Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2I0T Hote. DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/20/201 . Identification Form he Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10288-10419 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  92-6054-2408 . eee Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,LA TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 08/22/1968 *PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : LCN, INVESTMENTS, LEGITIMATE BUSS, ASSOC, JRO, FAS, B/F INT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 07/08/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : eS v9.1 5 Docld: 32305789 Page 1
leased Gdider the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act o DATE x 4-14- 2017 ; Mr. Toleon_____ “PEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | “ar. DeLoach .. wor aa U.S, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | Mr. Mohr. po Co COMMUNICATION SECTION v7 (~) * | r-sBishop—— AUGZ 2 1968 ) M . Callahan... TELETYP ‘te, Felt. FBI WASH DC yr. Gale. VW. fur. Rosen. |! j Mr. Sullivan. - . Pel R poe | Wiss Gandy___/] Po. 1219AM URGENT 3-22-68 LAC TO DYRECTOR (92-6054), NEW ORLEANS, & NEW YORK (92-2300) FROM LOS ANGELES (92-1112) Qs COSA NOSTRA. AR - CONSPIRACY. x wh re FOLLOWING INFORMATION RELATES TO POSSIBLE LCN V INVESTMENTS INTO LEGITIMATE BUSINESS. JA ‘LOS ANGELES SOURCE ON AUGUST SIXTEEN LAST RETURNED TO THE U. S. FROM A TWO WEEK TRIP MADE TO THE ORIENT. THIS INFORMANT IS AN ASSOCIATE OF NICOLO LICATA i eet f j a Boss RIB LA FAMILY. INFORMANT WAS ACCOMPANIED ON TRIP bh joa BY OZZIE CURTIS AN LA RESIDENT WHO.IS ON THE PAYROLL OF — HOWARD HUGHES. IN TOKYO, JAPAN OZZIE CURTIS AND INFORMANT mer /¢'¢ B, APPROX / P/E WITH ONE NICHOLAS ZAPPETTI DESCRIBED AS MALE, ITALIAN, aBout/” Wd ICHOLAS ZAPPET’ A END PAGE ONE Rate FP — Cod lad . 17 AUG 28 1968 | 6: BQStPd 1968 ~ J Docld: 32305789 Page 2?
eased? tinder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 WeTey— DATE iin 14-2017 - : os _ ; . PAGE TWO Neo © FIFTY YEARS OLD, WHO HAS BEEN IN TOKYO FOR TWENTY TWO YEARS pits ~ AND WAS RAISED IN THE NYC AREA. PRIOR TO MEETING, CURTIS TOLD INFORMANT THAT OVER PAST SEVERAL YEARS HE HAS MET WITH ZAPPETTI IN TOKYO ON APPROXIMATELY THIRTY OCCASIONS. ZAPPETTI ACCORDING TO CURTIS WAS A CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF THE LATE ALBERT ANASTASIA AND DUTCH SCHULZ. CURTIS FIRST MET ZAPPETTI ON A MESSENGER INTRODUCTION ARRANGED BY JOHN ROSELLI LCN MEMBER RESIDING LA BELONGING CHICAGO. IN MEETING WITH ZAPPETTI, ZAPPETTI ADVISED THAT EARLY IN NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT HE TELEPHONED THE U. S. AND yipad, , i, INSTRUCTED EDWARD-PUCCI TO COME TO TOKYO, PUCCI DESCRIBED | Lek ~ AS CURRENT BODYGUARD FOR WELL KNOWN, ENTERTAINER FRANK SINATRA ann LE A FORMER FOOTBALL STAR FOR USC. ZAPPETTI SET UP AN UNKNOWN COMPANY FORMED IN PANAMA WHICH OPERATES GENERAL STORES IN THE LOUISIANA AREA. THESE STORES ARE USED TO PURCHASE FROM TRAPPERS NUTRIA FURS WHICH © ARE SENT TO JAPAN FOR PROCESSING AND SUBSEQUENT SALE IN THE ORIENT. PUCCI WAS SENT TO CARLOS MARCELLO, LCN Boss NEW ORLEANS TO ARRANGE THAT NO OTHER COMPANY COMPETE WITH HIS | GENERAL STORES IN PURCHASING FURS. MARCELLO AGREED TO MAKE | END PAGE Two | Docld: 32305789 Page 3