Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ‘ JFK Assassination System Date: . 4/22/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10221-10095 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — 105-80291-40 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: STAFFORD, LEMAN L. JR. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 05/10/1960 PAGES: 24 SUBJECTS : DEB, TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS LIST, ASSOC, INTV, | NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS, RCK, TRA, RES, ACA, DESCR, B/F INT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 05/21/1998 . OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : A . v9.1 Docld:32340702 Page 1 34
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 27107 aa e}. DATE: Al- 14-2017 MM 105-2006 - ) SECRET - AT MIAMI, FLORIDA oe 1. Will report additional data concerning Of identities of subscribers to telephone numbers to vA whom subject has been making long distance calls from --Cleveland, Ohio, as set forth in report of SA MICHAEL H. -FARRIN, at Cleveland,. dated. 2/25/60. -2. Will give consideration to contacting GUS DE MAIO, business associate of subject, for any pertinent information he will volunteer concerning subject. 3. Will consider interviewing AMOS HEACOCK, - reportedly wsiding at the Brickell Motel, for any information he may desire to furnish concerning. subject's activities, it being noted HEACOCK, according to Cleveland letter to Bureau dated 3/31/60, apparently is a representative of TRUMAN WASSERMAN, who met BARTONE in Miami in March, 1959, at which time subject said he had completed negotiations in Cuba for the Akros Dynamics C-74 Globe Masters. 4, Will maintain contact with. WALTER LIPP, Manager of the Moulin Rouge Motel, wherein subject has been residing at frequent intervals since January, 1960. ’ ADMINISTRATIVE | This report is being classified confidential ! inasmuch as the interview of. JOSEPH LIQUORI,: as set | . forth. in. details of this report,xXtends to reveal the Bureau's investigative interest in a(foreign, diplomatic ; establishend namely the (Dominican Republics) $ ) nce . | ad COVER PAGE - — — — -— fa) Qo | H 1 Docld: 32340702 Page 2?
"Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 °° i . 4 o> . oN fe \ + . . . \ . , . ? 9 “. INFORMANTS IDENTITY LOCATION OF ORIGINAL INFORMATION MM T-1 is THERESA DOUGHERTY, _.. Bell Telephone Company of J Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, - Pennsylvania, who furnished information to SE E, DAVIS — PORTER. 105-2006-52 MM T=2 is CSDE-295 105=2006-53 MM T-3 is ARTHUR G. ABBOTT, Credit Manager, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D. C., contacted by SA RICHARD E. RODERMUND (BY request). | 105-2006=54 MM T-4 is BEN BOSTAIN, | General Telephone Company, Tampa, Florida, contacted by SA H. K. RUTHERFORD, Jy¥. i ’ (By request). Instant report, page 15 Careful consideration has been given to each | source concealed in this report, and "T" symbols have been utilized only in those instances where identity must be concealed. -'*S°GOVER PAGE - Docld: 32340702 Page 3
” Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Récords Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC ‘2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 . ‘ . . . ts . " P2204 (Rov. 3-3-5-9) (— : ; Pad ‘ , ~ ~ we UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 - U. S. Customs, Miami (RM) 1 + ONI, 6th ND, DIO, Charleston, S. C. (RM) SECRET 1 - OsI, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Fla. (RM) - l-U. S. Border Patrol, Miami (RM) Copy to: 1 = G-2, Ft. McPherson, Ga. (RM) . | 1 - INS, Miami, Fla. _ (BM) Report of: LEMAN L, STAFFORD, JR. . Offic: Miami, Florida \ 4 _ Pate MAY1O 1960 : . Field Office File # Miami 105-2006 a Bureau File #: 1005-80291 | Title: DOMINICK EDWARD BARTONE Characte: INTERNAL SECURITY = CUBA; REGISTRATION ACT - CUBA Synopsis: On 2/24/60, JOSEPH LIQUORI, Miami, Florida, reported - he had had only infrequent contact with subject since their arrest on 5/22/59, at Miami, but subject; ‘diring Summer, 1959, told him he personally had given $132,000.00 or $134,000.00 to WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN, but did not divulge reasons why or source of money. - Subject_has contacted LIQUORI ssecafesly in mind of - having| Dominican. Republic Governmeng pay subject’ 8 fine which was imposed in-Féderal-Court at Miami, Florida. On 4/7/60, subject requested and was granted permission to go to Canada on 4/11/60, with return via Cleveland, | ._ Ohio. Investigation has disclosed subject, while. _ reportedly residing at one Miami address, has frequently checked into Moulin Rouge Motel, Miami Beach, Florida, and most recently was a guest at the establishment from 4/7/60 to 4/9/60. Identities of subscribers to telephone numbers. called by subject set forth. INASMUCH AS SUBJECT REPORTEDLY CARRIES A GUN AT ALL. SIRES, HE SHOULD BE. CONSIDERED ARMED | AND DANGEROUS. - . _p- CLASSIFIED BY Stee Sto fete DECLASSIrY ON25K OYE) (1 eofts a ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN LS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT gn WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE... 47” SECRET This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. he DoclId: 32340702 Page 4
- Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey-. DATE: 11-14-2017 " , “ aran sae ; MM 97-266 | SeOney | ry grcith Be He said that he knew that ROLANDO} SFERRER (former Cuban Senator) and FRED ABOSQUE, a Cuban associated with _anti-FIDEL | CASTRO activities, had been in close con- tact with | FERRANDO ;, however , he never knew what they were —0000"" eon doing. ; wf LIQUORI advised that the following people are employed at the[Dominican_ Gongujats} in ee et Mrs. \Vcracray OSs, ne eemoerephe ae ALTA GRAC TAXFOX, stenographer. | ~ LIQUORI said that he believed that [DE  worsfoas a a Va would not become involved in any JOS AULINO, Auxi xiliary Con: nsul woe pet OYA, Consul General MIGUELSPONDEUR,, CIéEk intrigue ) LIQUORI said he did not know of any Americans or Latin Americans who would be on on the (Dominicad] payrol1 &) LIQUORI related that some time during the Spring of 1959, he went to the First National Bank of Miami and cashed either a $30,000.00 ora $35,000.00 — _ check given fe: him by {AUGUSTO FERRANDO <3! ‘-LIQUORI returned to; | FERRANDO’ s;-office with the cash, which was turned over to the” latter. LIQUORI said he subsequently met -DOMINICK BARTONE , who related to him that he was in 'FERRANDO' so Office when LIQUORI returned with the cash, “and that }FERRANDO* “gave him this money in payment for some airplane parts which; | FERRANDO), we 2s buying. Concerning the first” ‘meeting with BARTONE, 7 “ Saye VEGa Docld: 32340702 Page 5
’ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (42 USc 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 | . MM 97-266 LIQUORI said he went with’ | FERRAN about May, 1959, tozthe office of thefItaliai Consy]JGn Miami, whose -namé"He could not recall. 'FERRA 10 # ‘had a confer e with BARTONR, at that time, and LIQUORI- “éxplained that fhe Italian . congue ted as interpreter and translator between" FERRANDO :: and “BARTONE in the Italian language. He said chat ‘¥ERRANDO ._ does not speak good English, that BARTONE does not speak ~~ cs. Spanish, and that although the two do speak Italian, there “| appeared to be differences in dialects, and the two could md “- not understand each other. LIQUORI was unable to furnish the details of this conversation. oe MILLineg K merger fe LIQUORI recalled that on one occasion, 'FERR. 10 oye jo had in his possession a tape recording to which} FERRANDO :’~' Le pointed and indicated "MORGAN--MORGAN", and LIQUORI assumed that it wads a preneiecs aes a conversation with, WILLIAM Cetdrde « ALEXANDER ORGAN which FERRANDO"” “Sent down to’ “the: Dominican 77, ~Republ ve" to" O° Generalissimo TRUJILLO!“ LIQUORI Said it was -——~ his impression that !' TRUJILLO: sent’ a’ large sum of money to be given to MORGAN for MORGAN's promise to create a counterrevolution in Cuba against FIDEL CASTRO. “LIQUORI said that while he did not know for certain, it was his belief that the money had been brought up from the __. ‘Dom SN sosapPlcas ed an individual::known to him as{ MANUEL A ve \"PERE SOS described by LIQUORI as a Dominican, very — a ten, kar | | “éTése to“TRUJILLO{:who handles important matters. for the fle yi )Qh latter, the natue_of z sosifal unknown to LIQUORI. ae 4 \ LIQUORI described{PEREZ SOS a white male, approximately 40 years of age, 5 feet 10°inches tall, round face, mustache, who frequently wears dark glasses. LIQUORI said he has not seen this individual for quite some time. - i . a / Th ~ Von de, . +. ; 7 . a oo - _ _ Docld: 32340702 Page 6
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (ii usc” ‘2107 Hote - DATE: Ail- 14-2017 | . MM 97-266 SFORET LIQUORI recalled that BARTONE was trying to sell some C-74 aircraft to Cuba or the Dominican Republic in about May, 1959. Prior to arrest on May 22, 1959, by United States Customs at Miami, LIQUORI said that BARTONE was planning to take a C-74 aircraft to the Dominican Republic with airplane parts, on a flight plan which indicated the plane would travel to Puerto Rico. While en route, BARTONE planned to divert the plane from its course and land in the Dominican Republic, where the plane would be demonstrated to appropriate Dominican officials to determine if they were interested in purchasing same. . LIQUORI said that he has had only infrequent contact with BARTONE since their arrest on May 22, 1959 at Miami. He recalled that some time during the summer, during the time WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN was in Miami, BARTONE told him that he personally had given $132,000.00 or $134,000.00 to MORGAN. LIQUORI said that BARTONE is a very cautious person, and that he did not divulge to him the reasons why this money had been given to MORGAN, or where the money had come from.— LIQUORI said that his attorney’ s fees, as well I. as those of BARTONE, have bee paid, sland he presumes that the (Dominican Government ts taking care of these Of mattersig,fiis attorney is BEN COHEN of Miami. LIQUORI said that he heard that BARTONE had returned to Cleveland, Ohio after disposition of his case in Federal Court, Miami, Florida, but that on about February 17, 1960, he had received a call from BARTONE, who indicated that he is now residing in Miami , Florida. LIQUORI said BARTONE thinks he, LIQUORI,# has woo influence with the [Dominican Government}, and has attempted.«'\ Docld: 32340702 Page
“Released under the dohn Ff. Kennedy Assassination Records CoDlection Act of 1999 (44 WSC 2107 Hotes. DATE: 11-14-2017 4 - a > } mM 97-266 CECRE! - ) xto have LIQUORT contact oninican offtctalgf tm Miami and ‘have them pay BARTONE's fine imposed in Federal Court at Miami, Florida.j LIQUORI related that BARTONE apparently resides in the Moulin Rouge Motel, Miami Beach, Florida; that he had visited him there in_Room 208 or 210 on about February 17, 1960. BARTONE told LIQUORI he is working on a "deal" at the present time involving catering at the Miami International Airport. BARTONE told LIQUORTI modified to permit him to depart from the United States and take care of business interests in Canada, which ‘ interests are woknown to LIQUORI. LIQUORI also said he has heard rumors that BARTONE has am "in" with the Teamaters Union, but could furnish no additional information regarding this matter. SS) = veHg nena woe Docld: 32340702 Page &
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Howe e}. DATE: 11-14-2017 ~ cv — MM 105-2006 _ SECRET ; BOSQUE said that money was subsequently delivered to WILLIAM ALEXANDER MORGAN, and it was his belief, though he was not certain, that this money had been brought,{ {up . from the [Dominican RepublidPby [MANUEL PEREZ SOSA Jagscribed by [Bosqu a an. finspector of Dominican Consulates ./S) M. G. ARGUELLES, JR. 1406 10th Avenue, Tampa, Florida, former landlord of MAXYGARCIA, was interviewed on. March 28, 1960, by SA H. K. RUTHERFORD JR. #ARGUELLES said. that GARCIA is presently residing im Miami, Florida, 4 but. claimed he did not know the exact address, but believed he might be at a motel called the Moulin Rouge or the Little Ranch. He added that GARCIA had instructed that: any mail which might come for him should be held . . by. ARGUELLES; furthermore, that GARCIA had been back | to Tampa several times and had come by to pick up his . : mail. He said he had not seen GARCIA in more than two ‘weeks, however. i ' On April 8, 1960, Mrs. HAZEL BOSTRUM, U. S.° | Probation Officer, Miami, Florida, who is supervising subject's probation, furnished the following information: ~The subject came to her office om April 7, 1960, and ' requested permission and was granted same to go to Port Colborne, Canada, which subject claimed was a- necessary business. trip in connection with his "company". “Mrs. BOSTRUM said subject planned to depart from Miami — on April 11, 1960, and proceed. to Canada and indicated. . he would return via Cleveland, Ohio, and would be in. -that City on April 12, 1960, and expected to arrive in Miami om April. 13, 1960. “Mrs. BOSTRUM said subject has been. granted authority. to. travel by the U. S. District Judge in Miami, but. in each. specific instance he must advise Mrs. BOSTRUM of his anticipated travel and itinerary. Mrs. BOSTRUM . also said that subject has indicated he is still. residing at 500 Northeast 83rd Street, Apartment 7, Miami, florida. 92 Cregg “ents Cl . ; _ ; ; ; . . a : . . Jt Docld: 32340702 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hofey. DATE: il- 14-2017 ; Te. 8 ( i ; A AF ; VO MM 105-2006 _— SECRET | | On November 3, 1959, BAPST called Mrs. BAPST at Miami, Florida, (be ovata i- 2056, and on November 5, 1959, — he. called ayMr. (DE MovAfal d Trujillo, Dominican . | Republi Telephone (2-2187.,JS 1 oF Examination of the Criss-cross Telephone Directory for Tampa, Florida, by SA H. K. RUTHERFORD, JR. reflected the following subscribers to telephones listed: 87-4581 - No information. 4-2737 /- sted te M. G, X RGUELLES, JR., 1406 10th Avenue{MAX:GARCTAis known. o have used this “phone “inthe past, has been contacted at this number by SA RUTHERFORD. GARCIA has been identified as an - associate of subject. os 8-5794 - Listed to the Moulin Rouge, a night club at 1711 West Platt, which address is directly opposite the offices of Tampa Transit Lines where MAX GARCIA was formerly employed. | 82=2243.- Listed to ELMER W.XADAMS, 811 _/ South, Rome Rome,,.,who has been previously identified as an associate i MAX GARCIA. ; TACOPCE, FIA: 4-8043 - No information 4-8058 - Listed to the Cuban Club, 14th Street and 10th Avenue. SU 2-3222 = No information. On March 31, 1960, MM T-4 furnished the ‘following information concerning numbers not listed in the Criss-cross Directory: 87-4581 - This number, in October, 1959 (when used by one "MAX" to make a collect call to subject's residence) was a non-published number 1i8ted to ELMER W. ADAMS, 811 South Rome, Tampa, Florida. This telephone service was disconnected on October 19, 1959. Meee ee. Soe - Bee ne ene ~ -. - wee a Doclda: 32340702 Page 10