JFK Assassination System Date: 6/11/201 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER:  124-10201-10295 ASsassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NW 45966 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: —92-2781-574 pina 2o Document Information ORIGINATOR: — FBI FROM:  LABADIE, STEPHEN J. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI | TITLE: DATE: 06/23/1962 “PAGES: 25 SUBJECTS : - LST, ASSOC, ACT, BKG DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — 4; 11(a) CURRENT STATUS: —Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 02/16/1999 . OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS . f COMMENTS : = v9.1 HW 45966 DBocld:322739519 35 Page 1
JFK Act 6 (4) * . “ ¢ TP’ 92-1 highly confidential Bureau sources at 523 N.E. 71st Street: so as to be ina position to determine subject's activities .. there, =. Will afford coverage of subject when in Miami so’ as to assure his destination in the event plans materialize . for foreign travel. . NEW YORK DIVISION One copy of this report is furnished to New York Office’. for informational purposes inasmuch as leads are outstanding. ° ; “SEATTLE DIVISION a : a Will report results of contact with oe Pet, and of investigation to locate a a RUGIERES, aka., which lead was set forth by a Tampa airtel to Director dated 6/13/62. TAMPA DIVISION | | ~ Will maintam contact with informant and confidential sources to report subject activities, when in the Tampa area. Wall continue to establish the employment of highly confidential Bureau techniques on subject's close associates in Tampa. t ADMINISTRATIVE: For the information of the Bureau, Mr. WALTER BARNES, Departmental Attorney, stopped at the Tampa Office on 6/14/62 on his return to Washington from Miami, Fla@ida. He had no - particular matter in which he was interested. He indicated heis handling this matter and matters already reported to the Bureau were generally reviewed with him. He did note that the Department Attorney in the Tax Division had reviewed the IRS  . report onaibject, passed on it, thereby noting IRS had closed their case on the subject. On 6/11/62, an anonymous caller contacted the Orlando RA indicating he had some information that he desired to pass on to the FBI but that he was tn fear for the safety of his wife and dildren. He indicated some unnamed hoodlum interest had contacted him and offered to guarantee his admission to the Florida Bar Association in exchange for B COVER PAGE SOl~ 1 OF 82 i WW 45966 DoclId: 322789519 Page 2?
TP 92-1 certain legal services he might render as a lawyer in Florida. This source indicated that he knew what had happened to some diamonds taken from the San Juan Hotel in Orlando and when’ pressed for particulars he would only say that the matter was handed by two of SANTO TRAFFICANTE's men out of Tampa, Florida .. who took the stuff to Mexico where it was traded for narcotics which were returned to Tampa. He noted that while in Tampa on. - 6/8/62, he had been contated by a bellboy, at a hotel he would” not identify, with a request for assistance in setting up a ae prostitution ring. When he declined to assist in this, the -.. bellboy threatened him with harm to his son, who was known to_ the gang to be a student at the Atomic Submarine School, New. Haven, Connecticut. Source then advised that such information was true, that he did have a son at the school and he also hada...” son who was in the third year of high school, in Orlando. . ol Even though source was assured his identity would ~ not be revealed outside the FBI, no further information was obtained and investigation is being conducted in Tampa file 87-1557 to identify this anonymous source, noting a lead has. oo been set forth for the New Haven Office to endeavor to identify ee source's son through the Atomic Submarines School. oo CS TP 51-C, whose identity is known to the Bureau, has been transferred to another route and is presently endeavoring to re-establish his past contact at 2505 Bristol Avenue, Tampa. oo ‘ Information from records of the General Telephone Company of Florida, Tampa, Florida, was made available to SA EARL M. PETERSEN on June 6, 1962, by Mr. MARVIN HUSKEY, Commercial Manager. INFORMANTS ; TP T-1 is CG 6543-C-TE, set out in , Chicago airtel - to Tampa dated 5/31/62 in matter entitled, "LOUIS P. BRADY, aka.; AR." TP T-2 is CG 6343-C*, TP T-3 is CG 6486-C*, TP T-4 is MN 794-C¥, Cc COVER PAGE _ . DO\ AOS SO ee sg i x. | WW 45966 DoclId:32269519 Page 3
t [WW 45966 JFK Act 6 (4) TP 92-1 GERACI siid that of his own Knowledge he knows of no violations of law or illegal activities being engaged in by TRAFFICANTE or LONGO nor does he know of any in the past.. According to GERACI, TRAFFICANTE plans on going - back to Havana, Cuba if CASTRO is ever overthrown. TRAFFICANTE is very close to one of the exiled Cubans who will be in power in the event of a new regime in Cuba. GERACI doesnot. Soe know this person's: name other than he is from Miami. TRAFFICANTE and LONGO have been known by GERACI to: bet large sums of money on horse races and on boxing matches» oo GERACI said TRAFFICANTE has some scheme whereby bets can be. placed on both fighters in such a manner that money is won ° regardless of which fighter wins. GERACI did not know any.. of the details of how this is accomplished. GERACE reiterated that he will never do any thing willingly that will get TRAFFICANTE, LONGO or any of his other friends in trouble, or which will result in his, GERACI's, ending up in front of a Grand Jury or on the witness stand. 2. JAMES exonco 4214 Riverview, — Tampa, 1 Florida’ on « SECA” It has been previously reported that a source advised LONGO had sent someone to Key: West, Florida to contact ay" RENO" . The. Miami Office has advised that there were only two clubs in Key West, Florida that have dancing girls, the Mardi Gras, operated by ARTHUR THOMAS, aka., Tommy Thomas and "Wylks" located on Stock Island operated by RUDOLPH WYLKS , On May 15, 1962, ROBERT BROWN, Chief Investigator, Monroe County Sheriff's Office, Key Hest, Florida, advied that he was unable to identify "RENO" from descriptive data available. He stated ROBERT RENO, aka. Bob Reno, is the Key West reporter =. for the "Miami Herald," but to his knowledge has never been involved in any criminal activity. It is noted that ROBERT RENO a approximate the description of "RENO" furnished - by ; - 7 - DoclId: 322789519 Page 5
IEA nett An tN AT DR RN RI HE Nag TP 92-1 TRAFFICANTE's boyfriend is RICHARD VALDES, whose father, EDWARD VALDES, has a real estate office at 20234 E. Broadway. | DE LA LLANA further noted SANTO TRAFFICANTE was _ . ‘observed sitting in his home by the patrol car units who continue to check his residence 6n a daily basis. At 12:40 PM on June 20, 1962, SA JOHN A. AMBLER observed the 1959 white Chevrolet Impala still in the garage at 2505 Bristol Avenue, Tampa. — wo! = 7m ql K Law iL (a) . Dee ee ee On the night of June 20, 1962, SA PAUL G. DONAHUE- . moe ascertained that there was a family barbecue at 2505 Bristol a Avenue with only the family vehicles at the residencé and subject was observed there. ! The unlisted telephone 876-2207 continués to be - located at subject's residence, 2505 Bristol Avenue, Tampa, ' Florida and, therefore, the foktowing is reported: ; ~15- ‘5 ~ HW 45966 Docld:322789519 Page 6