Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 08/23/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/3/2015

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10353-10169

RECORD SERIES:

LA

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ELSUR 92-113C-269

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

rasassination Records

Collection act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Note!.

case#:N 45945 Date:

41-16-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

LA

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 08/23/1963

PAGES: 2

SUBJECTS :

JOHN ROSELLI (ELSUR)

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 11/17/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF EOUSA

COMMENTS :

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AIRTEL

JFK Act 6 (4)

8/23/63

AIRTEL

AIR MAII

TO:

FROM:

RE:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3267)

SAC, LOS ANGELES (92-113C)

JOHN ROSELLI, aka

LA 4396-C*advised that ROSSELLI has been in Los

Angeles during the past week residing at his apartment.

On 8/22/63, LA 4396-C* advised that ROSSELLI

talked to JOE who 1s no doubt JOSEPH I. BREEN, JR. who 18 a

close friend of ROSSELLI and who is presently

residing and

working in Las Vegas, Nevada. ROSSELLI tells JOE about a

movie story and said

someone in New York is willing to furnish

money to produce the movie.

He wanted BREEN to look over the

story and made arrangements to meet BREEN at the Friar's Club

Beverly Hills after three p.m. on 8/22/63

LA 4268-C advised that on 8/22/63 ROSSELLI arrived

at the Friar's Club about 2145 p.m. and started playing cards

with RALPH MARKS. At about 4:00 p.m., JOE BREEN arrived at

the club and he and ROSSELLI sat in a corner by themselves

and talked.

At 4:15 p.m. when Informant left the Friar's Club,

ROSSELLI and BREEN were still there.

While at the Friar's Club on 8/22/63, LA 4268-0

learned that Mr. and Mrs. MAURICE H. FRIEDAN were in the

San Diego area.

advised

on 8/22/63 that FRIEDMAN and his

wife had lert the

day

before to attend the races at del war.

They

planned to

return to the Beverly Crest Hotel on 8/25/63.

When FRIEDMAN

left the hotel on 8/21/63 he left a smal

address book

which the maid turned over to the PCI who in turn made it

available to an Agent of the Los Angeles Office.

of the ton

The address

3-Bureau (AM-RM) FBI LA

1 Los Angeles

# OF XEROX COPTÉ

HFD: 15m oz

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DATE 315) INIT

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LA 92-1130

book, which has been photographed and returned to POI

contains names, addresses, and telephone numbers of numerous

contacts of FRIEDMAN.

The Las Vegas Offlee advised that on 7/21/63 the

flight manifest of Flight 133 (Bonanza Airlines) from Reno,

Nevada

Vegas, Nevada, carries "Mr. and Mrs, John

Rossells" and "Mr. and Mrs. M. Friedman"

as passengers.

is recalled that FRIEDMAN and ROSSELLI reportedly left Los

Angeles together on 7/18/63 for Cal Neva Lodge on Lake Tahoe.

The means of travel they used is not known, however,

additional information may be obtained from Bonanza

Airline

records in Reno where it was indicated that ROSSELLI and

FRIEDMAN cancelled reservations to San Franéisco and Chicago,

Illinois and went to Las Vegas.

ROSSELLT,

acoording to a neighborhood source, has

been driving a 1962 Ford I-Bird.

This car is registered to

Brand Motors where ROSSELLI bought his 1963 T-Bird.

the

reason for ROSSELLI using a Brand Motors car 18 not presently

known

JFK Law 10(a)2

AUSA THOMAS SHERIDAN 1s considering issuing a

subpoena forl

to appear before a Federal Grand Jury

which ls inaulring into the activities of

(This 1s anl

investigation) --

IA 4268-C has advised that

someone from the Beverly Hills

Police Department suggested to

the Friar's Club that they dut down on some of the larger

gambling games at the club during the current inquiries.

E. STEPHEN D'ARTOIS, Sales Manager, Doheny Plaza

Apartments, where ROSSELLI has a reservation to purchase an

apartment advised on 8/22/63 that he has heard nothing further

on this from either ROSSELLI or MAURICE FRIEDMAN.

LA 4268-C had advised that ROSSELLI was at the

Friar's Club nearly every day during the past week.

FOUSA

REWIEWED 8Y RELUFA FAST FORDE

ON 6/30/97 DAb/X

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