$a JFK Assassination System Date: 6/17/201 Identification Form oo ss eee Agency Information AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : oo ass eee Document Information ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : FBI 124-90079-10018 HQ CR 92-3434-95 FBI SF HQ 03/29/1962 20 JOSEPH PORETTI JOSEPH CERRITO PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 07/07/1998 INDEFINITE RPT HW 45923 DocId:32328760 Page 1
FD-263 (Re. 5-1-59) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD SAN FRANCTSCO! san FRaNcTSco _| MAR 29 1962 TITLE OF CASE . REPORT MADE BY TYPED BY aio Lo CHARACTER OF CASE cS JOSEPH CERRITO, ala AR REFERENCE: Report of SA CHARLES J, PRELSNIK dated 2/8/62 at San Francisco. - P om 2 ENCLOSURES : TO THE BUREAU - ‘ Two (2) copies of a letterhead memorandum setting}, forth characterization of informants. : XN ADMINISTRATIVE: 4 * A copy of this report is being furnished Albany Pony, ; ‘ information in view of Subject's reported attendance at the an. . Apalachin meeting in that division. . lh \ x A Copies are furnished the New York and Detrost orrices/,| f — for information in view of the report that organizations in th at DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW ee COPIES MADE: mime we wt be Cag ls CAN AL Dissemination Record of Attached Report HW 45923 Docld:32328760 Page 2
SF 92-124 WHK: sg1 Bureau (92-3434) (Enc1.2) - INS, San Francisco - Albany (62-1152A) (Info) ~ Detroit (Info) ~ Miami (Info) - New York (Info) - Seattle ~- San Francisco (92-124) (1 - USA, San Francisco ~ see attached letter re dissemination) (1 - USA, Los Angeles - see attached letter re dissemination) area may attempt to enforce payment of the alleged debt of HAROLD SMITH if the local organization fails to make the collection. A copy is being furnished the Miami Office for informa- tion in view of Subject's reported intended travel to that area, A copy of this report is being furnished to INS, San Francisco, because that agency is investigating an individual whom subject assisted in entering the U.S., GUISEPPE MARINO. OTHER 4 Information furnished by SF T-30, CL"! aka, SF 2550-PC, was paraphrased in this report to protect the identity of the informant. The information reported is contained in FD-302s on file in the San Francisco Office, but the FD-302s were not included in this report because to do so would disclose the informant. It is noted that SF T-30 in his FD-302 declared that he was motivated to furnish information because of a need of financial assistance and because he had been instructed by JOSEPH CERRITO, head of the organization at San Jose, Calif., to kill HAROLD SMITH, SR., part owner of Herold's Club, Reno, Nev. The activities of from HAROLD SMITH, SR., on an alleged contract made with a member of the San Jose group in 1954, O -Be COVER PAGE NW 45923 Docld:32328760—Page 3
SF 92-124 WHK: sgl INFORMANTS: OTHER 4 SF T-1,- SF 2354_¢ SF T-3 ~ NY 3361_c SF T.4 . Mrs, PAT REESE, Western California Telephone and Telegraph Co., Los Gatos, Calif, SF T-5 ~ ny 3462-c* SF T-19 — SF 2547_o% SF T-20 — SF 2405_c# GP T-21 ~ Former NO-cr fs (NO 137-952-16) SF T-22 _ poy (NO 137-1060~ SF T.30 . SF 2550-Pc Contemplated Informant Coverage (1) sp 2354-C will be contacted regularly concerning Subject, (2) sr 2550-PC will be contacted regularly concerning Subject, (3) Te records of the Western States Telephone Co., 15 Montebello Way, Los Gatos, Calif. , will be reviewed on a monthly basis through MARY y, TOPHAM, LEADS: For the benefit Of ffices to whom copies of this report are furnished, the following is a brief background description of the Subject: the U.S, in 1920. He operates an automobile Sales agency in Los Gatos, Calif., and has no reported Criminal record, His indicated aSsociates include Such figures as JOSEPH PROFACI, JOSEPH MAGLIOCCo, “ww 4592: —— HW 45923 DocId: 323287
oe ee SF 92-124 WHK: se LEADS CONT'D; SEATTLE AT PASCO, WASH. Will attempt to identify discreetly the Subscriber to Lt 7-O484 , SAN FRANCISCO EOD AT SAN FRANCISCO CALIF, eee CALIP, (1) W411 obtain additional information concerning the Subject's activities through SF 2354-C and SF 2550-PC. (2) wa11 determine the identity of associates of the Subject as reflected through calls to Garfield 1-8453, Garfield 1-1948, MI 77-7750, EX 2-6193, and DO 2-2252, AT SAN MATEO CALIF, Will identify the Subscriber to DI 4-3713 and Di 4-258], AT MONTEREY CALIF, Will identify the Subscriber to FR 5-2602. AT CARMEL, CALIF. Will identify subscriber to MA 4-3517, a CALIF, AT WATSONVILLE, CALIF, Will identify the Subscriber to PA 4~3847, AT RICHMOND, CALIF. Will identify the Subscriber to BE 3-585]. AT LOS GATOS, CALIF, (1) Wail monitor subject's bank account at Welis Fare c Bank-American Trust Co., 150 North Santa Cruz Dr, , (2) Wa11 review subject's toll calls at Western States Telephone Co., 15 Montebello Ave, - D¥* . COVER PAGE HW 45923 Docld: 32326 766—Page—S—