“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 v9.1 . Docld: 322789509 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Date: 6/11/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI _ RECORD NUMBER:  124-10201-10285 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: —92-2781-564 » Document Informati on ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, TP JO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: . DATE: 06/07/1962 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : LST, ASSOC, SOURCE COVERAGE, HANGOUTS, TESUR DOCUMENT TYPE: - PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT \ CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS:  1B;4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: —_.10/13/1998 e OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE , COMMENTS : Cov n .
FE: 14-14-2017 . GFTIONAL FORM. NO, 10 ‘ob | $010-104—01 *. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum “.T0. “Director, FBI (92-2781) DATE: 6/7/62 a 1 sf ~ \suBjecr: SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR., aka. AR ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED [ re bY Bev ace ) bait - -., The Tampa Office is most aware of the urgent need and necessity to develop highly confidential source coverage on a ' subject and his associates and/or subordinates. TPlet of 5/17/62 did not intend to imply that we had stopped all efforts for confidential source coverage re subject; our letter was to inform Bureau concerning efforts for such coverage at subject's residence. Previous weekly airtels to Bureau have set out what steps we have been taking and continue to take toward confidential source coverage, all of which are directed toward subject and his iB associates. ‘ ReBulet 6/4/62 and TPlet 5/17/62. In view of information set out in TPlet 5/17/62 that the problems encountered at subject's residence negate such confidential coverage, the Tampa Office took immediate aggressivé}: action relative to authority received to survey the Dream Bar, /'!] - 2801-03 Nebraska Avenue. Fisurs of the Dream Bar were conducted ‘3 on May 29, 31, and June 1, 1962. This established that such . business place was not vacated at any time and that after the. Bar closes for business and FANO TRAFFICANTE leaves, a cleanup yd man stays on and remains in the building with all lights on. . ee = ne . a on a7 In view of the fact, then, that entry with security iy could not be obtained at the Dream Bar, the Tampa Office has yet now initiated the following steps with an aggressive, deter- fos mined, imaginative approach to accomplish our greatest desires, | the installation of numerous highly confidential sources which . will place the Tampa Office in a position to know the activities. of numerous racket figures. RASIMT ce: iy 2’ Bureau (RM) 5 - Tampa (66-231-sub 1 i . SJL-KH Sub 4 (7) -sub 5 . -sub 9 -sub 11 - oe ‘DocId:32289509 Page 2 ‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote).
"Released ‘| DATE: | wo we 11-14-2017 installed in the immediate future. under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 ae it Plo neve ‘oo ros TP’ 66-231-sub 1 i. The JOE R, DIEZ residence is to be entered and misur:— JOE DIEZ is considered a racket figure (Bureau authority). 2. Survey of Ernesto's Bar and Package Store, 1901 - 12th Avenue, is under way, and this location is where numbers figures GINES RIVERO and ERNESTO ALVAREZ operate, as well as JOE R. DIEZ. Just as soon as the sound-trained Agent establishes what can be done, fisurs will be established for entry and installation. (Bureau authority received to survey.) - Bureau authority has been requested to survey Dixie Amusement Co., Inc., 702 West Columbus Drive, which is operated by TOM DIECIDUE and brother, FRANK DIECIDUE, the latter . considered a racket figure. 3. 4. Bureau authority has been requested to survey the | Po Yellow House Bar, 15th Street and llth Avenue, which is known to be a hangout for AUGUSTINE PRIMO LAZZARA and NICK FURCI, racket. figures. _ , Relative to the above-identified targets, the following steps and procedures were initiated on June 1, 1962; - k 1. JOE R. DIEZ | A fisur was to be established by the Agent assigned the case so that entry could be accomplished with security and the sound-trained Agent and another Agent might accomplish installation. JOE DIEZ and his wife are, known to be residing in the residence, and whenever they leave the residence they | will be surveilled. Entry Agents will thereafter, with radio . equipment, traverse several hundred yards of open space in rural area and gain entry to accomplish installation. A plant area has been secured approximately. one-half mile from subject residence. 2. ERNESTO'S BAR AND PACKAGE STORE aaa, > y As of June 1, 1962, it was ascertained thus far relative to this establishment that a pair on cable J is a “"purglar loop" from Ernesto's to Tampa Signal Company. Above the area of the cafe, however, there is a social club of which a security confidential source was president as of July, 1961. Contact with this source was set-for June 6, 1962, at which y i ate WE e: Fa -2- O\ ASS OL 5 ~“ i Docld: 32289509 Page 3
DATE: 11-14-2017 a “ . hoo ad - ie under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992" (44 HSC" TOF Note y | | . TP 66-231-sub 1°. time the feasibility of this source's assistance would be determined concerning ingress to establishment. This matter is being aggressively followed so as to establish best approach . for entry, and as soon as such is accomplished the best technical installation to be made can be determined and. appropriate FD~142 \ submitted. 3. DIXIE AMUSEMENT co., INC, EARL G. FEY, operator of E. & L. Sign Company, ‘located i immediately adjacent to this establishment, has already been- contacted and is cooperative. It is intended that his place. of business will be used as a blind for Agents in securing» | subsequent entry into Dixie Amusement Co. It is sincerely anticipated that the Bureau will not have to remind the Tampa Office that it does not have highly confidential source coverage, and that the immediate future will accomplish the above-cited installations, which are but few to the many needed and desired by Agents working the CIP in Tampa. e 3+ . / . | DocId: 32289509 Page 4