o eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 7107 Hote;. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10297-10078 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 92-6054-2ND NR 2598 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI o FROM: SAC, SF “ TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: _ DATE: 03/14/1969 “ PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : LCN, MEMBERS A/O ASSOC, LAWSUIT, LIFE MAGAZINE ~ DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : ty v9.1 Docld: 32308951 Page 1 27
DATE: 11-14-2017 . a a ae Date: 3/14/69 | | i | FBI . | | | | Transmit the following in —__PLAINTEXT (Type in plaintext or code) Via AIRTEL AIR MAIL | | (Priority) | DIRECTOR, FBI (92-3434) ' (92-6054) (92-3776) SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (92-124) (92-593) (166-714) SUBJECT: JOSEPH CERRITO, aka AR 00: San Francisco Cha COSA NOSTRA AR = CONSPIRACY CO: New York Re San Francisco airtel to Bureau, 3/14/69. . On 3/13/69 SF 2550-C-TE furnished the following information to SA RUDOLPH H. MANCINI: On 3/12/69 Informant contacted MANNY FIGLIA, Under Boss, San Jose LCN Family, during which time they discussed the recent libel suit filed 3/5/69, U. S. District Court, San Francisco, by JOE CERRITO, LCN Boss of the San Lo. Jose Family, against Life Magazine for an additional $7,000,000 Informant commented to FIGLIA that PETE MISURACA was probably "fuming" because the newspapers in referring to the suit, again made reference to the HAROLD SMITH matter to which MANNY replied “If you think PETE is unhappy, you should see JOE | y (CERRITO), he's really sick," Bureau (92=3434) (RM) (3 = 92-6054) a a (3 = 92-3776) OE bog fo 1 = Las Vegas (166-1217) (info) (RM) _ NO 2 = New York (92-2300) (RM)  eany 4 - San Francisco (92-124) gash ws (L = 92-593) (1 = 166-714) Chae "SO MAR 25 19¢q° (16) Approved: Sent ____ MM Per Docld: 32308951 Page 2? v 558 Sv 3 tw CRIGINAL TRE MK 2) >
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (if Us Jur note). DATE:. 11-14-2017 . O 5 . SF 92-124 RHM: lcm Informant said to MANNY "What do you mean, didn't he file - the new suit?" and MANNY replied "Yeah, but he didn't want to. He's sick of the whole thing. He wanted to leave Sleeping dogs lie. He doesn't want the money, all he wanted was a retraction," FIGLIA then related that CERRITO and his wife, during the past week, were guests at his home for a birthday party. MANNY said "You should see that guy, he's so . depressed and sick that he couldn't even eat a piece of cake." FIGLIA commented that CERRITO's “wife and kid" are "mad at JOE" for all of the trouble, particularly the adverse publicity and the loss of his dealership, The Informant told FIGLIA that he could not understand why CERRITO filed a new libel suit if he wanted to forget the matter. MANNY concluded the discussion by saying "You don't understand, you don't understand", Informant added that he did not press FIGLIA further for discussion on the matter, however, it was his impression that someone convinced CERRITO to file the most recent libel action against Life Magazine against his wishes. Docld: 32308951 Page 3