arranging the interviews of Tancredi, ‘and parigi | ? 4 you shold, if possible, arrange with your contacts at | the U. S. Nat Base, Naples, Italy, to have Lieutenant Carmine * \ Gortera visit Naples vathex than just. wait tor an | “ordinary course: of business" call on. his part. . oO Information copies being sent to Boston, Chicago, — Los Angeles and Las Vegas inasmuch. as _Anvastigation il being conducted | by those offices. . Docld: 32305566 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act ot 1997 (4d Nl “21 f Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 7 FD-36 (Rev. $-22-64) Cc. . on FBI- ; Date: 5/24/65 I ! | | | | | | | \ | t | Transmit the following in : (Type in plaintext or code) I Via AIRTEL AIR MATL ~- REGISTERED MAIL . | (Priority) | TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3267) FROM: SAC, LOS ANGELES (92-113 G) RE: JOHN ROSELLI, aka AR Re Bureau airtel to Legat Rome dated 5/10/65. There are attached hereto six copies of a letterhead memorandum containing additional information concerning TANCREDI and PARIGI TORTORA, which may be of assistance to Legat. Rome in the interviews of these men. : TANCREDI TORTORA should be interviewed concerning the shooting of ANTONIO CHARLANDO in Chicago, Illinois in 1g2e and the. identities of the five men arrested immediately after the shooting should be ascertained. It is probable that one of these men was TANCREDI TORTORA and it is possible that. one of them was JOHN ROSSELLI. If, in fact, one of the — men was ROSSELLI, this could be the reason he has so carefully guarded his identity. TANCREDI TORTORA should also be specifically. interviewed concerning his arrest in Chicago in April, 1922 on a narcotics charge and the identities of pts the two other men.arrested at the same time should be —_ established. Coed , 2 ~" Both TANCREDI and PARIGI TORTORA should be requested to furnish the names of as many persons as they can who. are’ . aware of ROSSELLI's dual identity. Also, they should be ~ ., requested to furnish in as much detail as possible a _ ar Za 4, 5 al 1 | G2- 3267 3 - Bureau (AM-RM)(ENCL.6)_ 2 - Los Angeles Sie | Z tl ENG A G2. Wick | AV i | 7 a “i . 7 ~ - | ; ; a en. ‘ bpd | PAD Cres, Reng : Approved: Ads Lo YD Per Special Agent hn Docld:32305566 Page 3
Released under the John fF. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44° UsCt 2107 Notes DATE: 11-14-2017 : : 3 6 ° on Pe . | ~ f LA 9e-113.G chronological history pam) ROSSELLI's activities as they know them from the time he left Boston until they ceased having contact with him. . . According to LA 4448-C-TE, TANCREDI TORTORA and ROSSELLI were close friends from the time they were young men until they separated in the late 1920's or early 1930's. TANCREDI was in the Los Angeles area in the 1920's as was his brother, PARIGI, who at one time operated some type of bar or liquor store in San Pedro, California. He ‘reportedly sold this liquor store to an individual named PASQUALE DI MARTINO. DI MARTINO was illegally in ‘the U. S. fora number of years and was deported prior to World War II and . Was permitted to return to the U. S. after the war. Referenced Bureau airtel contains information on. Page 2, Paragraph 1, that ROSSELLI sends money each year to his mother in Boston. It is. requested that the Bureau... advise the Legat Rome that this information should not be ; revealed to the TORTORA brothers during the interviews.. This information came only from LA H448-c-TE and it is very probable that very few other people know about this. Therefore, the revealing of this information would definitely jeopardize the security of LA 4448-c-TR, The fact that ROSSELLI sends money to his mother is not a matter pertinent to the type of information currently being sought concerning ROSSELLI nor is it a matter concerning which the TORTORAs are likely to have any knowledge. Docld: 32305566 Page 4