JFK Assassination System Date: 6/3/2015 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John Kennedy FBI AGENCY : ; RECORD NUMBER: —124-10353-10158 Assassination Records ; ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : LA (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NW 45945 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: ELSUR 92-113C-280 pinis=2o1" Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HQ * TITLE: DATE: 11/09/1963 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : ; JOHN ROSELLI (ELSUR) ‘ DOCUMENT TYPE: . PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4; 11 (a) CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 02/04/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF IRS, INDEFINITE ° COMMENTS : ; [ v9.1 aw 45945 DoclId:32317421 Page 1
ML. HW 45945 11/9/63 AIRTEL AIR MAIL 70: «DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3267) FROM: Sac, LOS ANGELES (922113)7- JOHN ROSELLI, aka So FA1 BC AR LA 4396-08 advised on 11/6/63 that ROSELLI returned to los Angeles from Las Vegas, Nevada, on the evening of 11/5/63. The same informant learned that while ROSELLI has been away he looked at a number of apartment buildings, whether these buildings were in Las Vegas or Reno, Nevada, was not known to informant, but he decided that ere was an oversupply of apartment buildings and does not intend to puy one. ROSELLI told an unknown person that he has had a cold for several days and he intends to stay around Los Angeles for awhile, He expressed disgust at all of the trouble the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been causing him. He added that he would be at the Friar's Club that afternoon. : On 11/7/63, according to LA 4396-C#, ROSELLI made an appointment to see his attorney and accountant, EMANUEL a On 11/5/63 several officials of IRS in Los Ang IRS Agent Q=Bureau (AM)(RM) _ SEARCHED ~~) ‘Los Angeles. INDEXED HED :@ 1 | SERIALIZED & dy FAL 7 “ie “CO e > pu ATT dete Lf BEL wt 24 Abdad 1/198 ho Gh fF OY a ee DoclId: 323174271 Page 2?
“he Las Vegas Office advised « on 1 11/5/63 that at approximately 9:30 p.m. on 11/2/63 Special Agents of that office observed ROSELLI in the lounge of the Desert Inn Hotel sitting at a table with MORRIS KLEINMAN and NICHOLAS DANALFO, aka “PEANUTS, " Leet ee! PCI, advised that the records of the Cogan-Rety @au, Beverly Hillis, California, reflect that on 7/18/63 FRANK SINATRA arranged for transportation for about 25 persons via WAL from Los Angeles to’ Reno; that later SINATRA transported 10 of these persons to Cal-Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe via his p -owned plane and the remaining number traveled via WAL. a no record of the names of these persons. It is recalled that ROSELLI and MAURICE H. FRIEDMAN departed Los Angeles on the morning of 7/18/63 and allegedly went to Cal-Neva Lodge at Lake Fehoe; however, the means of travel has not been known. The records of WAL reflect that 23 persons, identified as "members of SINATRA party" were scheduled to travel from Los Angéles to Reno on WAL Flight 408 which left los Angeles at 9:00 a.m. ‘Ten of these persons were shown as "no shows." Among the remaining 13 were J. ROSELLI and an M, FRIEDMAN, - [ PCI, advised on 11/7/63 that MAURICE H. FRIEDMAN returned to Beverly Crest Hotel from Las Vegas over the past weekend, 3B. FRANK WILLIAMS, a part owner of the_Hote - Last Frontier. Corporation, also returned to the hotel. said that the current negotiations in which FRIEDMAN and WILLIAMS are involved concerns the Holidays Inns who have their main _office in Memphis, Tennessée, and that FRIEDMAN and WILLIAMS HW 45945 recently made a trip to Memphis This transaction no doubt pertains to previously mentioned plans of the Holiday Inns to build a hotel or motel adjacent to the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. On 11/8/63 the Los Angeles Police Department advised on that date they conducted a surveillance of ROSELLI and he visited the building of his accountant on West Third Street and then went 3] to the building where JAMES P, CANTILLON, an attorney, who has been utilized by ROSELLI, has an office and then proceeded to the Hillcrest Country Club. ‘The Los Angeles Police Department advised during the day on an occasion when ROSELLI was away from his car, the officers were "going through" ROSELLI's car and he caught them ~ at it and became very angry. ~2- DoclId: 323174271 Page 3