' i | | |. “ s 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 : v9.1 HW 45966 DoclId: 322766636 sa Sa SS SR i ae E JFK Assassination System Identification Form - Agency Information FBI 124-10195-10412 HQ 92-2781-190 ‘Document Information FBI LABADIE, STEPHEN J. DIRECTOR, FBI 05/04/1961 9 | [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4; 11(a) Redact 02/16/1999 INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS 42 Page 1 ES A OT RE EN me ere = oe a Date: 6/11/201 Peleased under the John Kennedy Assassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 45966 Date: 1i-—16-2017
Ag \ TP 92-1 Miami advised by the same communication may be identical with BENJAMIN HUSICK, FBI Number 628552, who is a book maker and gambler in Miami Beach and runs the Recreation Center, Inc., 540 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, which is frequented. by gamblers in that area. ar MARCELLA PRANCE, Commerical Department, General Telephone Company (Protect Identity), advised SA LABADIE on 4/27/6l1atelephone. RE 6-6973 (at subject's residence, Tampa) for the billdaggperiod 4/11/61 had following tolls: 12/7/60 Collect from Havana 3-3513, EVARISTO GAVEIA, which source said could be GAVILLA to SANTO TRAFFICANTE shortly after 3:00 p.m... 3/11,14, | 23/61 _ To Gainesville, Fla., FR 2-5616 a 4/1/61 To Clearwater, Fla., 446-7286, Capri Restaurant ay 4/2/61 To Miami PL 4-1912 about 7:10 pm io EVARISTO GAVEIA or GAVILLA may be identical with EVARISTO GARCIA who was reported by HAV-33 (protect) on 10/24/58 as one of the principal interest holders in.the Hotel Deauville Casino, Havana, along with subject and who was identified as a a"bolita banker" in Havana for years and as a former partner of FREDESVINDO BOSQUE CUETO, FBI No. 420 934, in Havana-Madrid Jai Alai Fronton. ‘Gainesville, Fla., 2-5616 previously iddentified as to RICHARD EDWARD VALDES, boyfriend of SARAH ANN TRAFFICANTE. Miami, Fla. » PL 4-1912 previously identified as to - STEFANO RANDAZZO. - On 4/21/61 on conducting a surveillance of 2505 Bristol Avenue, SA LABADIE noted a truck at the TRAFFICANTE residence which had on the side thereof Suncoast Tilée, Telephone RE 6-7577, at being noted ‘that perhaps some interior work. may be performed at such residence. The 1961 Tampa City Directory | lists Suncoast Tile of Tampa, Contractors, 3012 Cordelia, operated by WILFRED RAMOS and WILFREDO RAMOS . It is here being noted that in 1958, upon checking the home telephone tolls at residence of JAMES COSTA LONGO, at that time residing at 2119 Beach, Tampa, telephone calls wre placed from his residence to a WILFORD REMOS or RAMOS at Mulberry, Florida, and therefore, no further exploration is being made at this time. D . . COVER PAGE \ 92-49 ASS (A 45966 DoclId:3272766636 Page 2
p 4 ~y 2? * ° . TP 92-1 INFORMANTS TP T-1, MARY MOTT, National Airlines, Hillsboro Hotel, requested her identity be protected. , TP T-2 is TP 41-PC. TP T-3, EDGAR ADAIR, Intelligence Unit, mas, ‘Tampa, requésted identity be protected. Tp T-4, WINFIELD B. ELROD, Assistant Collector, Collections Unit, IRS, Tampa, requested identity be concealed. REVIEWED BY on IPR TASK FORSE — lk ON “Tez 9e Sok —— Ci RELEASE IN FULL a BX RELEASE IN PART - - C) TOTAL DENIAL“ oes | E* COVER PAGE WWW> Vo&\ SO | oo . _- Soe a . _— ; ee a ‘HW 45966 Docld:32266636 Page 3 ;
“OF ¥D-204 (Rev. 3-3-69) _ a ; of “a . co 4 ° ~ Kg we UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE : FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . JFK Act 6 (4) Title ‘SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR, aka Character ANTI=RACKETEERING | “ Synopsis: Subject has not been reported in Tampa since 4/18/61, on which d apa “ for Miami, Florida. ‘Tampa, —— advised subject tol im he had an apartment in cot, - Miami Beach and was spending his time there; that his wife was in Miami Beach one week ago from 4/27/61, ‘where she saw subject's wife, who related that she se i had a furnished apartment in Miami Beach. | -~p- DETAILS | AT TAMPA, FLORIDA On the Hight of April 17, 1961, subject was observed - in front of his residence, 2505 Bristok Avenue, by SAs FRANCIS X. O'BRIEN and STEPHEN J. LABADIE. License numbers of cars at 2505 Bristol at this pertinent time obtainable were noted as follows: 1961 Florida license 3-8160 on a dark green Plymouth, 1961 Florida license 3-17115 on a pink Chevrolet, 1961 Florida -- license 3-21500 on a dark Chevrolet. ; On April 19, 1961, VERA VAIDEN, Auto Tag:Agency, Hillsborough County Courthouse, advised SA LABADIE that her records reflected the following registrations for 1961 tags: This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the 'RBESand iss loaned Bivotar es agency; $y ‘it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. \ SS” Copy to ‘ Report of: SA STEPHEN J. LABADIE Office: TAMPA | Date: 5/4/61 ; oo , . Field Office File No. 92-1 Bureau File No.: 92-2781 ‘ i : AW 45966 DoclId:3272766636 Page 4
TP 92-1 TP T-2 advised SA LABADIE on April 24, 1961, he had ascertained subject left Tampa on April 18, 1961, and that his mode of travel to Miami and address was not determined. a As of April 26, 1961, this source advised he was leaving for Mexico City. TP T-3 advised SA LABADIE on —_ = 1261. ; TP T-4 advised SA LABADIE on 4/26/61 that Law 11 (a) advised S on Apri 61, that subject had ro been in his office about six weeks previous ‘thereto to have i his eyes checked, at which time subject advised him he had an ‘apartment in Miami Beach, and was spending his time thete. This source stated that his wife was in Miami Beach one week ago, where she saw Mrs. SANTO TRAFFICANTE, and Mrs.. TRAFFICANTE related to source's wife that she had anfurnished ‘apartment in tq address of subject in Miami Beach> ‘was unknown to Po _ MS x - 3* +o / - a BSI) a ij. | MW 45966 DoclId:322766636 Page 5