Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: PG
To: HQ
Document date: 08/17/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK: Assassination System

Date:

5/12/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-90104-10098

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

92-2940-234

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

PG

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE: 08/17/1961

' PAGES:

8

SUBJECTS :

JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL OR

MICROPHONE SU

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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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

JUNE

DATE: 8/17/61

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI (Bufile 92-2940

FROP

COSAG, PITTSBURGH (92-226 sub 2)

SUBJECT: JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL OR MICROPHONE SURVEILIANCE

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS. UNCLASSIFIES* 341326

DATE 5/8/86 BYSPUBJA/GeL

RE: Title

SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA; aka.

Character of Case

ANTI-RACKETEERING

Field Office

Pittsburgh

Symbol Number

_ PG 622-07

Type of Surveillance;

(Technical or

Migrophone)

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.)

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

area

covered:

The Pittsburgh Office of theyNorth Star Cement Block

12 McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh,

if then, star cement Block co.,

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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. If installation is a technical surveillance, answer following questions:

12-2940-234

(There is no tesur involved in this installation)

..a. Is a trunk line utilized?

IS AUG 21 1961

b. Is the surveillance on a switchboard?

fine SI

1 I3 UA SCI

c. Is the surveillance

on a public coin-operated telephone?

Bureau (RM)

DON

Pittsburgh

Registered Mail

RAY/RIG

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d. 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

Consult insert pages.

11 information was utilize

zed Corsert pages)

Intelligence purposes and appropriate dissemination was made

where pertinent.

10.

Could above information have been obtained from other sources and by other

No.

11.

Number of live informants (in field division) who cover same subject:

Two 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.

Any request for the surveillance by outside agency (give name, title and

agency)

No requests made.

14. Cost of Plant Premises: 1/05

?1:.'

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)

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