‘leased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Us¢t FU? Hote DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/14/201 Identification Form “Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10286-10314 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-593 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, RO TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 03/04/1964 “PAGES: 2 C SUBJECTS : LCN, MAFIA, ASSOC, CONSPR, SUR DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/02/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : ————_— hh Eee, v9.4 | Doold: 32304684 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Asgassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Wate) - “DATE: 11-14-2017 i reer alll 7 = . - af . STANDARD-FORM NOY 647 a x reall . ry on X Office Membyvandum ® UNITED SiATES GOVERNMENT <> to, Director, FBI (92-6054) DATE: 3/4/64 REVIEWED BY FRMJPR T FOR c a rom;  Legat, Rome (92-80) (P) REVIEWED BY Sed K TASK yan ¢ferl97 SUL LLEL Or ip COSA NOSTRA u 6 SUES BR = QONSPIRACY XX Sevedse iN FULL BE | Ci) RELEASE IN PART | Va ReRomelets 2/10/64 and 12/27/63.(3 TOTAL DENIAL “ | ,On 1/24/64 Mr. Henry A, Falcher, Immigration and Na- turalization Service (INS), American Embassy, Rome, Italy, -ad- vised that his INS representative in Palermo, Italy, had heard. that gp individual who had broken the Mafia code of silence, Simon€/ Mansueto, was indicating that he had some information which would be of value to Americans. Mansueto is the unnamed individual when is mentioned in paragraph 2 on page 2 of relet dated 12/27/63, ! On the basis of the information received from Mr. Palcher, Dr. Aristide Manopulo, Central Bureau, Criminal Division, | Italian National Police, Rome, was requested .on 1/28/64 to arrange . for the prompt interview of Sim ¢.Mansueto, to determine what in- | formation he might have of interest téo°-07 S“duthorities, no matter how slight or unimportant such information might seem. On 3/3/64 Dr. Manopulo advised that Mansueto had been ; interviewed as requested. During the interview Mansueto denied | having any knowledge of any matters such as stowaway passengers, contraband, drug traffic, or any other matters which would be..of | interest to U. S. authorities. Dr, Manopulo. noted t Mansueto , is the principal witness in the trial of Antoni okSChi tel and 26 ,raey other individuals. In connection with this trial, Mansueto is —_ under constant surveillance by Italian police because of serious threats which have been made against him. The noteworthy efforts of the Italian police and courts to rid the country of the major evils of the Mafia are continuing. In this connection, it is to be noted that the 2/6/64 issue of Avanti, Italian language daily newspaper of the Socialist Party of Italy, reflects that from the period October 1, 1963, to Janu- ary 31, 1964, 217 persons were arrested, 379 warnings were issued, and provisions were made for approximately 300 special surveil- lances and"compulsony detentions, ME UT a y REC 98 G2 _boF yO? 2 3 - Bureau $ y/ (1 - Ziiaison Section) . vie f 1 - Rome 92-80 ¥¢ gy, bb JCM:RAA * #0 by BD 5 7 MAR 171964 - + > —— = - . —/ DoctId: 32304634 Page 2?