JFK Assassination System Date: 5/7/2015 Identification Form ‘Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10294-10474 RECORD SERIES: HQ “AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 92-3171-579 |; Document Information. ORIGINATOR: FBI - FROM: LEG, MD TO: DIRECTOR, FBI : TITLE: DATE: 01/09/1962 : ‘PAGES: 4 ; SUBJECTS : i SGI, ASSOC, TRA, TELCAL, US EMBASSY, MD DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact ‘DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 04/02/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : a v9.1. ‘DocId: 32308616 Page 1 478
Pe ~ a wT v a wt “OPTIONAL FORM ‘NO. 10 4 Lo 2 ‘UNITED STATES GOVEX:.NMENT , CG a emorandum vim TO : Director, FBI cK DATE: va) FROM [pdsece Attaché, Madrid (92-7) (P.) % ANTI~RACKETEERING FASON-FCIM IT,A _ in, Un OF BY Ey / SS | Re Madrid a e061, 1 bureau able 12 6-61, and \Raris cable 12-28-61. e% . SUBJECT: SAMUEL M. GTANCANA, SU LASS. & EXT. aN In amplification of. the information contained in _- i ; reference Madrid cable, the following is being supplied (UY) (\ Q)e | ; . On 12-22-61 the writer received what purported to | .be a long distance call from an individual speaking the Spanish}, | W ‘language. An unusual factor in this call was the fact that vw“ .. it came in on the office direct line and the galler asked by De yooh) mame for either the writer or ‘wr, KEENAN". Ci: is to be noted: ’° that ‘Assistant Legat. LAURENCE P. KEENAN of +t Paris Office _ ; was on temporary duty. in. Madrid during the month of November while the writer was on annual leave i handled the investiga- _:'* | tion of instant matter at that time. t is also to be noted we.) «that the telephone number ofthe dir line in the office is vos te S - known to only a very io highly-placed | official contacts of iS ” the Madrid ctsioagyte @ number is unlists dso far as the * # . .telephone direct s concerned. VAs. 5 fe . The caller very clearly spelled: ‘out the name of the “+ subject, stated that the subject was then’in Paris together >. ° ?#Wwith one EMIL (ARNSTEIN ° ‘and’ one ROBERY : SCHIFF, and that the oy, A < . three planned'to travel from Paris to\Madrid on 12-23-61, ~ although their exact itinerary was unknowi A) it 2 a1 The caller requested that the ‘Alien Brigade of the as ‘Directorate General of Security | ‘be supplied with the above 2 3f information in order that appropriate ‘coverage could be : Hestablished, and specifically requested:that serial numbers 2 Gof U. S. currency and of travelers checks utilized by the Be > ~S » three individuals be noted down inasmuch as this information. HSD>Y- 4 a Bwould be of interest to the FBI. ( (OW) _4 SA | e 4 GS 19- TEM: bal, Bureau (1 - Liaison Section’ -- [- _ "| b NA “ -l = Chicago) oe 7 of ~ 3/ / 5 : 1 - Paris (sent direct). es a
A | DocId: 32308616 Page 3 Madrid 92-7 a . The.writer questioned the caller at several different times as to his identity and each time received the reply that ; the caller was the "Chargé d'Affaires of the Embassy in Pariel VS) Inasmuch as the Madrid file on this matter reflected that Assistant. Legat KEENAN had handled coverage on the subject in November 1961, <when ‘the subject was in Madrid, through Mr. LUIS POZO GONZALEZ of the Directorate General of Security, actual surveillance of the subject having been arranged by Mr. POZO with the Alien Brigade of the Directorate General of Security, Mr. POZO was contacted on 12-22-61 and requested to verify whether the call concerning the subject and the other two individuals had originated with his office or with the Alien Brigade. Mr. POZO subsequently advised on the same date that the call had not’ come from his office and that he had checked with the Alien Brigade nd 70) been told that no call had been made from that offied Qh Le Inasmuch as Mr. HAROLD MOSS, U. S. Treasury repre- _ sentative in the Embassy in Paris, had previously expressed an interest in this matter, the Paris Office was telephonically contacted on 12-22-61 to ascertain whether the information contained in the telephone call may have originated with Mr. MOSS. The Paris Office subsequently advised on the same. date that contact with Mr. MOSS and his office in Paris had failed to develop any information indicating that they were responsible for the call. £23 |W) : The Madrid Office is presently endeavoring to verify through Mr. POZO whether EMIL ARNSTEIN and ROBERT SCHIFF actually arrived in Madrid on 12-23-61, it being noted that reference Bureau cable indicated that subject GIANCANA, had . been in Chicago and that there was no indication that he planned to return to Europe in the immediate futur¢g) 7) . The ‘Madrid Office file on this matter reflects that one JAVIER OCANA of the Alien Brigade of the Directorate General of Security was the one who apparently handled the surveillance on the ‘subject in November and who reported on .the matter to Assistant Legat KEENAN. A copy of this letter is being sent direct to the Paris Office with the request that Mr. KEENAN advise whether he recalls if the telephone number of the direct line in the Madrid Office, 2 26°61 99, was furnished to OCANA (w) <5 -in the course of his investigation of the subject in Novembe 94-3) )1-SOF N
Qsre Ty. Madrid 92-7 SRLCES : rHy . . Lane EN If this be the case, it would appear ‘that the possibility & (wv)! might exist that the call. on. 12-22-61 originated with OCANA.£- (@) An extra copy of this letter is ‘attached for forwarding by the Bureau to the Chicago Office for information. I, The Bureau will be advised of the results of. the Madrid Office inquiries concerning EMIL ARNSTEIN and ROBERT. BT. SCHIFF 5" ‘(er Le i! JSxN Ay ~~" “CONE! POE Renan g2-31 711-8 4 | ¢ | pocla: 32308616 Page 4 to