Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection DATE: 11-14-2017 __ JFK Assassination System Date: 5/14/201 Identification Form a Agency Information ' _ AGENCY: FBI | RECORD NUMBER: —124-10215-10229 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-428 _—— CrP Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: EVANS,C. A. TO: BELMONT TITLE: DATE: 08/29/1963 “PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : LCN, ASSOC, ITALY, SINATRA, CALOGERO, TRA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/25/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : SO OOOahah eS v9.1 3 Docld: 32295453 Page 1
VRelease under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotter. DATE: \114-14-2017 2 Pas OPTIONAL ERM NO. 10 f e . . “Fe i . . Fé Tolson -« UNITED STATES GOVERI ENT (\ Belmont - VEY Mohr Casper emoran um, ae . Conrad DeLoach : . Evans . TO DATE: August 29, 1963 Gale ——__ a Sullivan . Tavel , y, Trotter FROM : Cc. A. .Evans/ Tele. Room en er) ee ‘\ Holmes XN Gandy —_ +> SUBJECT: Con COSA NOSTRA OOON ANTI-RACKETEERING - CONSPIRACY” SM NC we | Legal Attache (Legat),. Rome, has been contacted by ERE, Dr. Aristide Manopulo, Central Bureau, Criminal Division, Italian 7 National Police, Rome, Italy,~ ‘described as reliable source by ad | a and Dr. Manopulo has requested any information available to the i Bureau showing a connection between elements of the captioned organization in the U..S. and Italy. ‘ 3 Dr. Manopulo commented that if a substantial volume of information was to be received from the Bureau on this topic, consideration would be given to introducing such data for study Teds by theXitalian Parliamentary Anti-Mafia commission, it being noted —____Z that eMtalian Parlt has just concluded the first.phase of its | | inquiry and is proposing to the Italian legislature urgent provisions of a jegislative and administrative character for the control of the Mat ias 3 OO ~ "While it is not deemed advisable that the Bureau be injected into. the deliberations of-a foreign legislative commission “ by furfiishing” material for the study of such a group, in order to strengthen our liaison relationship with this valuable contact of the Rom&;0ffice, we are in a position to furnish limited information which would be“ of benefit to Dr. Manopulo, and.at the same'time, avoid involvement in the affairs of a foreign legislative body.. . A letter has been prepared for your approval, which sets forth information we have developed under Criminal Intelligence Program regarding the travel of one Calogerofsinatra, an Italian Lithy | National, to the U._S. during the Summer of ‘1962, where he was met. ——/ in New York by. U. S. leaders of captioned organization, This ; letter also sets forth information we received from'a confidential source that Sinatra'is a member of La Cosa Nostra _in Italy, and very probably is a-"boss" of a Broup-within this organization in Sicily. This type information should satisfy the request Legat has vecesved from Dr. Manopulo,’ whoy2-as Mentioned above,,.is,a yaluable. diai contact, without jeopardizing any of our “Tnvéstigetions:"* This Netter points out to Legat that this inf6érmation is, of course, for Dr. Matiopulo'ts exclusivé’fuse and is not. of. a type which would be appropriate for review by /the Italian’ Parliamentary: ‘Anti-Mafia , ae rommispion. BARBERS DESTROYED, 2 ec 48 Go —s S32 y); D2 g | /“Enclosure £ | ‘dun oie —_ 25 25 SEP18 963 ay 1. ert Section eK 1 / AY A p bn ommend . Sep 24 7988 ) i Docld: 32295453 Page 2? al