Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 - JFK Assassination System Date: 6/11/201 . Identification Form Agency Information ~ AGENCY: — FBI RECORD NUMBER: _— 124-10285-10315 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: CR 92-6054-1772 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,NO TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 10/31/1966 “PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS:  - [Restricted]  ” DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: __ 11/16/1998 . OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE *, COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld: 32304303 Page 1
[ Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (440 use 2107 Hotey? DATE: 11-14-2017 ; i . FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64) oom . , fr ~m ~~ 7 f a cy < Ly FBI I | | | | | | Loe | . | Date: 10/31/66 | | Transmit the following in : : ; (Type in plaintext or code) ; vi AIRTEL AIRMAIL | . 1d — - (Priority) . | eee ee TO: _ DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6054) ROM: SAC, NEW ORLEANS: / (92-365) LA COSA NOSTRA AR - CONSPIRACY pe LENO 1457 - PC advised SA PATRICK J, COLLINS, 2 ge” on 10/31/66, that during the first week of June, CARLOS! 4 and JQ@QSEP Wr RCELLO, together with their wives, visited FFICANTE, TRe. at his Tampa, Florida, home per his”* invitation, . PC stated that during this period CARLOS MARCELLO and TRAFFICANTE had several lengthy private conversations, PC does not know what took place at these conferences. TRAFFICANTE and MARCELLO did not \; ae settle whatever their problem was during this visit. . y Over the July 4 weekend, SANTO TRAFFICANTE —- + wand two of his close associates, names unknown, visited CARLOS :MARCELLO at his Churchill Farms estate. During the weekend MARCELLO had a small private dinner party in honor of TRAFFICANTE, At this dinner party were JOSEPH MARCE] ANTHONSYMARCELLO, PASQUALEJHARCELLO , h. JOSEPH "ZI LEMENTI , ‘Chief Investigator from the. L- , Jefferson. Sh. District Attorney's S"0ffice, JOSEPH RORETTO, JIMMY CAMPO, and several others, names unrecalled,. Juring this holiday weekend several lengthy private conferences occurred between CARLOS. MARCELLO and SANTO / TRAFFICANTE, PC stated that from MARCELLO's attitude PC could tell that nothing was settled at these confereng | i: @)- ‘Bureau qm Lee :-New York. (92 -2300 sub 0) & |. "2°. "Tampa ° - 3 - New Orleans (2. - 92-365) el ~ 1s7-ae47) ; e PRdICsm ed. . ae td ae De naa 04 _=REC 53 722 - 605 3 ey Xd eh el : vies , . wor hoproved 7 Sent ——___ = A Special Agen oN Sari Ce , | | DocId: 32304303 Page 2?
DATE: 11-14-2017 ' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44° USC 2107 wpe NO 92=365 PC stated that the secret nature of these conferences was impressed upon the PC because at Churchill Farms MARCELLO and TRAFFICANTE walked out into the middle of the fields behind the main house and sat for many hours, Likewise, at TRAFFICANTE's home in Tampa, MARCELLO and TRAFF ICANTE sat alone in the back yard.. During the past several weeks CARLOS MARCELLO has stated to the PC that the luncheon at which he was arrested in New :York City was just that and that he would not have been in attendance if JOSEPH MARCELLO had not been so slow in packing at their hotel. If they had left fifteen minutes earlier than they did they would not have received the invitation to the a luncheon. MARCELLO stated that the really serious ae meeting in New York took plae during the early evening hours the day prior to his arrest and that the New York Lhe Police would have “seen some real power" if they had found the meeting the day before the arrest. \ PC stated that MARCELLO is worried over TRAFFICANTE and got into trouble with the New York people a over TRAFFICANTE's actions. PC stated that TRAFFICANTE | t wants to come into Louisiana, PC does not know how TRAFFICANTE wishes to come into Louisiana; however, CARLOS MARCELLO is opposed to this as CARLOS feels that once TRAFFICANTE gets a foothold in Louisiana it is the beginning of the end of CARLOS MARCELLO, CARLOS MARCELLO told PC that TRAFFICANTE knows "I only own Jefferson and Orleans Parishes and I've never wanted to own anything _ else." TRAFFICANTE wishes to come in in the rest of h the State; however, MARCELLO feels that this will be the end of MARCELLO'S control of Jefferson and Orleans Parishes, . CARLOS MARCELLO told PC that TRAFFICANTE presented several problems occurring in this part of the country to “important people" in New York and elsewhere and created the impression that CARLOS MARCELLO was to blame for these problems. PC stated that the j DocId: 32304303 Page 3