JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10205-10212 hesassination Records OoOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 SC 2107 Note). ases#: NW 45966 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-2781-1056, 1057 pi-17—-201" Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, TP TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: j ( DATE: — 10/16/1964 PAGES: 21 SUBJECTS : LST, ASSOC, REL, B/F INT, CUBA, GAMBLING ACT, TRA, TELCAL, RES, SURVEILLANCES DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT - CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: — 4; I 1(a) CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/16/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC RPT v9.1 HW 45966 DocId: 329290436 Page 1
TP 92-1. AT JACKSONVILLE, ¥LA. - : ‘Will. advise the. Tampa. Office if: any information - has come to Jacksonville Office's: attention that the ~— Lo subject has. anything to do with | a beer business . in Florida, tLe DIVISION - “AT MIAMI, FLA. . an “ Will, report. activities - -on. ‘the part: ‘of. the subject oo while: at. “Miami. Fla,, noting he was. there a good part of. ~ August, ‘September and’ October; 1964. , ce a Will endeavor. to establish how. the subject, “accords co ings to TP 120~C,. went to the New ‘York. World. Series, — nn | 20/10, (ll: and 12/64, a Oo will ‘report. investigation reiaihing concerning. : possible» leads: from telephone: toll calls made from pay. booths at Miami International Airport, 6/6 and 11/64. a .. Will. report. inyestigation remaining concerning’ cheek ofall banks, - | . oO Will report: ‘results of interviews of JOSE. FUENTE- _-VILLE, ELEANOR. J. DILLON, -M. or MERCEDES BLANCO. ‘and of _ ‘JIMMY DEMETREE, which. leads were ‘set forth. in. rerep of SA LABADIE dated. (8/7/64 at Tampa. ae Will eport results of. subscribers ‘to telephone - -numbérs, North Dade, WI 5-8812, called from subject's. «©. “. wesidence 6/23/64, it being noted subject left Tampa vias Delta Airlines, -afternoon of 6/23/64, . . ™~ Cee Will. establish highly ‘confidential Bureau. movers: “age ‘on ‘the subject and his close associates at Miami. Will. endeavor to establish » subject! s source of Law lila Will furnish, on a regular basis, toll calls. - from subject's Miami telephone number PL 8=-2974, ae isose ‘Docld: 32290436 page 2 7 . ee 72-279 |-los-?
—- TP 92-1 . Will ascertain subseriber ‘to Miami telephone PL 4-8564 and thereafter conduct. only highly discreet information furnished by PCI . concerning the’ HARLAN ALEXANDER _ BLACKBURN - case, subject of TP 165~105. . oo foe Free OPWill endeavor. to. ascertain through confidential oS gourees,. “whether subject has any: piece of any big beer. i (SDUBEDOES | in Florida. - a NEW. YORK. DIVISION. AT NEW. “YORK - crTy,, N. yy Pi TS Lo Wall éndeavor ‘through contact with informants and. sources, . to establish where subject and JAMES C. LONGO. Deere during. recent. ‘trip: to. ) Mori Series, 10/10, ‘11 and - 12/64 p oo TAMPA DIVISION | me AT. TAMPA, FLA. ee - Will report outstanding investigation at St. . Petersburg, Fila. . . a Will continue to explore highly confidential ° Bureau coverage on subject's associates. wall, in re-contacting ‘TP 120-C, endeavor to have source discreetly ascertain where the subject and JAMES. LONGO stayed while in New York. ot Will endeavor to ascertain. if subject has ~ any piece of a beer. business in Florida. ADMINISTRATIVE: a | oo . The period of. ‘this report: overlaps the period of the previous report due to investigation reported by the New York Office, under. date of 8/31/64, INFORMANTS: . TP T-1 is TP 41-C. - D. - COVER PAGE | RW 45966 “pocta: 32290436 Page 3 | | | — . G4 2-27F 1-057
ry | JFK Act 6 (4) TP Ta2 is TP 120-¢, (OTP. T-8 4 is Mrs. GEORGE HUBER, Miami ‘neighborhood source, , a a TP T-4 is TP 97-C. en on 7 is: Customs Agent, JOHN. FALLON, U. S. DoS “Customs Agency, 201° Varick Stay NYC, ae m6 is Ny. 1449-C., . ee ene 4 is TP. P 104-C,. oa _ HOS . a 2PCI | ay oo TP mar as PCI a — ON. “ah ae 45. Dab r/oults. =e M4 PELSAAE oy FULL Oo ReLta Ast IN in ART : a a _{ COVER. PAGE HW 45966 Pocld: 32290436 Page ra . . : Oo oo B2-2.9F1 ~(0S8 ?
(TP 92-1 ; On the. morning of October. 5, 1964, continual - checks. of 2505 Bristol Avenue in. Tampa, failed to show any activity whatsoever, subject not being observed, and “no-one answered the telephone. On October 5, 1964, during the morning | hours, _ . subject's associate, JAMES C..LONGO, was. observed at his. ... 2 residence and then: his car was observed parked. in front: “ofthe residence:at. 2319. St. Louis, and when such vehicle ~ | left, “it returned directly to 4214 Riverview, the residence - of. JAMES. C.. LONGO, — LONGO . was observed alone in Tampa, Tuesday,” October. 6, (1964, vo, On the. night of: October 5,. 1964, TP T-2 advised ° - gource had: no knowledge’ that. subject was-in Tampa, and. - -gource.. “did -have knowledge | that. JAMES. C.: LONGO had’ been alone. October 5; (1964, eo, ‘The: subject’ s white Falcon arrived at the: Miami” International ‘Airport. parking lot sometime on. October 4, | 1964, and it was parked near ‘the. entrance to Delta: ‘Airlines. . Subsequently, records of the Airport Parking Company, ~ Miami International ‘Airport,. indicated. thatithe white Falcon” had arrived at the “Airport Parking | Lot at 8:00 a.m.,-:.:. October 4, 1964, oe Dor, “The ‘subject. left the Miami - International Aizport: _ in his Waite Falcon at 10: 29 Pom, October 5, 1964. ee ‘From. October 12 through the 16th and October. 21, -° and 22, 1964, regular checks of 2505 Bristol Avenue at . Tampa ,. Florida, for any activity, met. with negative results, co On October 13, .1964, TP T-1 ‘advised: source had . ’ received word ‘through FRANK PETER ALBANO, son-in-law of ‘SALVATORE C. TRAFFICANTE, that. SANTO. wanted to see him _ during the early morning hours of October 5, 1964 and -accordingly, source contacted subject at his Tampa resi- dence, after 1300 a.m,, at. which time SANTO turned on his T.V. and radio, and closed the inner doors at his residence, telling source that the FBI knew everything he did. Source. related that the subject told source efforts would be. made- for. him to possibly get a job in Puerto Rico, . oe -5- “HW 45966 Docld: 32290436 Page 5 os 2-276 -10S59
a TO FROM SUBJECT: HW 45966 ~. UNITED STATES GO eS Py 5S OCT 22 1964 Bay OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-107 MAY 1962 EDITION “GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 NMENT (JFK Act 6 Memorandum D CTOR, FBI (92-2781) 10/16/64 DATE: were SAC, TAMPA (92-1) (P) SANTO TRAFFICANTE, aka AR (00: TP) . : ReiMairtel to Director and TP, 9/29/64. It should be noted that the ‘above communication sets forth information obtained 9/28/64 from Lt. LESLIE VAN BUSKIRK, Intelligence Unit, Dade County SO, Miami, to the effect. that; he, BUSKIRK, recently received infor~ mation from a confidential. informant. ‘he considers reliable, that subject TRAFFICANTE had failed in his attempts to take over bolita. operations in Miami, and was "giving it up as a bad job.'' BUSKIRK's informant said he had heard that TRAFFICANTE. planned to move his headquarters to Orlando, Florida, where he could operate without as much | interference from law enforcement officers. The above possibility has been very discreetly explored with the following sources on the dates indicated, and none of them possess any pertinent information which would tend to_ confirm the information: Lt. JAMES GOODE, NA, Vice Squad, Orlando PD, Orlando, Fla., on 10/7 and 12, 1964. Detective Sergeant WILLIAM E. BRANCH, NA, Vice - Squad, Orlando, Fla. PD, on 10/13/64. Le TP 67-C, Orlando, on 10/12/64. TP 104-C, Orlando, on 10/5/64. During the course of a contact with oe lat Cocoa, Fla.,on 6/30/64, he advised SA LO . at HARLAN. ALEXANDER. BLINCKBURN is now "completely independent,. and ‘i’$“no.- :longer. connected with the "MAFIA.'" €2>- Bureau - ye ti - G/ _ OS 2 ~ Miami (92-88) yi REG Wi- Ix ok 7 a /O9 bo _ 2 —- Tampa | . aan: JBH/mw ; E104 | ° 4& Oct Ly 1964 (6) Loe _" Buy U.S. Savings Borids Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plat DoclId: 322790436 Page ?
HW 45966 /0FK Act 6 (4) TP 92-1 = This PCI, who has been closely associated’ with BLACK- BURN in Brevard County, stated that about a year and a half ago, BLACKBURN “broke off with the 'Tallys,'"- meaning the Italians in Tampa. PCI; | explained that he, informant, first became acquainted with BLACK- BURN's Cuba operation during about 1/62, when BLACKBURN was being banked by an Italian in Tampa . , Further, the above PCI stated that he could not recall this Italian's name, and does not believe he-ever met him. He. does know that this man did have the "Tropi- cana" in Havana before CASTRO threatened to kill him. He returned to the U. 8. after hiding in Cuba for two months. This man kept a lot of money in a trunk in his home, and charged BLACKBURN a high rate of interest when BLACKBURN found it. necessary to borrow. PCI seemed to recall. that this man also had a home in Miami, and knows that he had a brother active in the business. It is his recollection ~ that these brothers’ also had two or three clubs in Tampa that were closed down. He said this individual may have been named "SANTO." — The Tampa Office will, of course, continue to follow this development closely and discreetly through PCI ‘at Cocoa, and other reliable sources in the Orlando area. In the meantime, however, it is requested that the Miami Office maintain close liaison with Lt.. LESLIE VAN BUSKIRK, Intelligence Unit, .Dade County. SO, Miami, for any. further specific information the latter' s informant may receive in this matter. _ 2 . DoclId:322904356 Page 6