Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, PH
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 09/28/1964
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:

4/28/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER : 124-10210-10210

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

HQ

92-2839-240

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO:

TITLE :

FBI

SAC, PH

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

09/28/1964

7

RAB, MISUR, ASSOC, TELCAL, MONEY, BUSS ACT, REL

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION :

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

1B; 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

02/04/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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

• DATE: 11-14-2017

FD-143 (Rev. 4-2-63)

OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

3010-108

MAY 1902 EDITION

OSA GEN. 'REG. NO, 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

• Director, FBI

(Bufile 92-2839

JUNE

) DATE:

9/28/64

: SAC, Philadelphia (92-441 Sub A)

SUBJECT: JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF TECHNICAL OR MICROPHONE SURVEILLANCE

RE:

Title

RUSSELI A. BUFALINO

Character of Case

Field Office

Symbol Number

Type of Surveillance:

Microphone)

-CONF. INFT.

1. Name of person or organization on whom surveillance placed:

AR

Philadelphia

PH 701-C*

P3.

RUSSELI, A. BUFALINO, 304 East Dorrance Street, Kingston, Pa.

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

covered:

119 North Main Street, Pittston, Pa., second floor,

A. B. S. Contracting

• Company

3. Location of monitoring plant:

Central Monitoring Plant, Philadelphia.

4. Dates of initial authorization and installation:

Authorized - 6/5/64. Installed - 6/18/64.

5. Previous and other installations on the same subject (with dates and places) :

None.

6. If installation is a technical surveillance,

ansyer following questions:

a. Is a trunk line utilized?

b:

Is the surveillance on a switchboard?

REC. 3192-2839-240

c. Is the surveillance on a public coin operated telephone?

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

• DATE: 11-14-2017

PH 92-441 Sub A

on 8/18/64 informant advised BUFALINO was in con-

tact with one WILLIE (INU).

•At this time BUFALINO set up a

meeting with this person for Friday morning, 8/21/64.

On 8/21/64 informant advised BUFALINO was to meet

WILLIAM BUFALINO, JR., of Detroit, who according to PH 665-

C-TE, is the son

of WILLIAM BUFALINO, a Detroit attorney who

has some connectionwith JAMES HOFFA.

on 8/25/64 informant reported on BUFALINO's dally

activities concerning his business, and stated that BUFALINO

was in contact with a person identified as HARRY STROMBERG,

New York, who is possibly HYMAN CHAIM STROMBERG, aKa.

This

apparently Involved some deal in connection with blouses manu-

factured by BUFALINO's company.

On 8/26/64 informant reported on BUFALINO's being

interested in a new building on the main street in Pittston,

On 8/27/64 and 8/28/64 informant furnished informa-

tion concerning BUFALINO making several long distance telephone

calls.

on 9/3/64 informant furnished information concerning

BUFALINO being interested in collecting old theater films.

on 9/4/64 informant furnished information that BUF-

ALINO would be in Philadelphia on 9/9/64, at which time he

would check to see if it was OK to file the "application now."

The application was not further identified.

On 9/5/64 informant furnished voluminous information

concerning

BUFALINO's social activities and the names of several

women with whom he is currently associating. In addition, the

informant furnished information concerning BUFALINO'S business

activities, including a land deal in the Pocono Mountains in

which BUFALINO claims to own three hundred acres which are

very

valuable. Informant indicated BUFALINO expected

to make a large

amount of money from

this land.

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

• DATE: 11-14-2017

PH 92-441 Sub A

During the period 9/10/64 through 9/17/64 the

informant reported on BUFALINO's activities in his office,

including activity on 9/17/64 in which BUFALINO was interested

in having papers concerning his marriage and other information

taken to an attorney in Philadelphia. This was evidently in

connection with BUFALINO's appeal.

*

on 9/18/64 informant furnished information that

three men believed to be ANGELO BUFALINO, COusin of RUSSELL

BUF ALINO; SAM COMETA; and a third unidentified person, possi-

bly from Binghamton, N. Y., met in RUSSELL BUFALINO's office

and discussed plans to murder an unidentified person suspected

of being an informant.

Context suggested victim to be NICHOLAS

ALAIMO of Pittston, Pa., FBI #727 127. Informant could not fur-

nish name of agency for which victim was supposed to be an in-

formant.

ALAIMO is not an FBI informant.

on 9/23/64 informant reported that according to

RUSSELL BUFALINO was out of town and had not

returned.

BUFALINO was in New York City.

* Bureau, Albany, Buffalo and New York advised

by coded teletype dated 9/21/64 captioned:

"LA COSA NOSTRA; aka - AR; PHILA. DIVISION".

(92-1027)

-2C-

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