Originator: FBI
From: FORSYTH, THOMAS G. III
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 05/09/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/28/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

124-10282-10030

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-2914-134

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: FORSYTH, THOMAS G. III

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE :

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

05/09/1961

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GM, SMO, BKG, ASSOC, CRIMINAL ACT, TRA

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

05/14/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

Released under the John F. Kennedy

ssassination Records Collection Act

992 (44 USC 2107 Note). Case#:N'

56262 Date: 09-22-2022

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PG 92-228

ADMINISTRATIVE

On April 5, 1961, SA HAROLD L. WILLIAMS, Pittsburgh Sound- Trained

Agent,

and SA THOMAS G. FORSYTH, III surveilled the cottage of

GABRIEL, MANNARINO located on Old Leechburg Road, R. D. No. 3,

Leechburg, Pa., with a view toward ascertaining the feasibility

of a technical

Installation.

All construction appeared to be

complete and nobody was observed in the neighborhood.

Because of

that such an intana

the rural location, terrain, limited service facilities and

proximity of neighbors friendly toward MANNARINO, it was apparent

that such an installation would have numerous technical, mechanical

and security problems

and would be very alfficult.

Special Agents

handling these matters will continue to be alert for possibilities

for technical coverage for this and other logical locations.

The spot fisur on GABRIEL MANNARINO'$ Surfside, Florida, house

on March 14, 1961, was conducted by SA C. GRAHAM HURST.

The spot fisurs at MANNARINO's Surfside, Florida, house on

April 7, 1961, and April 19, 1961, were conducted by SA ROBERT K.

LEWIS.

The spot fisurs at GABRIEL MANNARINO's cottage near Leechburg, Pa.,

on March 23, 1961, and April 19, 1961, were conducted by SA FORSYTH.

The pretext interview on May 2, 1961, with LEE KUHNS, caretaker

at MANNARINO's cottage,

was conducted by SAs PAUL D. O'BRIEN and

ROBERT EMMET GRANT, who pretended to be advertising company

photographers.

The same SAs observed GABRIEL MANNARINO at the

Bonfire Restaurant, Leechburg, on May 2, 1961.

INFORMANTS

PG symbol numbers wiil

continue

to be the same, where applicable,

as were used in preceding reports.

PG T-1 1s PG 612-C

PG T-2 Is PG 615-C

PG T-3 1s PCI HERBERT LEE RAY, Leechburg, Pa., who furnished

information to SA FORSYTH.

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PG 92-236

PG. 92-228

(Informants continued)

PG T64 18 CRESSON O. DAVIS, Chief, Intelligence DivisiOn,

IRS, Pittsburgh.

ALCOA, New Kensington,

PG I-10 1s PG 581-0

PG T-11 1S PG 55%-C

PG T-12 18 PCI JIM KELLY, aka., New kensington, who furnished

information to SA FORSYTHI

PG Tº13 15

PG 621-C

PC T-14 IS PCI RONALD NOBLE, who furnished information to

SA ROBERT EMMET GRANT.

PG T-15 Is PCI ANTHONY JOHN WISE, JR., Pittsburgh, who

furnished information to SA FORSYTH and SAW. B. ANDERSON, JR.

PG T-16 1S PCI JOSEPH GEORGE, New

Kensington, who furnished

Information to SA PAUL D. O'BRIEN.

PG TolT iS T. P. DERDOCK, Security Office, Westinghouse Electric

Corporation Plant, East Pittsburgh, Pa. (Confidential Source)

who furnished information to SA FORSYTH.

MMT-2 1s former MM 660-C

MMT-3 is MM 509-C

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