Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: STAFFORD, LEMAN L. JR.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 02/26/1960
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

4/22/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10218-10123

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 105-80291-28

Released under the John

F. Kennedy

issassination Recorde

Collection Act of 1992

144 USC 2107 Note!.

Case#:NW 45712 Date:

11-16-2017

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO :

TITLE:

FBI

STAFFORD, LEMAN L. JR.

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 02/26/1960

PAGES:

42

SUBJECTS :

[Restricted]

DOCUMENT TYPE:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4; 11(a)

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 09/23/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF IRS

COMMENTS:

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2.

Will give consideration to attempting to locate

and interview a truck driver living on 2lst Street near the

Post Office in Toledo, who, according to WILLIAM JOSEPH

CONRAD, was the individual who had traveled to Tennessee

in a Stake body truck to get guns for subject. CONRAD

said this man is a white, male, 45 years of age, has black,

graying hair, stocky build, with acne on his face. CONRAD

said this man frequents the Monroe and the Baltimore

restaurants in Toledo, Ohio.

MIAMI:

AT MIAMI, FLORIDA

1. Will verify subject's residence at 500 Northeast

83rd Street, Apartment 17.

2. Will maintain contact with the U.S. Probation

Office in an effort to determine if subject is granted

permission within the terms of his probation to travel

outside the continental United States.

3. Will conduct additional investigation in an

effort to obtain details relative to subject's operation

of the concern known as Servicios Internacionales, Inc.

ADMINISTRATIVE

This report is being classified secret inasmuch

information extracted from a CIA communication,

as it contains

classified.

For the information of the Bureau and other offices,

the following information is set forth:

Detroit, by communication dated January 20, 1960,

informed that DE

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SA PALMER M. WEE that subject's name is unfamiliar to him.

Informant said he has heard of "BABE" /TRISCARO as being

connected yith the Teamsters Union in Cleveland, Ohio.

He said that TRISCARO Is not, to his knowledge, associated

with JOHN SCALISH and others in Cleveland racket activity.

This

Informant stated that BOBBIEXIOHNS, a local

MIC

hoodlum and gambler, returned to Detroit from Santo Domingo

in the Dominican Republic just before Christmas: (Informant

exhibited a box of cigars which JOHNS had brought to him

from the Dominican Republic. Informant said he is very

friendly with BOBBIE JOHNS, and can discreetly bring up

the name of DOMINICK BARTONE to see whether or not the name.

means anything to JOHNS.

Informant said that JOHNS, who has previously

worked in gambling houses in the Caribbean, has recently

worked as a teller in a gambling house operated in the

Dominican Republic by one BUD, last name believed to be

SWEETS, who was arrested with JOHNS at the Michigan Race

Track, Middlebelt and Southfield, a few years ago.

Informant said he believes SWEETS is still in the Dominican

Republic.

The informant stated that the name WILLIAM

ALEXANDER/ MORGAN is not familiar to him.

Informant said it is possible that he may obtain

some information regarding BARTONE from a source other

than BOBBIE JOHNS.

He explained that about a month

ago, he was approached by a representative of the Cronin

Coal Company, Detroit, and asked whether or not he would

be interested in using his barges to transport slate from

Port Erie, Ontario, to Detroit. Informant said he

showed no interest in the proposition, inasmuch as he does

not have enough barges to handle all of the rubbish he

transports in connection with his disposal business.

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Informant said if he learns of any connection

between BARTONE and any Detroit racket people, he would

advise the Detroit Office.

Detroit communication pointed out that according

to information contained on pages 21-23 of the report of

SA RAMOND H. WILLIAMS, Detroit, dated September 23, 1959,

captioned "Sun Valley,

Inc; HENRY ALBERT LOWER, aka.;

JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA; ITSP", Miami file 87-10768, ROBERT E.

MC CARTHY, JR. is the Assistant Vice President of the

Public Bank, Detroit, who was

involved in financial

negotiations of JAMeS HOFFA of the Teamsters Union.

Agents who interviewed MC CARTHY in the above

case feel that he was evasive and would not be the type

of individual to contact in a discreet investigation.

Since MC CARTHY i8 Assistant Vice President of the Public

Bank, a relatively new bank in Detroit, it was not deemed

advisable to interview him or any other official regarding

instant matter.

On December 22, 1959, PSI EDDIE ZALVA advised

SA HOWARD K. RUTHERFORD he had received information from

INDIO TIMENEZ, a member of the Movimiento Patriotico de

Tampa, that a committee of three Cubans is due to come to

Tampa in the near future to purchase two airplanes from

DOMINIC BARTONE, a salesman from Cleveland, Ohio.

It was

stated the Cubans are coming to Tampa from Cuba and are

supporters of the government of FIDEL CASTRO. They are

supposed to deposit the money for the airplanes with raY.

CAMPDERROS, an officer of the Marine Bank & Trust Company,

Tampa.

The foregoing information was furnished verbally.

to Customs

Agent SAM JOHNSON, Tampa, December 23, 1959.

Also, on December 23, 1959, GEORGE STRAUSS,

Vice-president of the Marine Bank & Trust Company, was

consulted re his knowledge of any such transaction.

STRAUSS said he had no knowledge of same and would be able

to

ascertain discreetly whether it is known to CAMPDERROS.

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Later the same date, STRAUSS advised he had learned CAMPDERROS

has no knowledge of any such transaction, but would cooperate

fully. STRAUSS said he would immediately notify SA RUTHERFORD

if they receive knowledge of such a transaction.

The above information is not being set forth in the

details of this report at this time, but will be reported

should such an effort on part of subject materialize.

Pan American Bank records were made available for

review at Miami, Florida, to SA LEMAN L. STAFFORD, JR. by

President JOSEPH MOSS and Vice President MAURY K. LEWIS, JR.

Information concerning identities of tephone subscribers

in the Miami area was made available to SA LEMAN L. STAFFORD, JR.

by Mrs. MARY LAUTON, Unit Supervisor, Southern Bell Telephone

and Telegraph Company, Miami, Florida.

An information copy of this report is furnished

ine Washington Field Office in the event of future investigation

at that office.

INFORMANTS

LOCATION OF ORIGINAL INFORMATION

Instant report, page 7

IDENTITY

MM T-I Is PCI MANUEL

TAMARGO, Tampa,

Florida, contacted by

SA H. K. RUTHERFORD, JR.

MM T-& 18 RICHARD B.

JAFFE, PSI (under

development), Miami,

Florida, contacted by

SA LEMAN L. STAFFORD, JR.

134-370-Sub A-13.

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