AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : ‘RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: ~ SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld:32290042 Page 1° JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10202-10318 HQ 92-3 182-759 Document Information FBI COOK, ROBERT A. DIRECTOR, FBI 03/18/1963 31 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 08/03/1998 INDEFINITE 253 Date: 6/12/20]
Fr rename in AA OLR OCR LE LO CA AER A I Ae A A eg Em e errno: . fir ita ee ~ Le + wip = . oe 1 - : : . : j ° 1 . , . ' CG 92-373 | LEAD / CHICAGO AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Will continue to conduct natal tebe Rr arent tah and report investigation concerning the background and activities of GUS ALEX, in accordance with Bureau letter to New York dated November 27, 1957, entitled "TOP HOODLUM PROGRAM; AR". ADMINISTRATIVE This report has been prepared in compliance with Bureau's instructims that all information which has been received from investigative sources CG 6502-C*, CG 6568-C*, and CG 6576-C* be paraphrased and set out in the body of this report rather than in the cover pages. eet INFORMANTS Informant Date Contacted Contacting Agent CG T-1 CG 6502-c* CG T-2 ' PCI FRANK LA CROIX 3/1/63 SS SA ROBERT A. COOK CG T-3 CG 6568-c* CG T-4 | CG 6232-c 2/15/63 SAs JOSEPH G. SHEA and - : WILLIAM A. MEINGCKE { . . an CG T-5 | CG 6443-C | 2/5/63 SAs SHEA and MEINCKE -B- COVER PAGE : JOI~ VOZ J g wn Docld: 32290042 Page 2?
CG 92-373 Informant CG T-6 CG 6512-C-TE CG T-7 Date Contacted 2/1-26/63 PCI SHELLY GIBSON 2/15/63 CG T-8 WILLIAM ROBSSLER 2/19/63 CG T-9 JOE LESSNER a (upon request) 2/18/63 U.S. Customs Agent, (upon request) i Chicago, CG T-10 CG 6576-C* CG T-1ll =F aa ae Squad, Police ee Italy CG T-12 1/14 , 21/63 Brigadier GUIDO (dipon request) ZARA, Confidential Headquarters, Rome, hy U. S. Customs Office 2/4/63 a Customs (oy RELEASE IN FULL "C1. RELEASE IN PART (J TOTAL DENIAL DoclId: 32290042 Page 3 PNG Boston Massachusetts REVIEWED BY BYJFK TASK FORCE on _Wul/95 DasstH - Ck - COVER PAGE TT SS a ET EE EP RP iS AAT ae TE rie i tnt Contacting Agent SA DENNIS W. SHANAHAN SAs ROBERT A. COOK and DONALD R. MORRIS SAS ROBERT A. COOK and ROBERT J. TOMPKINS, Jr. SA ROBERT A. COOK SA ROBERT A. COOK So SA COOK 4184-151 Sos—s93r%
LL In Reply, Please Refer to ile Ne LA , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION L Chicago, Illinois March 18, 1963 GUS ALEX | ANTI-RACKETEERING Reference is made to the report of Special Agent Robert A. Cook dated and captioned as above at Chicago, . Illinois. CHARACTERIZATION OF INFORMANTS The following is a characterization of the informants used in this report: Chicago T-l is an individual who is ina position to furnish information on a continuing basis concerning Alex and his associates as well as the activities of these people. Chicago T-2 is an individual who due to his employment is in a position to furnish information concerning the activities of Alex at his residence at 1150 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois. _ Chicago T-3 is an individual who is in a position to furnish information on a continuing basis concerning _ the activities and associates of Gus Alex. Chicago T-4 is a former Chicago bookmaker and due to this past activity is in a position to furnish information concerning the activities of Alexand his associates. Chicago T-5 is an individual who is personally acquainted with Alex and other Chicago hoodlums and as a result can furnish information concerning their activities and associates. Chicago T-6 is an individual who is personally acquainted with Gus. Alex and other Chicago hoodlums and as a result can report on the activities of these people. DoclId: 32290042 Page 4
Chicago T-7 is an individual who due to his employment is in a position to furnish information ’ concerning the persons who frequent the: Cabana Club, Chicago. \ Chicago T-8 is an‘individual who due to his . past employment has become acquainted with Gus Alex - and other Chicago hoodlums and as a result can now furnish information concerning their activities. - Chicago T-9 is a member of: another Governmental | Agency which has conducted recent investigation concerning Gus" Alex. Chicago T-10 is to furnish information on: activities and associates Chicago T-1l is Agency in Rome, a person who is ina position ft a continuing basis concerning the of Alex. f a “member ofa a Investigative Italy, and due to his employment was able - to furnish information concerning Alex' s activities, while in Rome. Chicago T-12 is a member of a Governmental Agency > and, _through this. employment was able to furnish information concerning the details of Alex's re-entry into the United ‘States at Boston, Massachusetts, on February 3, 1963. recommendations Investigation. of Investigation contents are not. “This document contains neither nor conclusions of the Federal Bureau of It is the property of the Federal Bureau ‘-and is loaned to your agency; it and its ' to be distributed outside your agency. ‘ DoclId: 32290042 Page 5
(7 Docld: 32290042 CG 92-373 RAC: kmh CG T-11 advised that GUS ALEX, born April l, 1926, in possession of United States passport number 1569555, issued Washington, D.C. on May 13, 1959, stayed at the Hotel Excelsior, Rome, Italy, on January 5, 1963. He was accompanied by ROSE M. DIETGARD , FUEGER, born December 3, 1938, in Seewalch, Austria. FUEGER also in possession of German passport. number 4119969, issued by the German Consulate in Chicago, Illinois. From January 6, 1963, to January 8, 1963, ALEX, accompanied by FUEGER, stayed at the Hotel Hassler, ‘Piazza Trinita dei Monti, Rome, Italy. According to CG T-11, ALEX and FUEGER came to Rome from Milan, Italy, and left Rome on January 8, 1963, ' for an unknown | destination. During the time they were in Rome, ALEX and>FUEGER toured the city on foot and taxi and were not the” ‘subject of any suspected activity, according to cG T-11. -the Austrian Central Criminal Police, | Vienna,’ ‘Austria, advised on January 25, 1963, that GUS ALEX was ascertained to have stayed at the Hotel Imperial, Nienna 1, Karntnerring 16, from ‘January 16 to 18, 1963, inclusive. On the latter date:JALEX left for Germany. . West: ‘German~Central Criminal Police (BKA) - advised that the Bavarian Border Police reported that ALEX arrived at. Munich, Germany at 2:15 P.M. on January 18, 1963,~en route from Vienna, Austria on Lufthansa Flight’ No. 303. ALEX was accompanied by SUZANNE FUEGER. . The West German Central Criminal Police advised on February 11, 1963, that ALEX was not at Riederau, West Germany, the home of SUZANNE FUEGER'S mother, during the last. several days, prior to SUZANNE's departure on February 7, 1963, for the United States. : -2- “94-9182-95% Sog~\o B\Q Page 6
CG 92-373 RAC: kmh The West German Central Criminal Police advised that FUEGER left Munich, Germany, on February 7, 1963, by Pan American Airways én route to Frankfurt, Germany, where she had passage booked on the Pan American Flight No. 59, departing Frankfurt, Germany at 12:35 P.M., February 7, 1963, to arrive at Chicago at 11:20 P.M., February 7, 1963. “ The BKA-West German Central Criminal Police advised that. ALEX¢=reportedly returned to Chicago on the afternoon of February 4, 1963. CG T-12 advised that ALEX re-entered the United States on February 3, 1963 at Logan Airport, West Boston, Massachusetts. At the time he entered joo the United States, he had in his possession eight rolgs of sixteen millimeter film which he claimed consisted of photographs taken in Italy, Switzerland and France. He also had $379 in cash in his possession and no other papers or documents. ALEX had passport No. 1569555, issued May 13, 1959, and reissued March 3, 1961. There was a notation on his passport that he had previously heid passport No. %30270, issued December 20, 1957, which had been cancelled. According to CG T-12, these passports showed trips to Europe in 1961 and 1962, and an arrival at Montreal sometime during 1962. According to CG T-12, ALEX stated that the trip was for vacation purposes and listed his home address as 9353 South Spaulding Avenue, Evergreen Park, Illinois. According to his passport, he left the United States on December 17, 1962. . > : | | q TEASE IN PART. C1 TOTAL DENIAL -~ 24 - ; . DoclId: 32290042 Page fF