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3 Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 4992 (44 USC 2107 Ta | PARBinokbs aeneh - -. aay eo FBI Date: 12/6/68 ollowing in — a ee (Type in plaintext or code) Via AIRTEL ___CAIRMAIL- OO Mg a (Priority) | TO: : DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6054) FROM: SAC, MILWAUKEE (92-262) (P) susgeor: Oh COSA NOSTRA AR - CONSPIRACY cet Information has previously been furnished to the Bureau regarding the 10/24/68 arrest by the Milwaukee fy ~~". Police Department of SAM DL MAGGIO (Bufile 92- 7731), LCN moet _.. member of the liilwaukee Family, and TONY PEPITO, local ~~} o> «Italian hoodlum and burglar, on local armed robbery charges. eh 7 Milwaukee informants have furnished information ne rrr that the $10,000 bonds for DI MAGGIO and PEPITO were — - arranged by FRANK BALISTRIERI, boss of the Milwaukee LCN Family. The money allegedly came out of Chicago and was handled locally by a Bondsman, HARRY MEIROFF. On 12/4/68, ML 686-C advised HARRY MEIROIF was first contacted for. bond arrangements by JOHN TRILIEGI, Local hoodlum, and later by AUGIE MANIACI, Milwaukee LCN : et member. MEIROFF refused to write the bonds as JERRY ol DL MAGGIO, brother of SAM DI MAGGIO, owed him vs 000 for a previous bond he had skipped out on. ’ y FRANK BALISTRIERI then contacted IRV WEINER, oo Chicago Bondsman, and close associate of FELIX “Milwaukee , oy Phil" ~ ALDERIS1O, known top Chicago hoodlum. WEINER called wo MATTHEW SILVERMAN, Atlas Bonding Agency, Newark, N.J., - 4 d a known New Jersey hoodlum bondsman. SILVERMAN called toby Bureau (92-6054) (AM-RM)- Chicago (92-1173) (Info) (Regular Mail) (RM) - Indianapolis (Info) (AM-RM) o. Newark (Info) (AM-RM) oo . « Milwaukee, {1-92- ~132) ie 94-316) (1294-318) (Le 92-425) el JK (1-92 732 1=137-1318) (1-137-447) (1792-3) Log peer kab Aga ) elt BZ ( Bet OY 4 Ge ae: Boog MS, ex vee 9 168 K Appr “Sent dete ens M Pe Docld: 32305821 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 ‘usc 2107 a ". . 7 i ’ cra . DATE: ole 14-7017 . “ ; co er : . a ~ : a od — . . te ; ML 2882 METROFF requesting he sign for the bonds, but MEIROFF ‘declined to do so unless he received authority from his ‘parent company. SILViRMAN called tho United Bonding -Insurance Company, Indianapolis Indiana, who in turn called MEIROFF authorizing hiin to sign for the bonds. ® According to MI 686-C, MEIROF F. received no payment for signing for tho two 310, 000 bonds, but was paid ~§,000 in cash by ANTHONY "SHERIFF" CEFALU, known Milwaukee hoodlum bookmaker, to cover the previous amount owed to him. by DI MAGGIO's brother. - CAUTION SHOULD BE UTILIZED IN HANDLING THE | a ABOVE INFORMATION, AND If SHOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE OF THE BUREAU UNLESS PARAPHRASED IN A MANNER TO oh EROTECT THE IDENTITY Or A VALUABLE INFORMANTS Docld: 323058271 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). ‘DATE: 11-14-2017 ’ JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form AGENCY : _ RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : ‘AGENCY FILE NUMBER : _ Agency Information FBI -124-10288-10454 HQ 92-6054-2462 ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld:327305874 Page 1 Document Information FBI SAC, BU DIRECTOR, FBI 12/11/1968 3 LCN, RAIDED, ILLEGAL DICE GAME, FOUR ARRESTED, GAMBLING CHARGES, CASH, GAMBLING EQUIPMENT, SEIZED PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 07/13/1998 INDEFINITE INC NOTE
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination | rds Collection Act Of "1992 “(Fa usc 2103 no o & 7 iN ABE: Wash DO17 fs PADERAL BUREAU OF MVESTIGATION 7 a r \ COMMUNICATION SECTION ( ‘ 7 ~ DECI 2 1968 ia ; FB1-BUFFALO Se, vbr! ! 10230 A URGENT 12/11/68 DMS TELETYPE VA : TO: DMECTOR (92-6054) Jj FROM: BUFFALO (92-337) LOS op & , per’. Bache fects nig Ch COSA NOSTRA - BUFFALO DIVISION: && [| Miss Holmes... ; Miss Gandy... § BU THREE FIVE ONE C TE HAS PREVIOUSLY FURNISHED DETAILED INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ILLEGAL DICE GAME OPERATED AT ONE ZERO TWO LAKEVIEW AVENUE, BUFFALO. INFORMANT ADVISED GAME IS.BANKED BY ROY CARLISI .~ : £39 C9504 10057 RS . "CAPOREGIMA™ OF THE “MAGADDINO FAMILY” OF -EGN AND ‘JOSEPH “CHIEhBEO JOE :SCIALES, -A SOLDIER. IN THE REGIME OF CARLISI INFORMATION FURNISHED BY INFORMANT, INCLUDING DETAILS OF SECURITY “SETUP AT GAME AND IDENTITIES OF STICK MEN, . DISSEMINATED TO CAPTAIN KENNETH P.. KENNEDY (NAD GAMBLING SQUAD, BUFFALO POLICE DEPARTMENT. 7 ACTING on INFORMATION DISSEMINATED BY: BUFFALO ne OFFICE, Local SEARCH WARRANT FOR DICE GAME OBTAINED YESTERDAY AND EXECUTED AT ver ensennedheeS gonnyey 24 fee pues. a oy ~ LAST NIGHT, IN RAID DISCREETLY OBSERVED BUREAU AGENTS. “ARTER SWIFTLY BATTERING THROUGH ,-. DEG 13 1968 | STEEL Doors, BOTH OF WHICH WERE HEAVILY BRACED we TR se a BARS, OFFICERS ARRESTED MATTHEW MANBRINO, . PAUL ALLEST, NICK J. PATERNOSTRAs : -AND. MATTHEW CALABRA ON LOCAL: ‘GANBLING . CHaRGES. al . : | / Docld: 32305824 Page 2?
’ Released under the Wohn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 7i0yT Hotter. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form ‘Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10288-10456 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-2316 ~ Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG,RO | ~ TO: DIRECTOR, FBI ; TITLE: DATE: 04/18/1968 yo “PAGES: 1 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENTSTATUS: Redact ~ DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 10/04/1996 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : ————_—:/_"_— eee v9.4 8 Docld: 323058276 Page 1
FROM L “sunpcr COSA NOSTRA :° 11-14-2017 “§ GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 ce, OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 : 5010-107-02 \ \ SMAY 1962 EDITION , UNITED STATES!” } MENT . Memorandum i DATE: 4-18-68 4 Director, FBI (92-6054) :AWLegat, Rome (92-80) (P.) ‘AR - CONSPIRACY | _Re Rome cables to the Bureau. March 15. and 19, 1968; Bureau-airtel to Rome and New York 4-1-68 captioned VICENZO ~ MARTINEZ; AR. Dr. BORIS. GIULIANO, Flying Squad, Police Head- quarters, Palermo, Sicily, advised on 4-10-68 that the trial in. Palermo was adjourned on 3-16-68 to 4-26-68, According -to Dr. GIULIANO, the answers to the interrogatories executed by. GERALD SHUR, Organized Crime and Racketeering Section, had not yet been introduced at the trial. Dr. GIULIANO said he will. keep Legat informed of any significant develop- ‘ments concerning the trial and particularly the manner in which the ‘answers to the interrogatories are used, ; Fs ‘Dr. » GIULIANO will, also furnish pertinent newspaper publicity which appears in Italian. mewspapers, and Legat “will. submit to the Bureau all pertinent information developed. in a form suitable for dissemination, ET EAT Pr oe = . OO 4 _— -.5 - Bureau (1. - Liaison Section. - iL - Bufile 92-9093, VINCENZO MARTINEZ - 1 = New York, 100- 16851, -VINCENZO MARTINEZ) 2 - Rome. (1. - 92-127, VINCENZO MARTINEZ) : TIB: HD (7) . oe DELO - abECIYE ARE a Rec. Al * 7? =e Ae sf , 77) eSer foun BEC: 79 _ RL TE ‘ee 33 SS bW PR 6 APR 25 y- ——— (1 iNf ao _ y 1 1X we 1968 U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan fi vi Docld: 323058276 Page 2?
F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (af Tt Pint ote). a ‘ a vee NS i . ve i UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Pe FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 In Reply, Please Refer to April 22. 1968 File No. Pp a4, SILVIO CARMELO PERRETTA The Central. Bureau, Criminal.Division, Italian “National Police, Romgy Italy, advised on April..19, 1968, .that SILVIO..CARMELO#PERRETIA continues to reside in ‘Ripacandida (Potenza), Italy, and that to date he has not.been involved.in any illegal activity. | CAS, 8. iS WRASSE, This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency: it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. | | | 3 EW LZ _ on Auseaanig AH 9393 | Sk Docld: 32305840 Page 3
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 3107 Hotey- DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form . “Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10288-10458 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  92-6054-2317 . Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: SAC,LA TITLE: DATE: 04/24/1968 s “PAGES : 1 nO SUBJECTS : LCN, GENTILE, NICOLO, PROSECUTION, OC, ACT, TRA, ITALY, MAFIA VIOLENCE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 07/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENIS : v9.1 9 Docla: 3230552768 Page 1
= under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1 “Hates.” ' DATE: 11-14-2017 iv SAC, les Angeles April 24, 1968 _Bizectory FBI 1 = Mr. Kelly l= Mr. Rutland “LA COSA NOSTRA ACKETEERING - CONSPIRACY pg (> \ zy Enclosed is a copy of a translated aanuscript prepared \ 4 by Nicole Gentile, who,until his flight to italy in the latter \ 1930’s to avoid a narcotics prosecution, operated in the upper levels of the United States Mafia im vaxious cities, . Though the substance of this document hes previously are been included in a La Cosa Nostra national summary repert, this = manuscript should be reviewed, particularly by Agents handling Wwsoe LA 4448-C-TE, for the purpose of further developing our knowledge YW ‘“, Of early La Cosa Nostra history, much of which has had a bearing ‘on later events, power structures, leadership trends, etc. ‘ It is noted for example that LA 4448-C-TE states that forner Los Angeles “boss” Joe Ardizonze was murdered in 1931 by the\ Jack Dragna faction which teok control of La Cosa Nostra in Los Angeles, California, apparentiy from about that time till Dragaa ’s death in 1956, You will alse note that Gentile, in discussing the events leading up to the murder of Salvatore she on $/10/31, and the subsequent formation of the “Commission”" _’ ®hortly thereafter, recounts that with the word of Maranzano’s murder, 2 purging operation. was undertaken in which many of those aligned with Maranzano vere murdered. Gentile refers to ¥ this operation as the “Sicilian vespers,” as have certain CEBee h sources in commenting on this purge, which was reporte @ Peedg 317 ‘| ctaimed victins in various parts of pre ete BY * a = ke Bs i ST-124 fe a® » Kk 25 16 a You should explore with LA 4448-C-TE his recollection a of the above situation and determine if he knew whether Ardizonie’s | death came anout as part. of the purge of Maranzano’s ‘Syupathisers. You should continue to make full use of this source, and any other Los Angeles source thus quallfied, to assist in the full developueat: of key events in La Cosa Nostra’s history in this cougtryion x! Advice the Bureau of results. _— Bogtasure (6) j DocId: 323505826 Page 2
DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form ‘Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10288-10459 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  92-6054-1ST NR 2317 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, SF TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/24/1968 “PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : LCN, LIFE MAGAZINE, ARTIC, "THE MOB", SJ FAMILY . MEMBER, CERRITO, JOE ; DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT : CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/09/1998 : OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : rr v9.1 Docld: 32305829 Page 1 10
Transmit the following in ‘@leased under the John F. Kennedy DATES ber ids20h7 Assassination Records Collection Act of T FBI Date: 4/24/68 (Type in plaiatext or code) . | | Via AIRTEL _AIR MAIL - REGISTERED | , (Pri fority y) FP Ge mes ee ee ee wee ee — — _ — ——~ ee ee ee ee ee ee ee bow a TO: © DIRECTOR, FBI (92- 3434) (92-6054) os n | (6)- Bureau CAM--RM) Attention: As ssistant | Director, JAMES H. GALE FROM: SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (92-124)¢€92-593)(P) JOSEPH CERRITO, aka. AR 00: San Francisco ‘O LA COSA ‘NOSTR AR - CONSPIRACY 00: New York Re San Francisco airtels, 2/22/68 and 4/22/68. —_ | The following information is the result of continued inquiries Aa being made of informants and sources concerning the effect of the & ~ . : Ad . eG publication of the article entitled "The Mob," which appeared uo aa . . . Pp) By in the 3/15/68 issue of "Life" magazine: . On 3/21/68 SF-2850-PC advised he had read the recent article & appearing in "Life" magazine regarding JOF CERRITO's position G in the San Jose Family of the LCN. PC stated it appears that & . : J Ot ; PP&e © the information was obtained from a "Mafioso turned stool pigeon" which, in his epinion, is the worst type of pigeon. He stated he has not discussed the article with CERRITO and (3 - 92-3834) (@)- 92-6054) 2 - New York (92-2300) CAN-RM) G2. COS uo o- San Francisco = (1 - 92-124) - (1 = 92-593) NOT RECORDED (1 - 92-635, ARDIZZONE) 180 MaVELR 1968 (1 - 92-1121, SALCICCTA) . HKM: jab : (12) _. ~ — ti ei Biay- Gi a a Sent 2M Per ee 6x19 Agent in Cherge Docld: 32305829 Page 2?
FWrReTeased under the Jo . Rennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o 797 (ar ist 710} note; a). DATE : _i- 14-2017 ; re q oon ao * IS Ne “ee UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ; FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION aps WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 | In Reply, Please Refer to os ' fj File No. April 22, 1968 — , te | SILVIO CARMELO PERRETTA | | | I _ The Central: Bureau, Criminal Division, ‘Italian 7 National Police, Rome,. Italy, advised on April 19, 1968, i} that. SILVIO CARMELO PERRETTA continues to reside in i; Ripacandida (Potenza), Italy; and that to date he has : ie not been involved in. any itlegal activity. is, | ~ i ee "a oto CONAN —_ | | | (rad | ‘ } This document contains neither . reconmmendations ner conclusions of j the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency} i it and its emntents are not to be distributed outside your agency. - *y - [* - ; to : _ | 92-L0S¥~-Z32F | ; oa ~~ --- - an — DoclId: 32305840 Page 4
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC Fi0yT Hotery. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date. —-5/20/201 Identification Form ‘Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10288-10463 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-2319 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 04/26/1968 , ‘PAGES: 1 SUBJECTS : LCN, LUCHESE, BONANNO FAMILY, MEETING, LONG ISLAND, NY, PROMOTE PEACE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE COMMENTS : SSS —weeeeekex—LPRCi—iC—i—Ci v9.1 Docld: 32305833 Page 1
Bveteased nue e Jo RETULE Go Lee as: OTL” cl rol _— SasSindation Records Colléction Act of (99? Tit Osi DATE: 11-14-7301 drm NO. 10 ; MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 “* « UNITED STATES G? ‘ERNMENT | () Memoraridum | ro: DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6054) . | pate: April 26, 1968 ) FROM SAC, “MIAMI 7 (92-853) (P) Alhgy suBJECT: LA COSA ‘NOSTRA AR - CONSPIRACY ig ; _ MM 1231-C-TE reported that PAUL VARIO, Capo. in the LUCHESE Family, LCN, arrived in Miami on April 16, 1968, and checked into the Beachcomber Motel, Miami Beach, under the name of RUBENSTEIN:’ Two days later, he left the Beachcomber and registered into the Dunes Motel, Miami Beach, VARIO departed Miami on April 20, 1968, and returned to Miami on April 22, 1968, and is staying at the Dunes as of April 24, 1968. He will return to New York momentarily. While in Miami, VARIO has been in contact with MIKE SABELLA;' j- ETTORE COCO;' JAMES PLUMERI', and the informant, Informant states that MIKE SABELLA; who had previously defected from t the BONANNO Family and had joined VARIO, has returned to the BONANNO Family after: the last series of killings in | New York City, especially that of MICHAEL CONSOLO, | described by the informant as one of SABELLA's closest a associates. As a result of SABELLA's re-canting, he and VARIO had a falling out, but the past series of visits , by VARIO to Miami has brought them back together. VARIO states that instead of a "council of war" as planned at the VARIO Long Island residence in May or June, the meeting “—, will concern itself with making peace between BONANNO and ,”” the other factions. Oey - New York (92-2300) & ~ + ar 4=-Miani. j MER 5, 9 22 1] (1 = 92-853) C2) JAa- CIS a (1 - 92~1385) (SABELLA) emmcronens Wenner SASSER (1 = 92-1601) (VARIO). _ . (1 ~ 137~4138) . a e AFR 29 1868 RRH/neb a (9)- I (2 ) Bureau (RM) ~ Kye, wot \e _ 4 a PAMAY 6 - 1969 HAM . ‘ : (ee Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan__ 5010-108 -01 Docld: 32305833 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (442 USC Fit Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System , Date: 5/20/201 Identification Form “Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10288-10464 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-1ST NR 2319 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: SAC, DE ‘ TITLE : DATE: 04/30/1968 “PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : LCN, DOMINANT ORGANIZE CRIME GROUP, IDENT, MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : —_ Unclassified ; RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/09/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : ‘ enn pe re v9.1 Docld: 32305834 Page 1
: DATE: PRP \ i Nos. feleased under the Jvonn F. Ke Be vay € iy 1968. We . - Pen \ - ee oe 11-14-2017 ; RE . . fy, No 3 & ) ; : B Kc - Mr. Kent oo \ ~ Me. Emery pt pet SAC, Detroit (137-2856) 4/30/68 . _ PERSONAL ATTENTION . Director, FEL (66-2542-11-34) ee it. has been previously pointed out that one of our primary goals in the Criminal Intelligence Program is the full identification and subsequent prosecution of the membership of La Cosa Nestrva (LCN), the dominant group in organized crime = in this country. With an ever-increasing public awareness of sn the significance of LCN on a national basis and in consideration *. / of the Bureau's vast responsibilities in the field of organized evime, it is necessary that conplete antelligence be developed regarding LCN. A review of progress reperted in the identification of LCN members discloses that a substantial number have been | identified. Your office has reported an increase in the number of LCN members residing in your territory from 20 to 41 within the past. one-year peried. It is neted, hewever, that the etructure of the Detroit “family” has not been completely developed. There currently exists a need for your office to identify “caporegimas" and the membership assigned te each in your division. — ORIGINAL FILED IN R DE 1059-C-TE has been of assistance in identifying LCN members, but as you knew, he has been relatively inactive in LON affairs in the recent past. Yo appropriately discharge your responsibilities, additienal member-informants in LCN are required. These are the only sources currently available who can provide accurate and authentic data regarding LCE. ‘Their Amportande cannot be overemphasized. ‘Your Top Echelon Criminal Informant Program must be specifically aimed at a further penetration of LO8. To this end, you should maintain an aggressive and continuous Yop Echelon = 92-6054 “GN-AR) | a | E n> vpn WO TEE Wel Peo fF bad Wes Informant Program. E yt yf Tet ee wae ad tie Loe ° Ror RELORDED 480 MAY 2 1968 Docld: 32305834 Page 2?
v FD4263 (Rev. 5-1-5939) “ FEDERA® BUREAU OF IN ISTIGATION * ce REPORTING OFFICE OFFICE OF ORIGIN DATE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD NEWARK NEWARK AUG 23 1965 | 7/12-8/18/65 TITLE OF CASE REPORT MADE BY : . TYPED BY THOMASCEBOLI, aka.; ET AL BILLIE D. WILLIAMS jej CHARACTER OF CASE IGA REFERENCE Yr’ Report of SA BILLIE D. WILLIAMS, dated 7/15/65, at Newark. -C- ENCLOSURES TO BUREAU Two copies of a letterhead memorandum characterizing informants utilized in this report. INFORMANTS ~~ NK T-1 is NK 2376-C-TE NK T-2 is NK 2335-C SPECIAL AGENT APPROVED IN CHARGE : DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW 1-USA, Newark 1-New York (Info. ) es eee 1-Newark Oe 197)... ehe pe ‘won ce us 1 AUG 25 1965 r= “re yey Visine 65 Dissemination Record of Attached Report’ ~ Notations \ / Agency rs ee ee ee okt Request Reed. | | AS? thewishor WU AA Date Fwd. pepe OO AS rerctenipa Serio“ , ~ How Fwd. spl Crime & | - ; 8 Room <l-—— tape | : ! D ease E (969
eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Uc Fi0yT Hotey. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 "Identification Form Agency Information v9.1 Docld: 32305835 Page 1 AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10288-10465 a RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-6054-2ND NR 2319 Document Information € ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI °TO: SAC,NK TITLE: DATE: 04/30/1968 ‘PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : LCN, TOP ECHELON PROGRAM, IDENT, PROSECUTE, . MEMBERSHIP DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: . Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/10/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : ‘ eee nr
DATE: 11-14-2017 “ i‘ [Moaresaiaesz0a7 Rennedy Assassination : SAC, Newark (137-3700) | April 30, 2968 _— Director, FBI (66-2542-11-31)  -»«- PERSONAL ATTENTION TOP ECHELON CRIMINAL | | os INFORMANT PROGRAM; (© LA COSA NOSTRA ~ ANTI-RACKETEERING kt has been previously pointed out that one of our primary goals in the Criminal Intelligence Program is the full identification and subsequent prosecution ef the membership of ‘La Cosa Nestra (LCN), the dominant group in organized crime in this country. With an ever-increasing public awareness of the significance of LCN on a national basis and in consideration of the Bureau’s vast responsibilities in the field of organized erime, it is necessary that complete intelligence be developed ‘regarding LCM. & review of progress reported in the identification of LCN members reveals that a substantial number have been i identified. Your office has reported that at the present time 118 members of LCN reside in your territory. As you knew, New Jersey is a major stronghold of LCN operations. Therefore, OP your office has heavy responsibilities in the organized crime my field. There currently exists an urgent need for identification ° ef additional LCN members in your territory. Although as noted q you have made progress in this area, much more remains to be _) accomplished. . YS Your office has developed one member~informant in \ LCN, NK 2428-C-TE. Every effort must be made to utilize his SN full potential to the Bureau’s advantage including the identi- “J fication of additional LCN members. Meuber-informants are “I the only sources. currently available who can provide accurate and authentic data regarding LCE membership. | ‘The TECIP in the Newark Division must be directed , with a view towards further penetration of LCN. You should SJ maintain a continuous and well-planned program to accomplish ww Kl this end. The importance of developing additional member- Aer cannot be overemphasized. a _ -(i/- 92-6054 cue) « AR) f; i” JEK:mta Write mh YELLOW G. Qe bos | Oo NOT] RECORDED ; . 203 may 3 ‘868 A Bi? MAY > 1968 Docld: 32305835 Page 2?