Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act’ of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/28/201 Identification Form ‘ Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10283-10193 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-2918-I111 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: . SAC, PG ; TO: DIRECTOR, FBI . TITLE: DATE: 12/15/1961 PAGES: 8 SUBJECTS : SMO, MISUR, INSTAL, PINES MOTEL DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 09/11/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: INC 2 A/T v9.1 }DoclIda: 323035181 Page 1 36
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey DATE: 11-14-2017 7 8 -4 + PDl42 (Rev. 6-2-61) a a ’ OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 1 ' , wet Lo | ay 4 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT * Memorandum JUNE DIRECTOR, FBI (Bufile 92-2918 ) DATE: 12/15/61 “ SAC, PITTSBURGH (92-228-Sub 2) SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION FOR INSTALLATION OF TECHNICAL OR MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCE RE: Title SAMUEL MANNARINO, Aka. Character of Case ANTI-RACKETEERING Field Office PITTSBURGH Symbol Number TO BE ASSIGNED Type of Surveillance (Technical or Microphone) MICROPHONE (MATE INSTALLATION) — 1. Name and address of subject: 201 Highland Avenue, New Kensington, Pa. 2. Location of technical operation: pelesns nes Motel, ,_4199_Le Leechburg Road, New Kensington, Pa, — pause “(To ‘be Monitored at The Pines “Motel) “= cal surveillances on same subject: one h. Cost and manpower involved: Rental of unit at The Pines Motel will be $35 per week, Surveillance will be maintained three nights per week from 6:00. PM to Midnight by one SA, GS-13 @ $10,635 per annum for a period of four weeks. ENCLOSURE ae ee . REC- 91 7.7 eee |b & 5. Adequacy of security: . 2 -A0f 2? ae o Believed adequate as set out in Appendix - "Detgils of Proposed we Installation." .. vd <U TS # 1-Bureau (RM) 1-Pittsburgh naam tH = ence tee mt Ses DoclId: 32303181 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote. DATE: 11-14-2017 . oa . ; . 7 es . 1 ‘ — we PG 92-228-Sub 2 APPENDIX Details Of Proposed Installation Pursuant to Bureau instructions to survey all possibilities for technical coverage on the subject, investigation disclosed - that subject frequents The Pines Motel, 4199 Leechburg Road, New Kensington, Pa., on two or three evenings each week, usually during the latter part of the week, where he occupies room-unit #6 and stays for four to five hours with his paramour-secretary of many years standing. Informants advise that his paramour- secretary handles many’of his affairs; that they themselves engage in illicit relations; and that he indulges in "sniffing" ‘ cocaine. It is believed that when together in the motel they converse relative to his racketeering and gambling affairs as well as the affairs of his associates, including those of his brother, GABRIEL MANNARINO. Both the subject and his brother have been selected by the Department of Justice as two of their top "forty" subjects. Investigation reflects no indication that the owner of this motel is uncooperative or loyal to the subject. He has advised that during the previous year he has had several semi-permanent residents in various units which cause no concern to the subject. It is proposed that.misur coverage be afforded room-unit #6. until 1/15/62, at which time subject is required to appear in U. S&S. District Court at Chicago, Illinois, where he will be tried in connection with the Bureau's case entitled "BERNARD | J. EZHAYA; ET AL. ITSP-MT." ; - Due to the fact that the location of this motel is approximately 23 wire miles from the Pittsburgh Office control plant and it would be a major job to provide an additional drop line into the motel from the existing aerial cable, it is believed that the monitoring operation at another room-unit in the motel is the most feasible means and will, of course, afford maximum security. ot The Pines Motel, owned and operated by CLIFFORD HUTCHINSON, is located at 4199 Leechburg Road, New Kensington, Pa. This prick motel is located on a one acre tract of land facing - . Leechburg Road and is set back from the road at an approximate distance of 200 feet. The motel consists of the-private living quarters and related office space of the owner, and separates -5- cette ae —-~ - - a, DoclId: 32303181 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. - BATE: 11-14-2017 . a nT 4 « 5 - 9 aes o . fos . . e . See . —s wor : PG 92-228-Sub 2 three. room-units (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) on the left and three additional room-units (Nos. 4, 5 and 6) on the right. The private living quarters are occupied by the owner and his wife. The motel has private business service, telephone numbers EDison 9-6611 and EDison 9-6612, which feed into a console switchboard in his office. All incoming and outgokng calls from the room-units are handled through this console as are individual calls made from one room-unit to another room-unit. , The two drop lines servicing the motel are fed onto the premises from an aerial cable located on Leechburg Road. There are three telephone poles on the premises supporting the incoming lines to the motel. The two drop lines are located on the last pole, number 961/3, and enter an outside terminal box located on the rear exterior wall of the motel where they are fed into the console. Individual room-unit connections to the room-units are egressed into this terminal box from the console where they are fed by individual beige JKT wire into the respective room-units. These individual wires are strung along the rear wall of the motel under the eave and each enters a room-unit by way of an individual metal duct where they emerge individually in a wall box which houses a beige: 42A block. The wall box has a face plate concealing the 42A block and the instrument cord emerges through this face plate. It is proposed that two pair beige JKT wire be used to replace the existing one pair beige JKT wire egressed from the outside terminal box to room-units 1 and 6. In each instance one pair of the two existing pairs will be utilized for the respective instrument's service while the second pair will be bridged and | monitoring will be effected in room-unit #1. The 42A block - ‘in room-unit #6 will be replaced by the Mate unit. In this regard the monitoring agent will utilize a suitable pretext when registering at the motel as an out-of-state salesman. This installation can be made any day between the-hours of 9:00 and 11:30 under full security measures. Bureau authority is requested to immediately effect this | installation, and to rent room-unit #1 at The Pines Motel at the rate of $35 per week from the date of installation through 1/15/62. At the conclusion of each night's monitoring operations the recording equipment will be removed from room-unit #1._ - eee EE ae mene ne nett re a a Hn eee a Docld: 323031581 Page 4