Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 04/19/1963
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

6/3/2015

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES:

FBI

124-10353-10200

LA

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

ELSUR 92-113C-237

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

LA

TO: HQ

TITLE:

DATE: 04/19/1963

PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

JOHN ROSELLI (ELSUR)

DOCUMENT TYPE:

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

11/17/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

v9.1

DocId: 32317463

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AIRTEL

AIRIBL

4/19/63

AIR MAIL - REGISTERED

TO :

FROM :

RE:

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3267)

SAC, LOS ANGELES (92-113C) (P)

JOHN ROSELLI, aka

LA 4396-C* advised ROSSELLI has not been at his

LOS

Angeles apartment on 4/17, 18 or 19/63. Pisur has die-

closed that his car has been parked in the garage at his

apartment during the past three days. The Las Vegas Office

has been requested to ascertain if he is in that city.

LA 4268-C advised that ROSSELLI was not at the

Friar's Club in Beverly Hills on 4/17/63. On 4/17/63 this

source engaged in conversation with MORRIE SUESS (phonetic)

and MATTIE GORDANO (phonetic) who source knew as the former

maitre de at La Scala Restaurant in Beverly Hills.

SUESS

related that he had a movle script which concerned the story

of a priest in Italy. He said he had discussed this script

with ROSSELLI and ROSSELLI told SUESS to bring the script

to him when he had it in final form and he would look it

over.

GORDANO (phonetic) then remarked that ROSSELLI

"comes from the same town my parents come from - a small

town outside of Naples called Avellino."

SUESS and LA 4268-C

then remarked that they thought ROSSELLI was born in Chicago.

There upon GORDANO sald nothing more concerning this matter.

on 4/19/63 GEAN LEON, owner of La Scala Restaurant,

- Sureau

Los Angeles

HED: BA

(4)

FBI LA

# OF XEROX COPIES L

DATE 157 INITIATS C

SEARCHED

INDEXED

SERIALIZED

FILED

AIRTEL

532-113

C-257

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LA 92-1130

He advised that MATTY GIORDANO, on an occasion within the

past couple of years when ROSsELLI was at La Scala Restaurant

stated that ROSSELLI was born in the same town, Avellino, ag

were his, GIORDANO's parents and that ROSSELLI 1e not his

true name. GIORDANO mentioned ROSSELLI's true name to LEON

but LEON does not remember dt..

He recalls that it was an

Italian name that had "rhythm.

Newark has been requested to conduct investigation

concerning GIORDANO and his family in Hoboken, New Jersey,

prior to contemplated interview of GIORDANO 'E father, 1f

alive, and of MATTY GIORDANO.

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