AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : _ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: “TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10206-10238 HQ 105-83564-16 Document Information FBI SAC, TP DIRECTOR, FBI 03/02/1982 16 MLO, BKG, REL, ASSOC, RES, EMP, MED/PERS HIST PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B; 1C; 4 Redact 11/05/1998 INDEFINITE 5/5/2015
v= . ~ = "a Ss J a “2D.36 (Rev. 5-22-78) —, = ! O Oy FB FBI : ON : ‘ .. i TRANSMIT “IA: (PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFIC’~ON: (-) Teletype , oO Immediate (_j TOP SES 4 (_] Facsimile (-] Priority [1] SECRET ty AIRTEL [1 Routine (2 CONFIDENTIAL ! 3 (-] UNCLAS EF TO \ ‘ [J UNCLAS } i Date 3/2/82 ! “Ve lee" na? §3 : - TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (KZ FROM: SAC, «TAMPA 11202 C-New) (Sq. ond 49 if it LONA MARL CI ~ CUBA e) ‘o * 00: TAMPA &) tt - The entire contents of this communicati including title and file numbers are classified "Confidential" unless otherwise noted. Re Tampa telephone call to SA Larry Wack, Ney Yor Office, 2/26/82. K Enclosed for the Bureau, Miami, New York, and WFO is one copy each of a drawing provided by Lorenz, depicting the interior of an immigration house in Vedado, Cuba, where she’ resided from 9/27/81 to 9/28/81. . ma ; HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED _ + otatacd teas EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN Classified BUY OTHERWISE .,-'* 7 ———F — |. Declassliy on ALL INPORMATIOW CONTAINED ope ORES Miami (Enc. 1) war | New York (Enc. 1) So Iaes /} (1 - 137- ) (Ilona Marita Lorenz) vecgceces | 2 - WFO (Enc. 1) (INFO) ” T Be. | 2 -~- Tampa “Se |. Oey ee JPL: raf : paillia n S ne ay Per FBI/OCY
a eS Ye fe og to be disbursed at intervals. For signing the contract, Lorenz was immediately given $84,000. a T. 4H. Guinzburg, Viking Press, advised Lorenz to move away from New York in order to avoid any further publicity. During January, 1979, Lorenz moved to Darien, Connecsctienut,.where, based on the merits Of her book contract, she received a loan of $100,000 from the Peoples Bank in order to purchase a home at 86 Maywood Road, Darien. On 4/16/79, Levy visited Lorenz to warn her the mafia believed she had purchased the Darien home with mafia money stolen by Levy. Levy proceeded to make numerous long distance telephone calls on her telephone, including one to Switzerland. Lorenz believes Levy did this intentionally in order to implicate her in his mafia swindle. Levy told Lorenz that he was paying the Carlo Gambino family in Brooklyn $10,000 per month in order to stay alive. Levy asked Lorenz for part of the advance money from the sale of her book. Lorenz wrote out a $10,000 check to Levy to cover Levy's May, 1979, protection money. Lorenz noted that Levy had already been convicted of one count of mail fraud in New York, but had allegedly received a reduced sentence for cooperating with the Federal investigators. Levy was to report to Eglin Air Force Base Minimal Security Prison the following month to serve a six month sentence. Levy is currently residing in Ft. Lauderdale, and will be off of parole in March, 1982. A week after Levy's visit to Darien, Connecticut, Lorenz' house was intentionally flooded and her daughter wounded by a -sniper near their home. A second shooting took place during October, 1979. All of these-incidents were reported to the Darien Police. Lorenz decided to abandon the house and move the family back to 512 East 88th Street, Apartment 1D, New York. During this period, Lorenz had maintained the above apartment because of her frequent trips back to New York City. Lorenz had been cooperating with the NYCPD by providing research concerning a law suit by Frank Sturgis against the NYCPD. Sturgis was suing the NYCPD for $15 million for false arrest. Sturgis had been arrested for threatening Lorenz prior to her testifying before the Sub-committee on the assassination of John F. Kennedy. cone han IAL