JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10205-10242 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-2781-1262 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI . FROM: AMBLER, JOHN A. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 02/16/1968 PAGES: 48 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 LST, BKG INVEST, ASSOC, REL, TRA, WHEREABOUTS, TELCAL, HOODLUM ACT, SURVEILLANCES, GAMBLING ACT, B/F INT PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 10/20/1998 INDEFINITE HW 45966 DocId:32290466 Page 1
FL he (Rey. af | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REPORTING OFFICE onnse OF ORIGIN DATE mvestigarive PERIOD ___ ‘TAMPA _| TAMPA FEB 16 68 | 12/20/67 - 2/10/68 TITLE OF CASE , REPORT MADE BY | TYPED BY CHANGED Jf | DO, SA JOHN A, AMBLER | av ICANTE, IR. , » aka _’ | CHARACTER OF CASE | Santo/A#rafficanto | . . | AR | | spelling of last name appearing on Pan’ American Airways ticket. REFERENCES: é i: fi ° Tampa radiogram to Director, 1-24-68. | 4 7 8 San Diego airtel to Director, 1-25-68, aden 7 La Cosa Nostra. : C - Report of SA JOHN A, AMBLER, Tampa, 1-26-68. x Miami airtel to Tampa, 1-24-68, . : _Miami tels to Tampa, 2-6 and 2-9-68. . 3 Richmond letter to Tampa, 1-29-68. - Chicago airtel to Tampa, 2-7-68, captioned % FELIX ALDERISIO. Po New York airtel to Tampa, 2-8-68., ' | . | Title changed to reflect * | -p- | . : SUP SHEN SCAIMED NOME facut, CASE HAS SEEN: cONviC mare eae PENDING OVER ONE YEAR [_]ves [_]No PENDING PROSECUTION OVER 51x! MON THS Clrve jpne SPECIAL AGENT APPROVED COPIES MADE: j . Dien gon galazerpen Wh - USA, TAMPA’ 2- Jacksonville (92-7) 68 REC 26 \,)) 3 - Miami (92-88) 3 FEB 23°19 ran) « (1 = USA, MIAMI, ATTN; anew MR. WILLIAM EARLE, Depart- mental Attorney) 2 - New York (92-846) Disteminof Ton Record irc eKed Report Notations Date Fwd. How Fwd. - By f HW 45966 DocId:32290466 Page 2 e-
\ HW 45966 TP 92-1 ADMINISTRATIVE: On, 1-3-68, NY 5924-C-TE advised that he had heard that VINCE and SANTO TRAFFICANTE had arrived in New York City from Fla,, on-12-24-67/" and that they had remained in New York for abc about four days and that they had had an appointment with someone outside of New. York City. On 1-18-68, SD 1064-C-TE advised that dubject had been in Los Angeles during early part of Jan., and had talked with LCN member, JOHN ROSELLI, and. learned from , ROSELLI that TRAFFICANTE had beén in touch -with. ROSELLI os while in the Los Angelés area. Informant stated TRAFFICANTE was traveling with an unknown male and that they were on their way to Japan and Hong Kong, and according to ROSELLI, TRAFFICANTE suggested that ROSELLI "take over" LCN leader- ship for the entire state of California, as the present , * leaders in the Los Angeles, San Francl sco, and San Jose families were ineffectual. _- CG 6588-C-TE advised that PHIL ALDERISIO had supposedly contacted TRAFFICANTE telephonically at Tampa, indicating that ALDERISIO would: be- in Tampa in the near future and would contact TRAFFICANTE. . ALDERISIO has ~ mentioned that he will be in Miami on Feb. 27, for the opening of the Parkinson Disease Drive and plans to be in ‘ Tampa . before going to Miami. TP 120-c_ has advised that, - although. did not actually personally see SANTO TRAFFICANTE, from Jan. 3, until Jan. 24, informant knows, - for several reasons, that TRAFFICANTE was: actually in Tampa sometime between the night of Jan. 6 and the afternoon of Jan. 8. Informant has stated that when SANTO returned to Tampa on Jan, 23-24, he spent the next several days at the house, suffering ~ - from the flu and did not ‘leave the. house ‘until Tuesday, Jan. 30, when he and Mrs. TRAFFICANTE left indicating , would be gone for several days. TP 120-C stated. that TRAFFICANTE'S daughter,” . MARY JO, and her ‘husband, AUGIE, left Tampa, Thursday, Jan.,11, to attend the ‘Super Bowl in Miami on Jan. 14, and that the went to the Bahama Islands, New. Orleans, back to Miami, and then to Tampa. Informant stated that during the entire time MARY JO and her husband were gone. on their trip, Mrs. TRAFFICANTE remained atthe Tampa _ Be : COVER PAGE Docld:32290466 Page’ 3. - ok .
TP 92-1 residence and that, apparently the original plans were for Mrs. TRAFFICANTE to be off'on a trip with SANTO, while MARY JO and her husband were in the Miami area. Informant mentioned that, during the time Mrs. TRAFFICANTE was in Tampa while the rest of the family were away, she spent much of the time crying and seemed to be in a very depressed state of mind. - Informant stated that SANTO's brother, SAM's, wife, ELSIE, came to the house on several o¢casions to talk with Mrs.. TRAFFICANTE. over some family problem and that on, at least one such occasion, SAM's wife had been accompanied by JIMMY LONGO's wife. On 2-10-68, TP 120-C advised that TRAFFICANTE returned to Tampa on 2-5-68, in the evening and remained in’ Tampa until 2-8-68. * -~. Information from the records of General Telephone Co., of Florida, Tampa, Fla, was made available by Mr. JAMES E. McMAHON. : Investigative period of this report extends beyond the date of last report due to desire to include results of investigation conducted by an auxiliary office, which - were not available at time last report written. : a INFORMANTS: Identity Ss Location of Original Information . TP T-1 is Legat, Rome, Italy Instant Report | "8 TP T-2 is TP 377-PCI 137-1777-10 TP T-3 is TP 120-C fe 137-460-267 “TP T-4 is TP 41-C-TE 137-142-396 TP T-5 is TP 182-C-TE ”137-1028-222 © | TP T-6. is TP 349-C-TE | 137-1792~19 ae mt JACKSONVILLE DIVISION. NT =-C-= — — COVER PAGE i DocId: 32290466 Page 4 ~
TP 92-1 AT JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA (1) Will contact. appropriate official, Southern Bell ‘Telephone Co. and ascertain identity of. subscriber , telephone number 771-1114, Will,. thereafter, conduct appropriate credit and criminal record checks concerning this individual... . . ort, (2) Will, thereafter, if reasons do not: preclude , “" game, interview to determine degree of association, with . TRAFFICANTE. | NEW YORK  prvistow * “AT NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK (1) ‘will, at Pan American Airways, place stop with JAMES FUREY, Passenger Revenue, to be notified when coupons. pertaining to Pan American Ticket Numbers 026; 342: 671: 604, 5, 6 are returned. (2) Will conduct pretext interview of MARTA ALVARADO BETANCOURT, Apartment F, 229 E. 29th St., who was apparently visited by TRAFFICANTE on night of April - 18, 1967. Suitable pretext could be based on fact BETANCOURT apparently a Cuban nationalist, who has been _ to Caracas and Madrid subsequent to the CASTRO Regime in ‘her native country.’ (3), Will recontact NY5924-C-TE concerning TRAFFICANTE' S alleged visit to New. York with VINCENT ALO, , aS TP -120-C has advised that TRAFFICANTE was in Tampa ' on Christmas day and few days subsequent thereto. It -is noted in this connection, TP 120-C has indicated possibility TRAFFICANTE in New York during early part of December ‘and again on Jan. 3, 1968... MIAMI DIVISION - AT MIAMI, FLORIDA (1) Will contact appropriate official, Southern ~ Bell Telephone Co., to identify subscribers to North Dade Numbers 945-0881, 945-8501, and 947-7601, as all of these numbers called from the. ‘Tampa TRAFFICANTE residence. -  2De> COVER PAGE HW 45966. DocId: 32290466 Page 5
TP 92-1 (2) Will, thereafter, conduct appropriate credit _and criminal record checks so that Tampa as office of origin, may be ina position to evaluate feasibility of interview. (3) Will recontact perl —_—for additional OTHER 4 identifying data concerning TONY LNU, referred to on page 9, report of SA WENDELL W, _ HALL, Miami, 1-26-68. (4) Will reinterview DONALD WILKES, Laurel Hotel, 5445 Biscayne Blvd., or c/o NEAL RUTLEDGE, 6th Floor, Flagler Federal Savings and Loan Building, as follows: a. Will identify motel in Tallahassee where alleged meeting with FUNARI occurred and if possible, determine date when such meeting occurred. Will also identify all individuals © present during FUNARI's ‘conversation with gubernatorial candidate HIGH and determine ‘if FUNARI specifically represented himself as a "representative" of SANTO TRAFFICANTE. b. Will obtain specific date of alleged meeting occurring in FUNARI's employer's office, apparently located in Tampa, Fla. Again, will identify all individuals present and how WILKES knows FUNARI and BELK fly to Acapulco, Mexico, and did WILKES intend to state BELK made such trips or was he referring to ITALIANO's son. If possible, obtain descriptive data from WILKES of. FUNARI, ITALIANO, . and any other individuals named by WILKES as having been present at any meetings with FUNARI. ec. Will determine if WILKES made any notes concerning any of the meetings with FUNARI, whether such notes were made contemporaneously with the meetings and if so, obtain such notes from WILKES. It is suggested that Miami prepare 9 additional copies of the interview of WILKES and designate them . for Tampa File 92-858, captioned DELANO BERNARD FUNARI. . =-E=- COVER PAGE HW 45966 DocId:32290466 . Page 6