“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC FiU?T Hote;. DATE: 11-14-2017 : JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form ee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10288-10431 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-2422 o——_—__—_—_—_—_———————— A ; Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI . FROM: SAC, BS TO: DIRECTOR, FBI -~ TITLE : DATE: 09/16/1968 ‘PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC LHM eee v9.1 14 DoclId: 32305801 Page 1
“Released under the a ohn F. Hennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Use 2107 Korey . RRB AA -14-7017 | PRIMAL FORM NO. 10 5010-106 re 243 EDITION - ee _EEN. ~REG. NO. 27 fr ° , os x "UNITED STATES Gl ERNMENT Nan Memorandum _ . Ef TO : : DIRECTOR, FBI DATE: 9/16/68 {boson (92 612) Owl FROM sacs SUBJECT: Ba COSA NOSTRA AR-CONSPIRACY Re New York letter to Boston, 7/11/68. e Enclosed for the Bureau are six copies of 4 af ¥ an LHM for transmittal to Legat, Rome, which LHM is ay dated as above in captioned matter. aan Gpaureau (Encs. -Boston (92- =612) (13782612) JPH:po'b (4) Beste 30 {iy DoclId: 32305801 Page 2? ——, - 4
eléaséed ander the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Ac DATE: 11-14-2017 é ; _ ie MQ C) . i C) , SE OS ; / : | Ce an | ae QU) = UN1.ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF jscSTICE * sey Stare SF FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Boston, Massachusetts In Reply, Please Refer to . Sep tember 16 ; 1968 File No. LA COSA NOSTRA A newspaper article appearing in the .June 26, 1968, issue of the "New York Times," captioned, . "Cosa Nostra Men Cleared in Sicily," set forth information in part to the effect that among others, one Francesco Scimone, Boston, Massachusetts, was cleared in court at Palermo, Sicily, on June 25, 1968, of allegations of reportedly running narcotics and currency rackets for the Italian "Mafia" and the American Cosa Nostra's crime syndicates. It is to be noted that indices of the Boston Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation reflect that in 1965 the above-mentioned Francesco Scimone, a piano player andManager of the Coral Gables Club, Weymouth, Massachusetts, was residing with the owner, Gary Sloisi, at 70 Colburn Street, Hull, Massachusetts. Investigation detérmined Scimone apparently was wanted by the Italian police for allegedly associating with Italian hoodlums in Italy. It had been determined Scimone, on several occasions, while visiting Italy, reportedly had been observed in the presence of Lucky Luciano. Scimone was employed at one time as an orchestra leader by both the Grace Lines, New York, New York, and had occasion to visit Italy many times, Also, Scimone, in the late 1950's and early 1960's, operated two night clubs in the area of Taoraina, Sicily, Italy, which were unsuccessful ventures and were finally taken over by his brother, Agisto. —_— DoclId: 32305801 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2itT Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 C) coe C) UNL.ED STATES DEPARTMENT OF jcSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Boston, Massachusetts In Reply, Please Refer to . Sep tember 16 3 1968 File No. , LA COSA NOSTRA A newspaper article appearing in the June 26, 1968, issue of the "New York Times ,'' captioned, . "Cosa Nostra Men Cleared in Sicily," set forth information in part to the effect that among others, one Francesco Scimone, Boston, Massachusetts, was cleared in court at Palermo, Sicily, on June 25, 1968, of allegations of reportedly running narcotics and currency rackets for the Italian "Mafia" and the American Cosa Nostra's crime syndicates, : : It is to be noted that indices of the Boston Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation reflect that in 1965 the above-mentioned Francesco Scimone, a piano player andManager of the Coral Gables Club, Weymouth, Massachusetts, was residing with the owner, Gary Sloisi, at 70 Colburn Street, Hull, Massachusetts. Investigation detérmined Scimone apparently was wanted by the Italian police for allegedly associating with Italian hoodlums in Italy. It had been determined Scimone, on several occasions, while visiting Italy, reportedly had been observed in the presence of Lucky Luciano. Scimone was employed at one time as an orchestra leader by both the Grace Lines, New York, New York, and had occasion to visit Italy many times. Also, Scimone, in the late 1950's and early 1960's, operated two night clubs in the area of Taoraina, Sicily, Italy, which were unsuccessful ventures and were finally taken over by his brother, Agisto. -— DoclId: 32305801 Page 4