Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LEE, IVAN D.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 8/4/65
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/23/201

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10298-10046

HQ

92-2824-112, 113, 114, 115

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM:

LEE, IVAN D.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 08/04/1965

PAGES:

44

SUBJECTS :

JFC, RES, REL, ASSOC, EMP, CRIMINAL ACT, TOLL CALLS,

FISUR

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 05/11/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

INC 3 RPT

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FD-263 (Rev. 5-5-59)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

DALLAS

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DALLAS

TITLE OF CASE

JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO, aka

DATE

1/24/66

REPORT MADE BY

IVAN D. LEE

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

11/26 - 1/18/66

AR

TYPED BY

ges

6

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

REFERENCE: Dallas report of SA IVAN D. LEE,

11/23/65.

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ENCLOSURES TO BUREAU: Two copies of LIM setting forth the

characterization of the informants mentioned

in the details of this report.

LEADS:

DALLAS

AT DALLAS, TEXAS.

(1) Will continue to conduct surveillances of the

captioned

subject in an effort to ascertain his contacts and

activities.

Pending over one year ye

Pending prosecution over six

months

100

2

SPECIAL AGENT

MY IN CHARGE:

Bureau (92-2824)

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USA, Fort Worth

Little Rock

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Dallas (92-36)

92- 2824°

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

115

REC- 3

18 JAN 28 1966

Agency

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

By

50 FEBS

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DL 92-36

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(2)

Will also continue to contact informants

and sources to cover the subject's activities and contacts.

(3)

Will obtain toll calls charged to subject's

home telephone from Sathwestern Bell Telephone Company•

(4)

Will maintain contact with new confidential

source being developed by Dallas to be aware of CIVELLO'S

movements and activities.

LITTLE ROCK

AT MT. HOME, ARKANSAS. Will ascertain the identity

of subscribers to telephone numbers set forth, conduct credit

ad criminal and furnish the Dallas Division results of this

investigation.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Surveillances conducted on the subject continue to

indicate that he spends a considerable amount a time at his

residence working in the yard or garage.

Spot surveillances

also indicate that the subject continues to visit his brother's

liquor store (Aiway

Liquor Store) frequently and can usually

be observed there during the morning hours.

Regarding the information reported in the details from

the Exchange Bank and Trust Company, this information was made

available by MR. N. L. LESTER, Senior Vice President.

Regarding the information obtained from Southwestern

Bell Telephone Company, as mentioned in the details, this information

was furnished to SA IVAN D. LEE by JAMES VAUGHN, Area Security

Supervisor.

The Dallas Division has developed JOHN BROWN, neighbor

of CIVELLO as a confidential source after ascertaining that he

was frequently with CIVELLO and a highly regarded

executive of the

H. L. Hunt Company•

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DL 92-36

PAUL ROTHERMEL, former Bureau Agent and

confidential source of the Dallas Division, advised that

BROWN is a trustworthy individual and is a highly regarded

executive of the H. L. Hunt Company. ROTHERMEL advised

that from a review of information, they have concerning

BROWN, he would recommend that he could be contacted on

any matter in which

the Bureau may have an interest.

INFORMANTS:

DL T-1 is DL 275-C-TE .

DL T-2 is DL 271-C.

DL T-3 is JOHN BROWN, confidential source and

neighbor of subject.

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FD-203 (Rev. 5-1-59)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

=..

TITLE OF CASE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DALLAS

DATE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

DALLAS

11/23/65

REPORT MADE BY

IVAN D. LEE

JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO, aka

CHARACTER OF CASE

9/2 - 11/16/65

TYPED BY

ip

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REFERENCE:

Report of SA IVAN D. LEE, dated 9/22/65

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at Dallas.

ENCLOSURES:

TO BUREAU

Two (2) copies of a LHM setting forth characterizations

of the informants mentioned in this report.

LEADS:

DALLAS

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

Pending over one year Yes

Pending prosecution over six months

IN CHARGE

- Bureau (92-2824) (Ener-2)

1 - USA, Fort

Worth

2 - Dallas (92-36)

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

12/4/615

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-

12824-1114

it NOV 30 1965

REC

8x.107

Notations

Agency

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

By

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DL

92-36

AT DALLAS, TEXAS

1.

Will attempt to obtain toll calls from the

Southwestern

Bell Telephone Company which are charged to the

telephone at the residence where the subject resides.

2.

Will continue to contact informants and sources

in an effort to obtain information concerning CIVELLO'S

activities and contacts.

Will attempt to make arrangements at the Exchange

Bank and Trust Company, 100 Exchange Park North, to review

checks issued by the subject; his brother, CHARLES CIVELLO;

and his brother-in-law, ROSS

MUSSO on a monthly basis.

4

Will continue surveillance of subject to cover

his activities.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Surveillances conducted by Bureau Agents continue

to indicate that CIVeLLo spends a considerable amount of time

during the daytime at his residence or at his brother's liquor

store (Airway Liquor Store, 3122 West Mockingbird Lane).

It is also noted that ROSS MUSSO, the subject's

brother-in-law, who resides at the same residence with CIVELLO,

has been spending a considerable amount of time at the liquor

store since the first of October, 1965.

It is noted, as in the details, that DL 271-C advised

that the subject indicated to him on 11/1/65, that he, the

subject, and his wife had been out of Dallas

for approximately

one week traveling to rockford, Illinois.

This information

vas verified from the fact that CIVELLO's automobile, a 1964,

brown F 85 Oldsmobile was missing from the Dallas area the

week of 10/25/65 through 10/29/65.

It is noted that the investigative period is extensive;

however, information is included which was received from an

auxiliary office subsequent to the dictation of the last report:

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DL

92-36

The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Dallas,

Texas, placed in effect in

August, 1965, a ruling that they

will only release information concerning toll calls after being

served with a subpoena duces tecum..

At the present time,

JAMES VAUGHN, a former Bureau Agent, and presently a Special

Agent for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Dallas, has

indicated he would be willing to furnish the toll calls on a

limited number of hoodlums in the Dallas area to the FBI

without being served with a subpoena. It is requested that

this be kept to a minimum of individuals.

Regarding the records of the Exchange Bank and Trust

Company as mentioned in the details, information was furnished

by MR. LEON HENSLEY, Vice President.

INFORMANTS

DL T-1 is DL 275-C-TE

DL T-2 is DL 271-C.

DL T-3 is DL 135-C.

DL T-4 is LAWRENCE WILLIAM THRASH,

DL T-5 is MRS. EDIE FISHER, Southwestern Bell

Telephone Company, New Orleans, Louisiana.

DL T-6 is HO 1202-PC.

In addition to the above, the following informants

who are regularly contacted by the Dallas Division in the Dallas,

Texas, area could furnish no information of value concerning

CIVELLO or his

activities:

DL 170-C

DL 181-C

DL

197-C

DL 208-C

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FD-¿63 (Rev. 5-1-59)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

DALLAS

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DALLAS

TITLE OF CASE

JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO, aka

DATE

9/22/65

REPORT MADE BY

IVAN D. LEE

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

7/28 - 9/15/65

AR

TYPED BY

cjh

REFERENCE: Dallas report of SA IVAN D. LEE, 8/4/65.

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ENCLOSURES

TO BUREAU

Two (2) copies of a letterhead memorandum setting

forth characterizations of the informants mentioned in this

report.

LEADS

DALLAS

subject's activities.

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

1

3/- Bureau (92-2824) (Ene. 2)

1 - USA, Ft. Worth

2 - Dallas (92-36)

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-2824:113

4540412336

REG- 62

14 SEP 217.1965.

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

Notations

Agency

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.,

By?

NAPE

STAT. SECT.

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DE 92-36

(2) Will continue to conduct spot surveillances

concerning the subject's activities.

ADMINISTRATIVE

Information concerning MATRANGA, as mentioned

in the details, was previously furnished

and reported to

the Bureau by the Dallas Office.

INFORMANTS

DL T-1 is DL 275-PC.

DL T-2 is DL 135-C.

DL T-3 iS LUKE SAPORITO (Top Echelon Informant) of

Houston

Office.

Continuous contact with other Dallas informants

by BuAgents working criminal intelligence matters failed

to reveal any information of pertinence to the activities

of JOSEPH CIVELLO, his brother CHARLES CIVELLO, or brother-in-law

ROSS MUSSO..

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FD-267 (Rev. 5-1-59)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REPORTING OFFICE

DALLAS

TITLE OF CASE

OFFICE OF ORIGIN

DALLAS

JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO, aka

DATE

8/4/65

REPORT MADE BY

IVAN D. LEE

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

6/24 - 7/23/65

AR

TYPED BY

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REFERENCE:: Report of SA IVAN D. LEE dated 6/24/65, at Dallas, Texas.

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ENCLOSURES

TO BUREAU (2)

Two copies of a letterhead memorandum setting forth

characterizations of the informants mentioned in this report.

LEADS

DALLAS

AT DALLAS,

TEXAS. 11

Will recontact City Tax Office

of Dallas,

and ascertain if their records reflect any

ratie on the orely one proper ero eye, a:

in Dallas, Texas.

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

- Bureau (92-2824) (Bnc:2)

USA,

Worth

2

- Dallas (92-36)

SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-

2824

11o

REC-42

9C4/

AUG

9

1965

80T-XH

1/

1p at 10.82

Dissemination Record of Attached Report

Notations

Agency

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

By

O5 AUG 1 2 196!

1-Dept 8/11/65

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DL 92-36

2. Will recontact officials at Exchange Park

Bank concerning the banking accounts of CIVELLO and his

'relatives.

Will continue to conduct surveillances of

JOSEPH CIVELLO and surveillances at the Airway Liquor

Store in an effort to determine the visitors to the liquor

store of Italian extraction.

information which may lead to the development of a possible

source to be üsed in the CIVELLO investigation.

Attempt

to ascertain the individuals of Italian extraction who

are in close contact with the subject or his brother,

CHARLES CIVELLO, or brother-in-law, ROSS MUSSO.

4.

..Will conduct further background information

cöncerning individuals telephonically contacted by

CIVELLO as set forth in the details of this report.

ADMINISTRATIVE

The information obtained from Southwestern Bell

Telephone Company as mentioned in the details was obtained

from MYS. BULA SETTLE, Secretary' SA IVAN D. LEE.

Office of the Area Security

Supervisor,.

and was furnished to

The

information concerning the identity of the subscribers of

telephone numbers in Mesquite and Garland,

Texas, was obtained

from

RICHARD R. COLE, District Plant Supervisor,

General

Telephone Company of

information concerning the Irving,

the Southwest, exas, Eél

Texas.

The

telephone number

was furnished by Mrs. AVA HOWARD,

Southwestern States Telephone

Company, Irving, Texas.

INFORMANTS

DL T-1 is DL 271-C.

DL T-2 is DL 275-PC.

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