Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/12/201 Identification Form “Agency Information AGENCY:. FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-90104-10436 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: _92-2940-376 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: PG TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 06/26/1962 “PAGES: 6 SUBJECTS : SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B; 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: = 07/31/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO v9.1 Docld: 32333135 Page 1
Released under nay John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 14-14-2017 D=1 43 ae: 28-60) | te . ‘mona FORMNO.10 : TON. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT = = Memorandum © SECRET JUNE . TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (Bufile 92-2940 ) are: _ 6/26/62 FROM: ee PITTSBURGH (92-226-Sub 2) suBjEcT: JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL OR MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCE EP RE: Title SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA, aka Character of Case ANTI-RACKETEERING Field Office ' Pittsburgh Symbol Number _PG 622-c* A Type of Surveillance: / (Technical or _ Miers éne) Mfcrophone (MUTT Ynstallation) 1. Name of person or organization on’ whom curvet Trends braced: SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA:(Qwner, North Star Cement Block Company, 12 McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.) ‘ mee ear rarneetnttae  e SME pe pcetene me me 2. Address where installation made . Also give exact room number or area covered: . The Pittsburgh Office of the North Star Cement Block Company, Le. McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 3. Location of monitoring plant: Pittsburgh FBI Office, 450 Union Trust Building, Fifth Avenue and Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Le Dates’ of initial authorization and installation: Initial authorization: 1/26/61 Installation: 1/30/61 (actually activated on 2/7/61) pe 5. Previous and other installations on the same subject (with dates and places): No other installations ALL INFORMATION CONTAINER Sareea es sits He ~~. If (oes alae is a technical surveillance, answer following questions? (There is no tesur involved in this Mh 72. PA ; a. Isa trunk line utilized? é b.* Is the surveillance on a suitonboee eet 4 5 Mee c. Is the surveillance’én a pubic pool pperated telephone? OD- Bureau — A! l= Jpiwe IE =f Cue RAV/P jw Bey pe 104 i r Registere mC hha he hog | ®ECRES J Dad Docld: 32333135 Page 2?
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey. DATE :° 11-14-2017 s . ' , Cc : @& | : ~ SECRED PG 92-226-Sub 2 d. Is surveillance on a private line or a party line? e. Ifa party line, how many parties? 7. If a microphone surveillance involved, state number of microphones actually | used and location of each: One MUTT unit is installed and concealed in the floor space between subject's business office and lavatory. 8. Is the installation part of a tel-mike? If so, give symbol of other side of the combination: Not part of a tel-mike. nee eee ee 9. Specific examples of valuable information obtained since previous report with indication of specific value of each item and the date information received. State what use was made of each item involved: (Add insert pages) ' Consult insert pages. All information was utilized for intelligence purposes and appropriate dissemination was made where pertinent. 10. Could above information have been obtained from other sources and by other means? No. , 11. Number of live informants (in field division) who cover same subject: ; Two live informants cover LA ROCCA but there are no live informants furnishing information relative to the North Star’ Cement Block Company. 12. Has security factor changed since installation? No change. 13. Any request for the surveillance by outside agency (give name, title and agency ): . No requests made. 14. Cost of Plant Premises: a. Rental costs for plant premises: None (costs included in office rental) b, .Give total number of other _surveillances monitored at same plant. wo units of a tesur|[(PG 177- safiere installed on 1/8/62 One mate unit was installed on 6/6/62 in connection with Bufile 100-21772e2 and will be activated as soon as a -line problem is resolved, probably by 7/2/62. RECOrT Docld: 32333135 Page 3
‘Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE:. 11-14+2017 | YoC Cc O oe Jt. SECRET PG 92-226-Sub 2 | | | ec. If any others, set out the proportionate cost of | instant surveillance: t Not applicable. aon 15. Cost of Leased Line for instant installation? $9.31 _ | f 16. Personnel Costs: a. Give total number of special employees and/or Special Agents working at plant and total salary costs. One Special Employee (GS-9) t $7,425 per annum, monitors PG 622-C*and jboth units of | PG 177-S*,from 8:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday XK] weekly... ring periods of inactivity this Special Employee is "UF able té perform regular duties as an applicant correlator. (See i b. Total number of man hours per week spent at plant? Supplement Page 44 hours c. If other installations monitored at same plant, list - proportionate number of man hours per week spent on ; instant surveillance: 15 hours or approximately 33 percent of the total time spent monitoring all units. . | d. If other installations monitored at same plant, list . | proportionate salary expense per annum for instant | surveillance: | GS-5: Approximately $2,606 - | GS-9: Approximately $4,010. . ; | { | 17. Remarks (By SAC): . A great deal of potential has been demonstrated by this informant | and information received on a daily basis is being utilized -gontinually by those Agents assigned to the Criminal Intelligence Program in the Pittsburgh Office. .Financial developments relating to the North Star Cement Block Company assume prime importance when it is realized that LA ROCCA has been designated as the prime target subject of an intensification program looking toward early prosecution on.any Federal violation. LA ROCCA and the supervisory employees of North Star have spoken freely enough for this informant to ascertain their reactions to investigations being conducted by both the Internal Revenue Service and the FBI at Pittsburgh. (See supplemental page 3a) ~ Seren Docld: 32333135 Page 4