Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: AMBLER, JOHN A.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 12/14/1967
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

6/15/201

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10205-10227

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 92-2781-1245, 1246, 1247

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM: AMBLER, JOHN A.

TO :

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 12/14/1967

PAGES:

58

SUBJECTS :

LST, BKG INVEST, ASSOC, REL, B/F INT, SURVEILLANCES,

RES, TELCAL, TRA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 10/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS: INC 2 TTY

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FBI WASH

DC

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

MUNICATIONS SECTION

DEC 71967 BlM.

TELETYPE

Mr. Tolson

Mr. DeLoach

Mr. Mohr

Mr. Bishop

Mr. Casper.

Mr. Callahan

Mr. Conrad

Mr. Felt.

Mr. Gale

Vir. Rose

Vr. Sullivar

Mr. Tavel

Mr. Trotter

Tele. Room

Miss Holmes.

Miss Gandy-

FBI TAMPA

457PM URGENT 12-7-67 BLW •

TO DIRECTOR (92-2781) AND NEW YORK (92-846)

FROM TAMPA (92-1)

SANTO TRAFFICANIE, ARA, AR, DO TAMPA.

18

IP ONE TWO ZERO - C ADVISES TRAFFICANTE DEPARTED :

TAMPA EARLY A.M. DECEMBER SKIXX, ALST ENROUTE TO NEW

YORK. RECORDS EASTERN AIRLINES REFLECT INDIVIDUAL

BELIEVED IDENTICAL WITH SUBJECT USING NAME S. OR

T. VALDES WAS A WALK-UP OBTAINING FIRST CLASS PASSAGE

FLIGHT ONE SIX ZERO DEPARTING EIGHT A.M.

ARRIVING

J.F. KENNEDY AIRPORT TEN TWENTY-ONE A.M. DECEMBER

SIX. NEW YORK REQUESTED TO CONDUCT APPROPRIATE

INVESTIGATION JOF. KENNEDY AIRPORI IN AN EFFORT QTO

PLACE TRAFFICANTE IN NEW YORK. POSSIBILITY EXISIS

REASON FOR TRIP TO ATTEND COLUMBO WEDDING DECEMBER NINE,

NEXT. TAMPA HIGHLY DESIROUS OF BEING ADVISED WHEN

TRAFFICANTE DEPARTS NEW YORK SO APPROPRIATE COVERAGE

MAY BE AFFORDED AT TAMPA AIRPORI UPON ARRIVAL.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

92-2281-12466

11 DEC 19 1967

END

SVW

Q50E0 221967 XEROE

DEC 1967

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-EL263 tRer. 3-2461:

FEDERÁL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

REFORTING OFFICE

TANP!

ÜFFICE GE SNIGIN

TAMPA

TITLE OF CASE

CHANGE

SAVIO

Saxon

TRANT ICANIS, JR.,

aka

DATE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

020 1 4 1967

10/16/67 - 1217/67

REPORT MADE BY

SA JOIN A. AMELDR

CHARACTER OF CASE

TYPES AY

AR

10

Title of this report

to reflect alias SAXON used by

is being ra rked "CHANGED

Tampa, Florida, to Miani, Florida.

TRAFFICANTE in travel from

REFERENCES:

Report of SA JOHN A. AUBLER, dated 10/30/67,

at Tampa.

Tampa airtels to Director, dated 11/8 and

17/24/67.

Jackson

12/€/S7.

airtels to Tanpa, dated 11/13, and

Report

11/21/67, at Miani.

Of SA MENDELE i. BALL, JR., datEd

Bur'cau aiitel to Tanpa, dated 11/29/07.

Richnond letter to Tanca, cated 11/29/67. (10)

Jacksonville letter to

Panpa, datea 12/4/67. (I0)

Tenca teletype to Director, dated 12/7/0%.

= р-

CONVIC AUTO.

FUG

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED

FINES

None

ACQUIT

SAVINGS

RECOVER'ES

TALS

APPROVED

COPIES MADE:

CASE HAS BEEN:

PENDING OVER ONE VEIR EYES DIVO

PENDING PROSECUTION

OVER. SIX MONTHS

CrES LING

SPECIAL AGENT

Sure 92-49)

IN CHARGE

DO NOT WRITE IN SFACES BELOW!

-

USA,

tamp?

- Miani (02-33)

(1 = USA, liani, Attention:

922281-124319722

MITATAN CALLE

Deji. Atts.)"" DEC 151967

2 - Now Y01k (92-815)

2 - Топра (92-1)

1c 2=2 1537

Dissomination Record of Atroched Repor?

Norarions

Agency

Requesi Recd. i-

Date Fird.

Organned Crite sud dpckettering

Section, Rooms 63l

flors Furl.

59J0

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TP 92-1

ADMINISTRATIVE:

Infornation from records of General Telephone Company

of Florida was

made available by Mr. JaMes E. Mclaron, Security

Director.

On October 30, 1967, TP 120-C advised SA JOHN A.

AMBLER that the Civil Suit involving Mrs. TRAFFICANT, WhO

was injured

in an automobile accident, had not been settled

as yet,

and that during the time Mrs. TRAFFICANTE waS re-

cuperating from the accident, on the expenses to be claimed

from an insurance company, the TRAFICANTE's had paid the

household maid by check drawn on Mrs. TRAFFICANTE'S

account at the Central. Bank in Tampa, in the amount of

$28.75: TP 120-c advised that this was a very unusual pio

cedure, as usually the maid is paid in cash and that, in

addition, Mas. TRAFFICANTE wanted the maid to endorse three

extra checks so that an additional claim could be made

against

the insurance company, but the maid would not sign

the additional checks. TP 120-0 added that both SANTO

and Mrs. TRAFFICANIE are in poor health and that saNto as

of

the opinion he has cancer of

the bowels and has lost con

siderable weight since the first of the year. to 1u0-c aoced

thai on a recent occasion TRAFFICANTE'S Close associate,

JAMES COSTA LONGO, waS visiting at ine TRAFfICaNti residence.

bi them conversed about TRAFFICANTE's brother.

having recently been called as a witness, on November 24, 1967;

TP 120-C advised that the

attendance at tRAFFICANT's birthday dinner, which had been

held at his homer

inorampa, on the night of November 15:

FRANK

INCIDUE and vife;

FRANG, RAGANO

MANTICAN SE

JINMY

I ROT SAXON and wife.

in the events, Sarised that on ine coloring defe

sometime

Mrs: TRAFFICANTE had left Tampa,

driving to Miami in the green

car and that prior to leaving:

SANTO had indicated he would be in Tampa for Thanksgiving.

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TP 92-1

Informant added that Mrs. TRAFTICANTE waS next seen in

rampa on Weinesday afternoon and that sometime around 2:00 p.m.,

TRAFFICANTE'S son-in-laW, AUGIE, drove to the

ramca International

Airport and picked up SANTO.

Informant remarked that there

was no one at TRAFFICANTE's residence for Thanksgiving dinner

except SANTO, Mrs. TRAFFICANTI, MARY JO and her family, and

Hirs. TRAFFICANTE'S

father.

informant remarked that TRAFFICANTE

has recently voiced reluctance to driving a car and has stated

that the FBI "tail" drives him crazy and that he is afraid

that he will have an accident of that they will have him

arrested on some traffic charge.

On November 27, 1967, TP 120-C advised that

TRAFFICANTE had departed Tampa

sometime between

8:00

a.m.,

November 25, and 1:00 p.M., Novenber 26, 1967, presumably

to fly to Miami,

, and that

on Monday morning, November 27,

1967, TRAFFICANTE personally called the Tamps residence and

apparently spoke with the maid regarding the whereabouts of

Mrs. TRAFFICANTE, ard was told that lirs. TRAFFICANTE was

enroute to Miami

the green car.

On November 21, 1957, MM 1209-C advised that GaND

MERS had recently told the informant that he, nors, works

for SANTO and that he and SANTO had come to Miami for the

pirpose of ascertaining the identities of those persons who

owed Shylock money to recently killed THOMAS ALTAMURA. MYERS.

also indicated that jOSEPa INDELICATO had been charged with.

the responsibility of finding the noney outstanding and,

further, was partially blamed

for the killing in that

INDELICATO had warned ANTHONY ESPERTI that ALTAMURA intended

to kill ESPERTI.

NO 1457-C-TL has advised in the past that MARCELLO

and TRAFFICANTE communicate telephonically, however, this

informant has not been in a position to furnish the

exact de-

tails regarding the communications..

INFORMANTS:

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TP 92-1

Identity

TP T-I IS TP 349-C-TE

TP T-2 is TP il-C

TP T-3 is TP 287-C

TP T-4 is TP 97-C

TP T-5 is TP 303-FC

TP T-6 is TP 120-C

TP I-7 is PCI HENRY

GONZALES

TP I-& is Sgt. JACK DE LA

LIANA, Intelligence Unit

Tampa, Police Departnent

TP I'-9 Is TP 354-FC

TP T-10 is TP 351-C

TP T-11 is TP 350-C

Location

137-1792-5,9,11

137-112-370,372,571

137-1389-142 -

137-350-243,

214,

137-1563-29

245

137-460-248, 251, 253

137-1777-5

Instant report

137-1802-7

137-1434-30

137-1386-33

LEADS

MIAMI DIVISION

AT MIAMI, FLA•

1. Will interview the following individuals for

details as to degree of association between them and TRAFFICANTE

and/oz his attorney, FRANK RAGANO, as all of the inaividuals

vere telephonically contacted from the Hilton Hotel in New.

York City, from room oceupied by TRAfFICANta and RAGANO, during

April 196%:

2. a

PAULA RICHARDSON, 912 Northeast 95th Street,

Miani Shores, telephone number 759-1882,

called twice;

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