JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: §/12/201 Agency Information Released under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-90104-10069 hesassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). asex#:NWU 456356 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  92-2940-207 pi-i6—-2o17 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: PG TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 07/19/1961 PAGES: 8 SUBJECTS : JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL OR MICROPHONE SU SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA DOCUMENT TYPE:, PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 11(a) CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 02/05/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEF INITE, APPROVAL OF IRS COMMENTS : MEMO DoclId: 32332771 21 Page 1
f os : " — ; , FD-148 | a STANDARU FORM } NO, 64- ( , . : . - CY , : _f 4-4-50) t ! - ; NS “Offic Memorandum « ‘UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT . DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2940) : Date: ‘7/19/61 es : SAC, PITTSBURGH (92-226 Sub 2) SUBJECT: JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL OR MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCE _ SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA; aka. “ . RE: Title - L AL INFORMATION CONTAINED. ‘Character of Case ANTI- RACKETEERING ob, ALIS UD ASSIFIE alt Field. Office | Pittsburgh Z ae HEREIN JS GuLe Symbol Number - PG. ,622-C# be | DATE 5: 5/8/86 ___BY Type of-Surveillandéi7 (Technical or ; Oe Migrophone) Microphone (MUTT A oo wT CONF, INES: installation) ol. Name of - ‘person or organization on whom surveillance placed: SEBASTIAN JOHN’ LA ROCCA (Owner, North Star. Cement Block Co. ; 12 McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. ) 2. Address where installation made. Also give sch Som number or area covered: ; - The Pittsburgh Office of hie Star c Cement Block Co..., ~ 12 McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. ‘ nec OO RE RE NESE EI TA ‘ ; - | EEEEET 7am eee SRI 3. Location of monitoring plant: Pittsburgh FBI Office, 450 Union Trust Building, Fifth Avenue and’ Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.. 4, Dates of initial authorization and installation: ; So . "@ Initial authorization: 1/26/61 ‘Installation: 1/30/61 (actually activated on. 2/1/61) oS ‘5. —Previous and other installations on the same subject (with dates and places): ‘No other installations me . “ae REC. 3 g0T . | A AnmAG vo _ _6. If installation is a technical surveillance, answer folloWing questi ons: There is no tesur involved in this installation) ( a. Isa trunk line utilized? ~ b. Is the Surveillance ona switchboard? ot 1961 | re e. Is the surveillance on a Public coin- operated telephone? rn ¢ L - Bureau (CRM) - “—~y -~ Pittsburgh , ‘RAVimef (¢ ge ~ - (2) — to Ts oa Ke) sek, Cre 2 \ 45836 Docld:32332771 Page 2 ;
d. ‘Is surveillance on a private, line or a party line? a e. If a party line, how many parties? 7. If a microphone surveillance involved, state number of microphones actually used and location of each: One MUTT unit is installed and concealed in the floor space between subject's business office and lavatory. | 8. .Is the installation part of a tel-mike? If so, give symbol of other side of the combination: Not part of a tel-mike. 9. Specific examples of valuable information obtained since previous report with indication of specific value of each item and the date information received. State what use was made of each item involved: (Add insert pages) Consult insert pages. All information was utilized for intelligence purposes and appropriate dissemination was mdde where. pertinent. 16. Could ‘above information have been obtained from other sources and by other means? No ll. Number of live informants (in field division) whe cover same subject: Two live informants cover LA ROCCA but there are no live informants furnishing information relating to the North Star Cement Block Co. l2. Has security factor changed since installation? ‘No change. 13. Any request for the surveillance by outside agency (give name, title and ' agency): .No requests made a. Rental costs for plant premises: None (costs included in , office rental) . b. Give total number of other surveillances monitored at same ‘Plant. One misur (PG 148-S*, installed on 4/16/57) 14. Costs of Plant Premises: 7 | i” HW 45336 Docld:32332771 Page 3
HW 45336 os : \ \ ( ws 4 “f } ca TY thks hin? /¥9 1961, and that this accident had occurred at Johnstown, Pa., where the only witness was a policeman. Information from the informant indicated that his car had been hit from behind, that he had sustained no personal injuries and $200 damages were not severe but would cost more than 7200. On July: 5, 1961, information was obtained which indicated that the adopted son of LA ROCCA would come to work at the North Star Cement Block Company in the very near future but that his specific duties had not yet been determined. Orders from LA ROCCA were given to the effect that supervisory officials should not make fhe job too easy or too inviting inasmuch as he would like the boy to attend college. On July 12, 1961, it was ascertained from the Intelligence nit of the Internal Revenue Service at Pittsburgh that SPK-haw..11 (a) Through the coverage supplied by this informant it was ascertained that the North Star Cement Block Company was contacted telephonically by Mrs. VEY before she talked to Internal Revenue Service Agents waiting to interview her on her front porch. She feigned a severe heart condition and refused to cooperate with Internal Revenue Service Agents. VEY, in the interim, discussed the visit of the Internal Revenue Service Agents with the informant and indicated that he was extremely worried about his mother being subpoenaed and possibly being responsible for sending him to jail through her > own ingnorance of legal procedure. He indicated that he was extremely worried about a banking account at the First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Bellewvue, Pa., and would seek legal counsel regarding this. Information obtained from this informant was disseminated to the Intelligence Unit of the Internal Revenue Service at Pittsburgh and it was indicated by ROBERT MADDEN, a Special Agent handling the investigation of LA ROCCA, that this information was invaluable and would be utilized immediately in conducting a further investigation of VEY and his financial activities. Gi 47 Doclda: 32332771 Page 4