Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: $/20/201 ' Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10207-10298 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  166-4355-129, 130 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, CAR TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/11/1972 “PAGES: 5 SUBJECTS : MANOCCHIO, LUIGI GIOVANNI, GAMBLING, FUG, TRA, VENEZUELA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 05/23/1995 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC MEMO, LHM ‘s pS SS v9.1 13 Docld: 32291522 Page 1
Passe DATE: 11-14-2017 + QPTONAL FORM NO. 16 MAY 1962 EDITION ~ pe GSA FPMK (41 CFR) 1GT~11.6 an ; “4 UNITED STATES #VERNMENT Memorandum ro iy SOTING DIRECTOR (166-4355) SE F] pare: 6/22/72 a "FROM Macan, CARACAS (166-2) orp Nett B+ — cone suBjEcT: LUIGI erovannr tuanoccuto& Ein IO NO, 4336 | ET AL ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED . ‘ 6S HEREIN 1S, UNCLASSIFI ITAR - GAMBLING 00 ESE Re Caracas letter to Bureau dated 4/11/72. LA On 6/19/72, FRANCIS FLUCHE, Investigator, Interpol Division, Technical Judicial Police (PTI), Caracas, Venezuela, advised that he had caused a search of national identification files and of all logical police records in an effort to ascer- tain whether subject LUIGI GIOVANNI MANOCCHIO had ever been fingerprinted in Venezuela under his true name or any other rep- resentation. This search was negative and no record identifiable with MANOCCHIO was located. ee epncres Ase. AND DANGEROUS > RL CES Ss A DANE. ™N " wv Ae i ~ A Aa a Sg fe - $2EE— |30 9 ~ am Ce} eee ae > COMFORT, ee” bingo 2 JUN 28 1972 © FO eer Maze Me Ai wad % Q" NCTE BECEMEL — - Bureau yr 2 DEBE O4 1 - Foreign Liaison i. in tS 2- poston (166-845) Docld: 32291522 Page 2? Booted pee tinder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC "3107 Hote;
"Released undge the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 11-14-2017 . ~ im, fy) - agh ~ “ DATE: a, U vED STATES DEPARTMENT OF, «ICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Washington, D, Cc, Serer. File No. April 11, 1972 ues hee AGENCIES y Dect assraTED y(Sf CONFIREH Tia ve LUIGI GIOVANNI MANOCCHIO _ Fle we 2 (9/7818 US, Pass Pert ve. . On‘“April 10, 1972, Roderick Lowe, Executive Assistant Manager, Hotel Tamanaco, garacas Venezuela, advised that on April 4, 1972, Mr. Thomas,Di Luglio, 934 Hartford Avenue, Johnston, Rhode Island, Attor » checked into the hotel at 10: 17 £ PM, occupying a-suite of rooms, 600-602. \ ae k passhect (E004 At the same time, Richard}Oster, 400 400 Harris Avenue, Wet Providence, Rhode Island,. checked into the hotel, occupying Room - ~ 610. \x ¥ab CUTAtne LoVe ee SG EE SSE Di Luglio and Oster checked out of the hotel at 6:04 AM, April 7, 1972 XK A review of the billing charged to Rooms 600-602 and 610 determined that payment in the amount of Bs 3,079.35 ($699.85) was made by use of American Express Credit Card Number 029 010 176 5 in the name of R. M. Oster, A. J. Oster Company. yeh Yr) A number of long-distance telephone calls were made as follows: OK On April 5, 1972 By Di Luglio, station-to-station, 351-3772, Providence, Rhode Island. By Frank Caprio, station-to-station, 725-2784, Providence, Rhode Island, By Oster station-to-station, 245-7005, Providence, Rhode Isiand. By Frank Gabriel (Caprio?), station-to-station, 274-4848, Providence, Rhode Island. By Oster, station-to-station, 245-7005, Providence, Rhode Island, Docld: 32291522 Page 4
eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 05¢ F10T foce DATE: 11-14-2017 LUIGI GIOVANNI MANOCCHIO SECRET - SS AS eS, a On April 6, 1972 . By Di Luglio, station-to-station, 757-4150, to Miami, Florida, By Di Luglio, station-to-sdtation, 461-6520, Providence, Rhode Island. . By Oster, station-to-station, 421-3840, Providence, Rhode Island, By Di Luglio, person-to-person, 866-7741, ‘ Extension 854, for Miss Johnson, On April 7, 1972 By Oster, station-to-station, 245-7005, Providence, Rhode Island, A review of the billing for food and beverage services noted estensive charges for groups of three to nine people at the Cabana Restaurant located at poolside. One other charge of note was made to rent the Orinoco Room on April 5, 1972, fora party of nine people, This was charged to Oster and the rental was made at the request of Mr, Alexander. Lowe advised that he could not identify Alexander based on the information available and that he would contact appropriate hotel ,personnel to further identify Di Luglio, Caprio, and Oster. il On April 10, 1972, Inspector Ivan Gonzalez Landaeta, Interpol Division, Technical Judicial Police, Caracas, advised that he had reviewed appropriate immigration records and determined the following: . 5S , —yxh . xX Ele Thomas Di Luglio, United States Passport 1917516, Frank /caprio, United States. Passport 0648620, and Richard Oster, Uni States Passport 1801148, arrived in Caracas, Yepezuela, on April 4, 1972, via Pan American Airways Flight 203 at 9:05 PM. They did not have visas or tourist cards to enter Venezuela but were allowed to Stay based on their declaration that’ they were "in transit without visa" and they would continue to Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, vaa ALM (Dutch Antillean Airlines) On April 8, 1972. ve =" voretet abe ty ‘ wet? . ‘ Docld: 32291522 Page 5
DATE: 11-14-2017 LUIGI GIOVANNI MANOCCHIO Di ip prie and Oster departed Caracas on VIASA Flight 740 at 10:00° on April 7, 1972, with the first stop scheduled for Miami, Florida, It was not possible to determine whether Miami was their final destination, LEY On April 11, 1972, Mr, Lowe, supra, advised that.he had contacted all logical food service personnel and determined that Oster apparently is not identifiable with Manocchio and that Manocchio, based on available photographs, was not in attendance at any of the meals served by the hotel, \K Lowe noted that on the occasion of the utiligation of the Orinoco Room by the party of nine, the purpose of this meeting had to do with the display of a Large quantity of jewelry as one of the waiters had observed a small suitcase which had been opened and jewelry and stones were lying loose on the table. \y J Docld:32291522 Page 6