JFK Assassination System , - Date: 5/7/2015 1 Identification Form , ‘Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90024-10017 RECORD SERIES: HQ ‘ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = 92-3171-1178 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: CG TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 08/14/1963 ‘PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : SAM GIANCANA SAMUEL M. GIANCANA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact ‘DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 03/10/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: TT v9.1 367 Docld: 32323993 Page 1
N EoEKAL LUREAU OF ivESTIGATUN o i" §. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ®@ COMMUNICATIONS SECTION AUGL 41963... TELETYPE ALL INFARPATIO CONTAINED pie ren Vind bp “s a shied DATE bail ov 39 ev Sp SAR OT URGE w-1L4e-§3 8-67 JLS TO DIRECTOR, FBI 92-3171 FROM SAC, CHICAGO 92-349 7-P SAMUEL M$S“GIANCANA, AKAs, AR. DAILY SUMMARY CG SIX FOUR NINE EIGHT DASH PC ADVISED THIS DATE THAT - Docld:323239953 Page 2? IN RECENT CONTACTS WITH PERSONS CLOSE TO SAM GIANCANA HE HAS LEARNED THAT A GENERAL FEELING OF APPREHENSIVENESS PERVADES THE GIANCANA ORGANIZATION. FEW REMARKS ARE BEING MADE BY ANY OF THESE PERSONS AS TO THEIR OPINIONS RECARDING WHAT GIANCANA PLANS TO DO IN THE FUTURE IN REGARD TO THE 22 RUNNING OF THE CHICAGO CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION. THIS INFORMANT ADVISES THAT GIANCANA IS GIVING NO DIRECTIONS TO HIS UNDERLINGS AND AS A RESULT THE GENERAL SITUATION IS IN A STATE OF CHAOS. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT ADDING TO THIS GENERAL STATE OF CONFUSION GIANCANA HAS ABSENTED HIMSELF FROM THE CHICAGO AREA FOR THE PAST “px doa AND APP ENTLY | REC. 60 Fd =< / Jt SLAs HAS GIVEN nd’ ¢ fupreatron Ae’ TO WHEN HE t WILL RETURNS i ne Debs Gb WeNcE : os NG THE CHIGAG® BREA au 16 1963 TO THE REASONS FOR PAN caANarS LEAV re y) Sacd: ia . | WAS LEARNED FROW PCT ROBERT MC DO ALD, WHO rel CEpS8 itor tccannang Shae, : es END PAGE ONE ye 8 33 tad ata tit. rr? MR. BeLMau? P58 * OS ALY ZL I963
PAGE TWO MANY OF CHICAGO-S HOODLUMS, THAT GIANCANA-S DEPARTURE es NOOO TENTED WAS CAUSED BY A FEAR THAT THE FBI WOULD REINSTITUTE THE wats ERNE SSN IM ee I STORER OOS EN MOLT SI RARE EI ANY Ne i aA HH BST I SURVEILLANCE UPON HIS DAILY ACTIVITIES AND WOULD AGAIN Ga csepnpuccy pe CIR MELE ESTES ENE NRG RTE LI NNR OC Laneneote LEAVE HIM IN A “POSITION WHERE HE WOULD BE UNABLE To GO ila a PPO RE ET A Ae AREY y, fee TNT AT NE EN ROTTER HE NY ROME REE LARS ABOUT HTS DAILY ACTIVITIES IN AN. UNHAMPERED MANNER « cog peep anal TEE TEER BARCEL NTRS ve net Me ACCORDING TO Mc “DONALD, GIANCANA, IN CONVERSATION WITH - OTHER HOODLUMS, HAS INDICATED THAT HE IS CONSIDERING eee ani LEAVING THE COUNTRY WITH A A_POSSIBLEDESTINATION BEING Lace ANNO DR Nay ERNEST ect mie RETRY NT ts cage PLUS ILT PM A OOS BRAZIL. THE CHICAGO DIVISION FEELS THAT THIS INFORMATION HAS SOME MERIT BASED ON THE COMMENTS OF MURRAY HUMPHREYS MADE IN THE PAST THAT GIANCANA SHOULD ATTEMPT TO DO EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO GET AWAY FROM THE FBI SURVEILLANCE AND TO REMAIN IN SOME LOCATION WHERE SUCH SURVEILLANCE COULD NOT BE REINSTITUTED. IT IS- FELT THAT A STRONG POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT A RECENT MEETING HELD AT STALEYS RESTAURANT BY NINE OF CHICAGO-S LEADING HOODLUMS WAS PROBABLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECIDING HOW GIANCANA SHOULD GOVERN HIMSELF BASED ON CURRENT HAPPENINGS. IT IS FURTHER END PAGE TWO Docld: 32323993 Page 3
@  ) PAGE THREE “FELT HIGHLY LIKELY THAT A DECISION WAS MADE IN WHICH IT WAS RECOMMENDED TO GIANCAN THAT HE LEAVE CHICAGO. & MC DONALD CONTINUED THAT BECAUSE OF RECENT PUBLICITY ATTENDENT UPON THE HOODLUM SITUATION IN CHICAGO MARSHALL CAIFANO IS ALSO MAKING PLANS TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. MC DONALD ADVISED THAT ASIDE FROM THE GENERAL CONSTERNATION CAUSED BY THE GIANCANA SITUATION IT HAS BEEN LEARNED BY THE HOODLUMS THAT INTERNAL REVENUE IS REPORTEDLY GOING TO INDICT THREE CHICAGO HOODLUMS SOMETIME PRIOR TO THE END OF THIS YEAR. ~ |THE NAMES OF THESE HOODLUMS ARE UNKNOWN THEREBY CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF ANXIETY AMONG AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN OF THE LEADING HoopLuMs, & CG SIX FIVE EIGHT EIGHT DASH PC, A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF | PHIL ALDERISIO, ADVISED THAT ALDERISIO STATED TO HIM ON AUGUST THIRTEETNH LAST THAT QUOTE IF MY NAME GETS IN THE PAPERS ON THIS THING ANYMORE I-M GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS AND TURN EVERYTHING OVER To you uNquotE. 4 END PACE THREE Docld: 323239953 Page 4
y iL— PAGE FOUR ON AUGUST FOURTEEN INSTANT THIS SOURCE FURTHER ADVISED THAT ALDERISIO STATED THAT RECENT NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY HAS VISIBLY SHAKEN ALDERISIO WHO IS CONVINCED THAT FEDERAL ACTIVITY IN CHICAGO AREA AND RESULTING PUBLICITY IS PRELUDE TO NUMEROUS FEDERAL INDICTMENTS. HOODLUMS BELIEVE PURPOSE OF PUBLICITY TO SWAY PUBLIC OPINION AND FAVOR FUTURE FEDERAL PROSECUTIONS. 4 SAME SOURCE ADVISED JIMMY ALLEGRETTI TOLD SOURCE THAT ALL BRANCHES OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE WORKING TOGETHER AGAINST SYNDICATE AND POINTED OUT RECENT FAST ACTION OF SUPREME COURT IN CIANCANA MATTER WAS A QUOTE WORLD-S RECORD UNQUOTE. ALLEGRETTI TOLD SOURCE QUOTE THE FEDS REALLY MEAN BUSINESS NOW AND THIS INCREASED PRESSURE AND PUBLICITY IS HURTING THE OUTFIT UNQUOTE. CHICAGO IS FOLLOWING THIS MATTER CLOSELY. CG SIX FOUR FOUR THREE DASH C WHO IS IN DAILY CONTACT WITH LESTER KRUSE AND ONE WILLIAM MC GUIRE, A LIEUTENANT IN KRUSE-S GAMBLING ENTERPRISES, ADVISED THAT ACCORDING TO | END PAGE FOUR SS Gb1a:32323993 Page 5
‘5 PA Co FIVE ; KRUSE TRE FBI-S ACTION AGAINST GAMBLING IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS ss EPITOPE A OE an SPOT SEAT SR SETS ER ERE PST HAS WRECKED THE KRUSE OPERATION TO THE EXTENT THAT OVERHEAD Riss a MOE Dil ae oe pay ae a ESE RE PT BORER YS BTN, tn ABS SE RSE Te ON BUILDINGS FORMERLY USED FOR GAMBLING PURPOSES 9 NOW STANDING _ ee ee ec Biren Be San CRIS yy + RB ENT We RCT ort alas IDLE, | Us COSTING KRUSE AND ‘HIS ASSOCIATES, Aa OBOTE, SMALL I FORTUNE UNQUOTE. GAMBLING “EMPLOYEES OUT OF WORK FOR THE PAST SEVERAL Ravana anh MONTHS ARE NOW BROKE AND CLAMERING FOR JOBS FROM THE KRUSE ORGANIZATION. THE ORGANIZATION TO DATE HAS REFUSED TO PAY THESE PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN LOYAL EMPLOYEES FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS, AND HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND JOBS FOR THEM IN LAS VEGAS OR ELSEWHERE. KRUSE ADVISED CG SIX FOUR FOUR THREE DASH C THAT AS HIS ILLINOIS GAMBLING REVENUE IS PRACTICALLY NON EXISTENT REVENUE FROM OTHER KRUSE ENTERPRISES MUST BE INCREASED. ON AUGUST THIRTEEN LAST CI ADVISED THAT WILLIAM MC GUIRE REPRESENTING KRUSE-S INTERESTS HAD A MEETING WITH CARL LNU WHO REPRESENTS TAYLOR AND COMPANY AND HUNT AND COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF DICE AND GAMBLING END PAGE FIVE ocld:32323993 Page 6