Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. DATE: 11-14-2017 : poner SOURIEEIT 4 ‘ . , { Rife. olson | . - i My. DeLoach—_. | a Me. Mohr FEDERAL BUREAU OF it j Me, Wick —__ U. 8. OEPARTMENT OF 1 ivesneaio _ ; Mr. Casper____ | COnMMUNCATION SECTION | Mtn Callahan —.. | APR4 1967 TELETYPE “FROM CHICAGO. (92-373) 2P re dL agise Hees | “g O (GUS ALEX, AKA. AR. 00: CHICAGO. wate . REBUAIRTEL MARCH TWENTY NINE LAST RE CURRENT STATUS OF f EXCLUSION ORDER. PREVIOUSLY ‘IMPOSED BY SWISS, AUTHORITIES On AL IN, VIEW OF UNSAVORY wy pace F aLEX. | | FEEL INTERVIEW @F HIM “swiss GOVERNMENT ON BEHALEN QF GROUND OF. DAWSON. CHICAGO DOES | - DESIRABLE AT. THIS TIME. HOWEVER, , IN. VIEW OF REPUTATION OF - DIRKSEN FOR INTEGRITY, it ‘Is SUGGESTED THAT BUREAU MAY. DESIRE a “THROUGH - LIAISON,” SOG, TO CONTACT DIRKSEN IN ORDER THAT HE BE z) ADVISED RE. BACKGROUND OF - ALEX. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT . re on _ DIRKSEN HIMSELF: IS UNAWARE HIS" ‘OFFICE was: USED IN THIS. REGARD “AND. THAT: SINCE: HE. COMES ‘FROM DOWNSTATE ‘ILLINOIS HE IS UNAWARE be . = ¥ em on wn j ASE NEG ihe IY OF BUREAU, ‘ET IS ‘NOTED. THAT. ONE” HAROLD. RAINVILLE Is. “ADMINISTRATIVE: wy t APR 19 7 SASSISTANT. OF DIRKSEN.:” “ALTHOUGH. NOAENFOR AVATUABLE THAT Be memase % ; sit RAINVILLE: Is CORRUPT, aT TS: KNOWN. HE, HAS REPUTATION OF BEING ” oe Vote ‘i : a gs” rat Weoah J yhely te sce a - Meat) ai “V7. , “As clots. Re OF: BACKGROUND OF. “ALEX TN ‘CHICAGO. FOR FURTH oo at END 'PAGE ONE SSAPR TS 0674 MR. DELOACH FOR THE DIRECTOR ewe Docld: 322927564 Page 2?
7 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Ho DATE: -11-14- 2017 | e+ 0 gg , . z ; © 9 * : , : ; ‘ an a oy . 2 FS 10 t “PAGE TWO” : | | POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST WITH POLITICAL AMBITIONS OF HIS OWN. “POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT-HE MAY HAVE BEEN REQUESTED. BY “SOMEONE OW BEHALF ALEX AND CAUSED LETTER To BE SENT WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE DIRKSEN. END “RCS | ‘FBI WASH . DC | - : 9431607) | Docld: 322927564 Page 3 e}.
| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hoe). DATE: 11- 14- ~2018 3/29/67 airtel Fd 2. _ 3 / § 2-0 of To: Legat, Bern (> From: Director, FGI GUS ALEX, aka AR Re your airtel 3/10/67. Attached for information of Chicago Office are copies of a communication from Legat, Bern, with respect to the current status of the exe iusion erder which the Swiss. authorities had previously imposed on Gus Alex. In view of the: fact we have provided them with significent information in the. past, it does not appear that providing them with any additional information is at this time warranted, it is noted that Alex! $s legal representative Qllegediy advised a Swiss official that it was illegal for au. S. representative te furnish derogatery information concerning a.U. &. citigen to a foreign government. For — your information, the Bureau is unaware of any such prohibition, 2 = Chicage « Enc. (23 AAS :tjm (Z ~ MAILED, 7, Talson DeLoach Mohr r tok MAR'2 9 1967 Casper F Callahan — 4 e, Conrad net wah» Gale ; af tt a - Sullivan Go ‘ * Tavel a . Trotter? : 8 aK UE Pees Tele, iar Lif : Ny I- Py i} fe i } Holmes ‘ “Gandy MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT LC] Docld: 322927564 Page 4
" Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 27107 Hote). DATES (bd tS 5 S018 a i oF ae ao a a | an FBI . | | I | Date: 3/10/67 ao - Transmit the following in , A ele (Type in plaintext or code) (a Via AIRTEL | (Priority) | ~- ee ee Eee tow TO DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3182) - FROM fipircat, BERN (92-10) (P) GUS ALEX, aka. t AR a: Jat Re Buairtel 7/27/66. -CHARLES HEUBI, Chief of the Service of Appeals, Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police, stated that his office had come to the conclusion that the Swiss authorities did not possess sufficient proof of a legal nature to uphold: the interdiction of entry into Switzerland against ALEX. HEUBI noted that in his opinion this entrance ban had been instigated by the Zurich Police in an effort to avoid the loss of manpower and funds required to keep track of ALEX when he was in their territory. In the course of the conversation, HEUBI made available pertinent sections of his file on ALEX which con- tained items he thought might be of interest to the Bureau as follows: (1) A letter dated 5/15/65 from DR. Iur. HUGO ROSENSTIEL and DR. Iur. ANDREAS GIRSBERGER, 8011 Zurich, Talstr. ll, who appear to have been ALEX's former legal Va representatives in Zurich. This letter forwards a birth certi- ficate for ALEX, a police certificate stating that ALEX had: no police record in Evergreen Park, Illinois and a police certificate stating that ALEX had ae criminal record in Cook Se County, Illinois. ! ~~ Bureau 7 gids. & "79. 3) G2 - bE ae ne dai p67 @ MAR 26 1967 . oy, . geen 4 an ise 70 ae . . 4 cecil ; AR pe | wes va ca be: pane Ecol COG a Ce ep Ke Approved: Sent Special Agent in Charge ; 5 Docld: 322927564 Page 5
DATE: 11-14-201% , ° : . ° oOo ~ ° () ‘ O 8 Bern 92-10 HDG:rn “pare. under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44° USC 27107 Hote). | (2) An article from the 28 April 1965, No. 18 issue of the German weekly "Der Spiegel", which was entitled "AL CAPONE'S HEIRS HOLD A MEETING EVERY DAY - THE CHIEFS OF THE COSA NOSTRA" by BILL DAVIDSON. BE (3) Axetter to the Swiss authorities from Congressman WILLIAM LXDAWSON, from Chicago, dated 7/11/66, in which he ere eee “was his constituent and friend whom he had known for 25 years. Congressman DAWSON wrote that as far as he was aware ALEX had never been convicted of an . ‘offense against U. S. law. He concluded by describing = ‘ALEX as a law abiding, decent, successful representative of the business community in Chicago. LEE é U.S. Senator, to the Swiss authorttté it was bis understanding 1 that ALEX had no criminal record . whatsoever, and that despite this, ALEX had been denied entry into Switzerland on the basis of criminal behavior of an un- desired foreigner. Senator DIRKSEN asked that ALEX be informed of the basis for this action on the part of the Swiss authorities, and asked that the Swiss government reconsider its decision. (5) Signed statement of ALEX dated 10/20/66, in which he explained that the discrepancies in his birth date were caused by an error on the part of the midwife who delivered him. He denied ever having been a bodyguard for anyone, and stated that he was not responsible for rackets in the Chicago under- world, nor was he a gang leader. He added that he was not the if owner of, nor did he have an interest in any gambling casino, os legally or illegally operated, nor had he ever taken over the : De Luxe Cigarette Company. With regard to accusations in the "Spiegel" article, he had never been a vice president of the Cosa Nostra, and was not nor had he been one of GIANCANA's directors in the syndicate. He was not a caporegima in the syndicate and was not nor ever had been in the past connected with prostitution. He claimed that he does not live in an apartment under the name of SAM TAYLOR, but that SAM and MAE TAYLOR are 'his brother and sister-in-law who have adopted the name TAYLOR. . The AL CAPONE regime ended when ALEX was 17 -years old, -and ALEX never knew or saw CAPONE. He claimed he. ~G4- 315 A-[150 Docld: 322927564 Page 6
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Ho DATE: 11-14-2014, 6 , ¢ re Bern 92-10 HDG :rn: o o had never taken part in the shooting of three rival gangsten, or of any person. He had never been convicted of an offense ‘against the laws of the State of. Illinois or any other state, except for minor traffic offenses. | (U).A letter dated 11/30/66 from DR. AUGUST KELLER, Attorney, Zurich, who appears to be ALEX's present: legal counsel, to the Swiss authorities stated that his client claims never to have done anything which was not allowed or which would make him undesirable in Switzerland. If ALEX had had illegal gambling halls, why hadn't the authorities prosecuted him? From 1953-54 he worked for Stanley Stupner, Inc., liquor distributors, in the -Sales department. From 1955-57 and part of 1958 he worked for ‘Blatz Brewing Co. as sales manager. From 1957-58 he worked as head of the public relations department of De Luxe Cigarette Service, Inc. In 1958 he worked as head of the public relations department ‘of Ajax Phonograph Co. ‘He never had any financial interest in these firms, however. In 1950 he visited Greece with his mother. Since. 1956-57 he has gone to Europe every year for winter sports, except’ for the winter of 1959-60 when he was sick. _ In 1961 he visited Greece, Germany, Italy, Switzer- land, and made vacation trips to Mexico, Canada and the Bahamas. On some of these trips he was accompanied by his wife. (7). with regard to the various names used by ALEX, Attorney E. BERNSTEIN in Chicago, lawyer for the De Luxe Cigar- ette Co., informed by letter dated 8/15/66 that ALEX uses an apartment under the name TAYLOR, which is the name of his brother- in-law (sic). ALEX has an account at the American National Bank under the name G. N. ALEX. RYAN is the maiden name of ALEX's wife. His true birth date is April 1, 1916. He is a respected member of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Oak Lawn, Ill.,-and Congressman WILLIAM L. DAWSON and Senator EVERETT MC KINLEY . DIRKSEN have intervened on his behalf. Included with this letter was a blank check of the American National Bank and Trust Co. of Chicago, Account No. 401463, in the name of G. N., ALEX, also a statement dated 8/22/66 signed by EARL KIES, president of the De Luxe Cigarette Service, Ine., and HAROLD EDWARDS , secretary, certifying that neither ALEX nor any of his family were owners . or part owners of the company. KIES signed a similar statement for the Ajax Phonograph Co. Both firms were listed at 7730 Milwaukee Ave., Niles, Illinois. 99,3188 Docld: 322927564 Page ?F
; Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hofer. DATE: °11-14-2019 , , Oe os. O | O a ~ i — . SO ss 6 ° S Bern 92-10 HDG: rn ° t CF) A letter dated 8/20/66 from Rev. Father LOUIS T. GREANIAS, Pastor of the Orthodox Church at 4501 West 103rd ° St., Oak Lawn, Ill... certified that ALEX was a respected member of that congregation. . HEUBI mentioned that he had had a meeting with ALEX's legal representatives, including JOSEPH H. SHARLITT. These individuals stated that in their opinion "the material furnished the Swiss authorities by the American Embassy in Bern" was not sufficient on which to base an entry ban. HEUBI stated that he made a non-committal answer to this statement, and did not indicate that any of the information in his possession was obtained either from the Embassy or from the FBI. SHARLITT further remarked that it was illegal for a U. S. representative to furnish derogatory information concerning a U. 8S. citizen to a foreign government. Bureau is requested to inform if there is any basis to. SHARLITT's statement. Bureau is further requested to inform if there is any information in addition to that already furnished the Swiss authorities which could be used by them as a basis to retain: the entry ban against ALEX. It is felt that there would be some benefit to the Bureau if ALEX could be kept out of Switzer- land, since there is a possibility that he may attend to some banking business when he is here. Docld: 322927564 Page &