Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LABADIE, STEPHEN J.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 06/23/1962
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/11/201

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10201-10295

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-2781-574

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

issassination Records

Collection det of 1992

144 USC 2107 Notel.

Case#:NW 45966 Date:

01-17-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: LABADIE, STEPHEN J.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

06/23/1962

"PAGES:

25

SUBJECTS :

LST, ASSOC, ACT, BKG

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 11(a)

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

02/16/1999

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS

COMMENTS :

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/JFK Act 6 (4)

TP' 92-1

highly confidential Bureau sources at 523 N.E.

7lst Street

so as to be in a position to determine subject's activities

there.

Will afford coverage of subject when in Miami so

as to assure his destination in the event plans materialize

for foreign travel.

NEW YORK DIVISION

One copy of this report is furnished to New York Office

for informational purposes inasmuch as leads are outstanding®

SEATTLE DIVISION

Will report results of contact with

PCI, and of investigation to locate a SALVATORE

Go SCALLA

RUGIERES, aka., which lead was set forth by

Tampa airtel to Director dated 6/13/62.

TAMPA DIVISION

Will maintan contact with informant and confidential

sources to report subject activities, when in the Tampa area.

Will continue to establish the employment of highly

confidential Bureau techniques on subject's close associates

in Tampa.

ADMINISTRATIVE:

For the information of the Bureau, Mr. WALTER BARNES,

Departmental Attorney, stopped at the Tampa Office on 6/14/62

on his return to Washington from Miami, Florida.

He had no

particular matter in which he was interested. He indicated heis

handling this matter and matters already reported to the Bureau

were generally reviewed with him.

He did note that the

Department Attorney in the Tax Division had reviewed the IRS

report on sibject, passed on it, thereby noting IRs had closed their

case on the subject.

On 6/11/62, an anonymous caller contacted the

Orlando RA indicating he had some information that he desired

to pass on to the FBI but that he was in fear for the safety

of his wife and dildren.

interest had contacted lim and offered to guarantee his

admission to the Florida Bar Association in exchange for

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TP 92-1

certain legal services he might render as a lawyer in Florida.

This source indicated that he knew what had happened to some

diamonds taken from the San Juan Hotel in Orlando and when

pressed for particulars he would only say that the matter was

handed by two of SANTO TRAFFICANTE's men out of Tampa, Florida

who took the stuff to Mexico where it was traded for narcotics

which were returned to Tampa.

He noted that while in Tampa on

6/8/62, he had been contaded by a bellboy, at a hotel he would

not identify, with a request for assistance in setting up a

When he declined to assist in this, the

bellboy threatened him with harm to his son, who was known to the

gang to be a student at the Atomic Submarine School, New Haven,

Connecticut. Source then advised that such information was

true, that he did have a son at the school and he also had a

son

who

, was in the third year of high school, in Orlando.

Even though source was assured his identity would

not be revealed outside the FBI, no further information was

obtained and investigation is being conducted in Tampa file

87-1557 to identify this anonymous source, noting a lead has

been set forth for the New Haven Office to endeavor to identify

source's son through the Atomic Submarines School.

CS TP 51-C, whose identity is known to the Bureau,

has been transferred

to another route and is presently

endeavoring to re-establish his past contact at 2505 Bristol

Avenue, Tampa.

Information from records of the General Telephone

Company of Florida, Tampa, Florida, was made available to

SA EARL M. PETERSEN on June 6, 1962, by Mr. MARVIN HUSKEY,

Commercial Manager.

INFORMANTS:

TP T-I is CG 6543-C-TE, set out in Chicago airtel

to Tampa dated 5/31/62 in matter entitled, "LOUIS P. BRADY, aka.;

AR. "

TP T-2 1s CG 6343-C*.

TP T-3 is CG 6486-C*.

TP T-4 is MN 794-C*.

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JFK Act 6 (4)

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TP T-5 1s TP 75-C*.

TP T-6 is TP 8-C.

TP T-7 is TP 41-C.

TP T-8 1s

CS TP 51-C.

TP T-9 is

PC1.

; TP T-10 1s

PCI.

TP T-11 is

President of

Columbia Bank and an SAc contact.

TP T-12 1s LEON WHITE, IRS, Tampa.

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GERACI said that of his own knowledge he knows

of

no violations of law or illegal activities being engaged in

by TRAFFICANTE of LONGO nor does he know of any in the past..

According to GERACI, TRAFFICANTE plans on going

back to Havana, Cuba if CASTRO is ever overthrown.

TRAFFICANTE

Is very close to one of the exiled Cubans who will be in

power in the event of a new regime in Cuba. GERACI doesnot

know this person's name other than he is from Miami.

TRAFFICANTE and LONGO have been known by GERACI to

bet large

sums of money on horse races and on boxing matches.

GERACI said TRAFTICANTE has some scheme whereby bets can be

placed on both fighters in such a manner that money is won

regardless of which fighter wins.

GERACI did not know any

of the details of how this is accomplished.

GERACI reiterated that he will never do anything

willingly that will get TRAFFICANTE, LONGO or any of his other

GERACI's,

2io

JAMES COXIONGO

4214 Riverview

Tampa,

Florida

t.

It has been previously reported that a source

advised LoNGo had sent someone to Key lest, Florida to

contact

Ay"RENO"•

The Miami Office has advised that there were only

two clubs in key West, Florida that have dancing girls, the

Mardi Gras,

operated by ARTHUR THOMAS, aka., Tommy Thomas

and "Wylks" located on Stock Island operated by RUDOLPH WYLKS.

On May 15, 1962, ROBERT BROWN, Chief Investigator,

Monroe County Sheriff's Office,

Key West, Florida, advised that

he was unable to identify "RENO" from descriptive

data available.

He stated ROBERT RENO, aka. Bob Reno, is the Key West reporter

for the "Miami Herald," but to his knowledge has never been

does not exen approximat ate description noted that

It is noted that ROBERT RENO

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TRAFFICANTE's boyfriend is RICHARD VALDES, whose father,

EDWARD VALDES, has a real estate office at 2023z E. Broadway.

DE LA LLANA further noted SANTO TRAFFICANTE was

observed sitting in his home by the patrol car units who

continue to check his residence on a daily basis.

At 12:40 PM on June 20, 1962, SA JOHN A. AMBLER

observed the 1959 white Chevrolet Impala still in the garage

at 2505 Bristol Avenue, Tampa.

IP T-12 advised on June 20. 1962

'K Law 11(a)

On the night of June 20,

Avenue with only the family vehicles at the residence and

subject was observed there.

The unlisted telephone 876-2207 continués to be

located at subject's residence, 2505 Bristol Avenue, Tampa,

Florida and,

therefore, the foltowing is reported:

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