Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MM
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 02/17/1967
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

4/22/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10291-10315

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

CR 163-17380-2

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, MM

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

02/17/1967

PAGES:

11

SUBJECTS:

SBE, AKA, BKG, EMP, ASSOC, CRIMINAL ACT, TRA, B/F INT,

INTV, VELASQUEZ, PEDRO JOSE TORRES

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: Consulted; 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 03/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF INS

COMMENTS: INC LHM, REFERRED TO INS

19.1

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

DATE: 11-PIONAL FORM NO. 10

MAY 1962 EDITION

ESA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

a UNITER STATES GA RNMENT

Memorandum

SUBJECT:

DIRECTOR, FBI (163-17380)

DATE: 2/17/67

SAC, MIAMI (163-351) (RUC)

JFN

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

PEDRO JOSE TORRES VELASQUEZ

FPC

Re Bulet, 1/20/67.

Enclosed for the Bureau are six copies of

an LHM, dated as above, and captioned "PEDRO JOSE

TORRES

VELASQUEZ". Also enclosed for the Bureau

are 22 documents provided by TORRES, bearing the

numbers 1 through 22, and a typed statement prepared

and

signed by TORRES.

These items are for transmittal

to the Italian government.

Warning and Waiver Forms concerning the

interviews of (SAM BENTON

and the first interview of

TORRES are filed in Miami file 87-23127, and the form

for the second interview with TORRES is filed in

Miami file 71-420.

The Bureau should note that TORRES and

BENTON are the subjects of a number of Miami files

in swindle type cases, the details of which would

not be pertinent to the investigation requested by

the Italian government.

SAM BENTON was interviewed by SA RONALD

TODD and SA ROBERT L. WILSON.

The first interview

of TORRES was conducted by SA. TODD and WILSON and

the second interview by SA JOHN P. LENIHAN and SA

WILSON.

Permission for dissemination of INS material

was granted by INS Investigations Supervisor WALTER

O 'KON.

The INS file of

SA JOHN E. BYRNES.

TORRES was reviewed by

@- Bureau (Bnc: 29)ENCLUSURE

REC-246 3-17380=2

1 - Miami

70

Rome

Dones

RLW: klj

5 ФМ

190-10e-11

1967

31162/eK

Buy. U.S. Sävings Bonds Regu

e Payroll Savings Plan

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Colleation Aot of 1992 (41 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

RE:

PEDRO JOSE TORRES VELASQUEZ

to be' originals, because: First the Italian

Goverment will never let them to be exported,

and second all Europe would of being fighting to

obtain them for their musseums. From this statement

I amd under the impression that all this paintings

are false & imitations, and Mr. Ranchella and Mr.

Lorenzi were only out

letter of credit and that was it.

Thanks God that

the letter of credit was not funded, because 11

at this moments we are having troubles to have

Ranchella return the letters of credit,

not belong to him,

suppose how difficult will be

to have those bandits return the cash- Also

attached as atached #a2 several letters, ave asid.

etc. that will hel to coraborate what I

"/s/ Pedro Rivera Torres

"Witnessed:

"/s/ Robert L. Wilson, Special

Agent

FBI, Miami, 2/16/67

"/s/ John P. Lenihan Special Agent

FBI Miami, Fla. 2/16/67"

The following is the identification record

of Sam

Benton, as obtained from the fBl Identification

Division under FBI No. 3967754:

Contributor of

Fingerprints

Name &

Number

Arrested or

Received

Charge

Canal Zone Police

samuel

Balboa

*Heights

Finkelman

Canal Zone

MASS

Army

FEA

6-25-39

vio Immg Reg

(stowaway)

SAMUEL

FINK

BENTON

FINKELMAN

Samuel,

Fink 6/20/42

#31117079

Disposition

7÷10-39

placed on SS

Talamanca

for Havana

Cuba

-7

63-17380-2

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Released under the John T. Kennedy AsSassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (41 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

RE: PEDRO JOSE TORRES VELASQUEZ

Contributor of

Fingerprints

USINS-AR

Name &

Number

Arrested or

Received

10-2-44

Charge

Disposition

DCGO

Ist ND

Boston Mass

PD

Ft Lauderdale

Fla

USINS-AR

Samuel

Finklelman

#3875433

Samuel Fink

#01-6-39482

Samuel Fink

Benton

Szmul

Finklelman

#3875433

appl

prt rec

3-2-45

appl

prt rec

5-22-47

3-31-44

On February 3, 1967, an examination was made

of the files of the U.S.

Immigration and Naturalization

service (INS) at Miami, Florida, concerning their ill€

number A11241356 on Pedro Jose

Torres velasquez.

file disclosed the following information:

Name

Dates of Birth

Place of Birth

Father

Mother

Height

Eyes

Hair

Address

since

December 23, 1966

Pedro Jose Torres

Velasquez

July 22, 1924

Victoria Velasquez.

5'10"

Dark

Black•

Apartment 6D

Brickell Town House

Miami, Florida.

_ 8-

- 901-10312

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 711 USC 2107 Hate).

DATE: 11-14-2017

RE :

PEDRO JOSE TORRES VELASQUEZ

Torres has formerly resided as follows:

4/4/58 - Casablanca Hotel

Miami Beach, Florida

7/28/60 - Miami Colonial Hotel

Miami, Florida

4/5/63 - Hotel San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5/17/63 - Hotel San Juan

San Juan,

Puerto Rico.

7/64 - Everglades Hotel

Miami, Florida

8/18/64 - 28 West San Marino Drive

Miami Beach, Florida

3/65 - Room 308

Hotel Everglades

Miami, Florida

7/28/65 - 28 West San Marino Drive

Miami Beach, Florida

8/16/65 - 936 Brickell Avenue

Miami, Florida

The INS file indicated a warrant of arrest

issuance of the warrant was not shown.

- 9*

811-10312

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