Originator: FBI
From: SF
To: HQ
Document date: 1962-03-29 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/17/201

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

FBI

124-90079-10018

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 92-3434-95

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

1O:

TITLE:

FBI

SF

HQ

Released under the John F. Kennedy

Assassination Flecords Collection Act of

1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:NW

56000 Date: 11-03-2021

DATE: 03/29/1962

PAGES: 20

SUBJECTS :

JOSEPH PORETTI

JOSEPH CERRITO

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/07/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

RPT

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FD-263 (R': 5-1-59)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

SAN FRANCISCO

TITLE OF CASE

SAN FRANCISCO

DATE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

MAR 2 9 1962

REPORT MADE BY

10/19/61 - 3/26/62

TYPED BY

WILBERT H. KEHE

CHARACTER OF CASE

sgt

JOSEPH CERRITO, aka

AR

REFERENCE:

Report of SA CHARLES J. PRELSNIK dated 2/8/62

at San Francisco.

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ENCLOSURES:

TO THE BUREAU

Two (2) copies of a letterhead memorandum setting

forth characterization of informants.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

A copy of this report is being furnished Albany form

information in view of subject's reported attendance at the

Apalachin meeting in that division.

APPROVED

1 SPECIAL AGENT

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Date Fwd.

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By

Bureau 892-74÷4

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

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SF 92-124

Copies:

Bureau (92-3434) (Encl.2)

- INS, San Francisco

1 - Albany (62-1152A) (Info)

-Detroit (Info)

- Miami (Info)

- New York (Info)

- Seattle

7 - 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.

Information furnished by SE T-30, SALVATORE JOHN

CONSTANZA, aka, SE 2550-PC, was paraphrased in this report to

protecte the th

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,

nead of the organization at san Jose, Calif., to kill HAROLD SMITH,

SR., part owner of Harold's Club, Reno, Nev.

the

o way: To act on y

subject reported in the details of

this report in reference

to the collection of a large sum of money from a Reno casino

operator refer to this attempt to collect the sum of $100,000

from HAROLD SMITH, SR., on an alleged contract made with a member

of the San Jose group

• in 1954.

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SF 92-124

WHK: Sg1

INFORMANTS:

SF T-1, - SF 2354-0

SE T-3 - NY 3361-C*

SF T-4 - Mrs. PAT REESE, Western California

Telephone and Telegraph Co., Los Gatos, Callf.

SF T-5 - NY 3462-0*

SF T-19 - SE 2547-0*

SF T-20 - SF 2405-0*

SF T-21 - Former NO-CI ALBERT I. PILSBURY

(NO 137-952-16)

SF T-22 - PCI RAYMOND L. ROLLING

(NO 137-1060-3)

SF T-30 - SF 2550-PC

Contemplated Informant Coverage

(1) SF 2354-C will be contacted regularly concerning

subject.

(2) SF 2550-PC will be contacted regularly concerning

subject.

(3) The 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 afices to whom copies of this report

are furnished, the following is a brief background description of

the

subject:

JOSEPH CERRITO was born in Sicily in 1911. He came to

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,

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SF 92-124

WHK: sg1

LEADS CONT'D:

RUSSELL BUFALINO, JOE CIVELIO, and FRANK DI SIMONE, all of whom

attended the Apalachin meeting.

He is reported to

be the leader

of the Sicilian group in the san Jose, Callf.

SEATTLE

subscribeRAS00.1758484

Will attempt to identify discreetly the

SAN FRANCISCO

AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.

(1) W1l1 obtain additional Information concerning the

subject's activities through SE 2354-C and SF 2550-PC.

(2) Will determine the identity of associates of the

subject as reflected through calls to Garfield 1-8453, Garfield

1-1948, MI 7-7750, EX 2-6193, and DO 2-2252.

AT SAN MATEO, CALIF. Will identify the subscriber to

DI 4-3713 and DI 4-2581.

R 5-2602 ONBRBY, CATIP. Will Identify the aubscriber to

AT CARMEL, CALIF. Will identify subscriber to MA 4-3517.

AT WATSONVILLE, CALIF. Will identify the subscriber to

PA 4-3841.

AT RICHMOND, CALIF. Will identify the subscriber to

BE 3-5851.

AT LOS GATOS, CALIF.

(1) Will monitor subject's bank account at Wells Fare;‹

Bank-American

Trust

Co., 150 North Santa Cruz Dr.

(2)

Will review subject's toll calls at Western States

Telephone

Co., 15 Montebello Ave.

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