Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: PG
To: HQ
Document date: 11/30/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2101 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/12/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-90104-10431

HQ

92-2940-301

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

PG

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE:

11/30/1961

'PAGES:

10

SUBJECTS :

SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 1B

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/31/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: MEMO

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Released under the John' F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: FD 743 112-28

(12-28-60)

OPTIONAL FORM MO. 10

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

: DIRECTOR, FBI (Bufile 92-2940

JUNE

DATE: 11/30/61

: SAC, PITTSBURGH (92-226 Sub 2)

SUBJECT: JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL OR MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCE

RE: Title

SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA; aka.

Character of Case ANTI-RACKETEERING

Field Office

HANT SQUACE DO TUR

Pittsburgh

Microphone) Microphone (MUTT

installation)

1. Name of person or organization on whom surveillance placed:

SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA (Owner, North Star Cement Block Co.,

12 McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.)

o, A turn,

2. Address where installation made. Also give exact room number or area.

57,9

The Pittsburgh Office of the North Star Cement Block C0.50

12 McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.

DEE TI

1961

3.

Location of monitoring plant:

Pittsburgh FBI Office, 450 Union Trust Building, Fifth

Avenue and Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.

4.

Dates of initial authorization and installation:

Initial authorization: 1/26/61

Installation: 1/30/61 (actually activated on 2/7/61)

5. Previous and other installations on the same subject (with dates and places):

No other installations

6.

REC-75 92-2940-301

If installation is a technical

surveillance, answer following questions:

(There is no tesur involved in this installation) -

a. Is a trunk line utilized?

b. Is the surveillance on a switchboard? jus

11 DECA

1961

e. Is the survellenca an a publie do appare talaphone

Bureau (RM)

Pittsburgh

Registered Mail

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

PG 92-226 Sub 2

a. Is surveillance on a private line or a party line?

e. If a 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

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:

Iwo live informants cover LA ROCCA but there are no live

informants furnishing information relating to the North

Star Cement Block Co.

12. Has security factor changed since

installation?

No change.

13. Ape pyguest lor the surveillance by cutaide ageney lelve name, title and

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.

One misur (PG 148-S*, Installed on 4/16/57)

(Three other surveillances, PG 646-C*, PG 647-C*, and PG 648-0*,

are being temporartly monitored at ALTH CHARLTON HOBBS, near

- Pittsburgh

In view of

temporary nature they are not being included in statistics

reflected herein.)

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