JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10205-10242 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-2781-1262 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI 5 FROM: AMBLER, JOHN A. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 02/16/1968 PAGES: 48 SUBJECTS : LST, BKG INVEST, ASSOC, REL, TRA, WHEREABOUTS, TELCAL, HOODLUM ACT, SURVEILLANCES, GAMBLING ACT, B/F INT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 10/20/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : v9.1
ee, & FL -265 (Rey. 3P67) t FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE j Invesvi@aTiva PERIOD __TAMPA | TAMPA FEB 16 8 | 19/20/67 - 2/10/68 TITLE OF CASE . : REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY. CHANGED. ‘ mo SA JOHN A, AMBLER | av ICANTE, JR., aka _’ | CHARACTER OF CASE Santo/Mrafficanto ' 1 : | AR i mo Title changed to reflect Spetling of last name appearing on ft * Pan’ American Airways ticket . REFERENCES: , 3; : ar at : os | . i f ra ‘ Tampa radiogram ‘to Director, 1-24-68. a - 8 San Diego airtel to Director, 1-25-68, ‘captioned a La Cosa Nostra. oo C' a . Report of SA JOHN A, “AMBLER, Tampa, 1-26-68, C 7 Miami airtel to Tampa, 1-24-68, " Q Miami tels to Tampa, 2-6 and 2-9-68. , - h Richmond letter to Tampa, 1-29-68. y g Chicago airtel to Tampa, 2-7-68, captioned . ; FELIX ALDERISIO. ‘, ho Be , New York airtel to Tampa, 2-8-68., ' 7 7P- a 2 i ry NONE AST CASE HAS BEEN: CONVIC mare woe d oe re RECOVERIES PENDING OVER ONE YEAR [_J]ves [_]No ot PENDING PROSECUTION OVER 3!X' MON THS Coves [Jno en Y SPECIAL AGENT 4 I etanee DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW el COPIESMADE: iv - USA, TAMPA | 2- Jacksonville (92-7) REC 26 \;)) 3.= Miami (92-88) 3 FEB 28 1968 APPROVED oo Ms GQ» USA, MIAMI, ATTN; _— a) MR. WILLIAM EARLE, Depart- mental Attorney) ; 2 - New York (92-846) DisSeminaf fon Record PS KttdeKed Report Notations Agency Request Recd. Date Fwd. How Fwd. ~~ By» Z
TP 92-1 2° pourwrstaArivE: On 1-3-68, ONY 5924-C-T TE advised that he had - heard that VINCENFAALO and SANTO TRAFFICANTE had arrived in New York City from Fla,, on-12- 24-62" and that they had remained | in New York for abc about four days and that they had had an > appointment with someone outside of New. York City. On 1-18-68, SD . 1064-C-TE advised that Subject “had been in Los. Angeles: during. early part of Jan.,, and had talked with LCN member, JOHN ROSELLI, and. learned from . ROSELLI that TRAFFICANTE had beén in touch -with. ROSELLI while in the Los Angeles area. Informant stated TRAFFICANTE was traveling with an unknown male and that they were on their way to Japan and Hong Kong, and according to ROSELLI, TRAFFICANTE suggested that ROSELLI “take over" LCN leader- ship for the entire state of California, as the present , - leaders in the: Los Angeles, . San Francisco, and San Jose . families were ineffectual. _- CG 6588-C-TE advised that PHIL “ALDERISIO had supposedly contacted TRAFFICANTE telephonically at Tampa, indicating that ALDERISIO would: be- in Tampa in the near ' future and would contact TRAFFICANTE. . ALDERISIO has mentioned that he wil] be in Miami on Feb. 27, for the opening of the Parkinson Disease Drive and plans to be in’ . Tampa. before going to Miami. . TP 120-c_ has’ advised that, | although. did. not actually personally see SANTO TRAFFICANTE, from Jan. 3, until Jan. 24, informant knows , ‘for several reasons, ‘that TRAFFICANTE was actually in Tampa sometime between the night of Jan..6 and the afternoon of Jan. 8. Informant has stated that when SANTO returned to Tampa on Jan. 23-24, he spent the next several days at the house, suffering — - from the flu and did not ‘leave the. house ' ‘until Tuesday, Jan, 30, when he and Mrs. TRAFFICANTE left indicating would be gone for several days. TP 120-C stated. that TRAFFICANTE's daughter,” MARY JO, and her -husband, AUGIE, left Tampa, Thursday, Jan.,l1, to attend the Super Bowl in Miami on Jan. 14, - and that the went to the Bahama Islands, New. Orleans, back to Miami, and then to Tampa. Informant stated that during the entire time MARY JO and her husband were gone. on their trip, Mrs. TRAFFICANTE remained at the Tampa - -eBe : COVER PAGE
JAMES E, McMAHON. TP 92=-1 residence and that, apparently the original plans were for Mrs. TRAFFICANTE to be off'on a trip with SANTO, while MARY JO and her husband were in the Miami area. Informant mentioned that, during the time Mrs. TRAFFICANTE was in Tampa while the rest of the family were away, she spent much of the time crying and seemed to be in a very depressed state of mind. - Informant stated that SANTO's brother, SAM's, wife, ELSIE, came to the house on several o¢casions to talk with Mrs., TRAFFICANTE, over some family problem and that on, at least one such occasion, SAM's wife had been accompanied by JIMMY ~“LONGO's wife. a On 2-10-68, TP 120-C advised that TRAFFICANTE returned to Tampa on 2- 5768, in the evening and remained in’ Tampa until 2-8-68. --. Information from the records of General Telephone Co., of Florida, Tampa, Flas, was made available by Mr. . Investigative period of this report extends beyond the date of last report due to desire to include results of investigation conducted by an auxiliary office, which were not available at time last report written. INFORMANTS: Identity Location of Ori inal Information TP T-1 is Legat, Rome, Italy Instant Report TP T-2 is TP 377-PCI le 137-1777-10 ‘TP T-3 is TP120-¢ = «137-460-267 [TP'T-4 is TP 41-c-TE 137-142-396 “TP T-5 is TP 182-C-TE "”137-1028-222 © | TP T-6 is TP'349-C-TE 137-1792-19 oS mt Leaps: oe _ JACKSONVILLE DIVISION. #C- COVER PAGE
ay TP 92-1 . AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA ~ (1) > Will contact. appropriate official, Southern Bell Telephone Co.,, and ascertain identity of. subscriber : telephone number 771-1114, Will,. thereafter, conduct - appropriate credit and criminal record checks concerning this individual... : . _ (2) Will, thereafter, if reasons do not. preclude “ game, interview to determine degree of association. with . . TRAFFICANTE, ce NEW YORK ; DrvrsioN’ : > aT NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK : ' (1) “will, at Pan American Airways, place stop with JAMES FUREY, Passenger Revenue, to be notified when coupons: pertaining to Pan American Ticket Numbers 026: 342: 2671; 604, 5, 6 are returned. (2) Will conduct pretext interview of MARTA ALVARADO BETANCOURT, Apartment F, 229 E. 29th St., who was apparently visited by TRAFFICANTE on night of April» 18, 1967. Suitable pretext could be based on fact BETANCOURT apparently a Cuban nationalist, who has been ’ to Caracas and Madrid subsequent | to the CASTRO Regime in ‘her native country.’ ; (3), Will recontact NY5924-C-TE concerning TRAFFICANTE' S$ alleged visit to New. York with VINCENT ALO, as TP 120-C has advised that TRAFFICANTE was in Tampa on Christmas day and few days subsequent thereto. It -is noted in this connection, TP 120-C has indicated possibility TRAFFICANTE in New York during early part of December and again on Jan. 3, 1968. , MIAMI DIVISION AT MIAMI, FLORIDA - (1) Will contact appropriate official, Southern Bell Telephone Co., to identify subscribers to North Dade Numbers 945-0881, 945-8501, and 947-7601, as all of these numbers called from the. ‘Tampa TRAFFICANTE residence. 0 @De- COVER PAGE
TP 92-1 (2) Will, thereafter,. ‘conduct appropriate credit _ and criminal record checks so that Tampa as office of origin, may be in a position to evaluate feasibility of interview. (3) ‘Will recontact PCI -LOU PEREZ for additional » - identifying data concerning TONY LNU, referred to on page 9, report of SA WENDELL We. HALL, Miami, 1-26-68. (4) Will reinterview DONALD WILKES, Laurel Hotel, 5445 Biscayne Blvd., or c/o NEAL RUTLEDGE, 6th Floor, Flagler Federal Savings and Loan Building, as follows: a. Will identify motel in Tallahassee where alleged meeting with FUNARI occurred and if possible, determine date when’such meeting occurred. Will also identify all individuals © present during FUNARI's ‘conversation with gubernatorial candidate HIGH and determine ‘if FUNARI specifically represented himself as a "representative" of SANTO TRAFFICANTE. b. Will obtain specific date of alleged meeting occurring in FUNARI's employer's office, apparently located in Tampa, Fla. Again, will identify all individuals present and how WILKES knows FUNARI and BELK fly to Acapulco, Mexico, and did WILKES intend to state BELK made such trips or was he referring to ITALIANO's son. If possible, obtain descriptive data from WILKES of. FUNARI, ITALIANO, . and any other individuals named by | WILKES as having been present at any meetings with FUNARI. . c. Will determine if WILKES made any notes concerning any of the meetings with FUNARI, whether such notes were made contemporaneously with the meetings and if so, obtain such notes from WILKES. It is suggested that Miami prepare 9 additional copies of the interview of WILKES and designate them . for Tampa File 92-858, captioned DELANO BERNARD FUNARI. ' =EK= COVER PAGE