Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System, Date: 5/14/201 Identification Form Ha Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: _— 124-10206-10407 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: —92-6054-575 eee Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI . FROM: LEG, RO TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 01/17/1964 “PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : [Restricted] DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 04/01/1996 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE - COMMENTS : t ya { 4 TT b v9.1 3 : Docld: 322911351 Page 1
éleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination, Reeords: Collection Act of 2993 (44 USE 2107 Hote}. DATE: S- -14-2017 sy a ~~ | 7 . | ml 7 EMBASSY A . a OF THE yf ; . UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Rome, Italy an cote eee rk Date: | Janua 17, 1964 ue OES SD To: Director, FBI (92-6054) J prom: ; Legat, Rome (92-80) (P) ( Subject: "LA COSA NOSTRA L AR - CONSPIRACY | . “oA On 1/8/64 ‘Dr. Aristide. Manopulo, ‘Central Bureau, Criminal Division, . Italian: National Police, Rome, Italy, furnished the following “information re Nicolo Gentile: He was born on. 6/12/85 at:Siculiana, Italy, . .to “Anthony. Gentite. and Maria Zarbo, both deceased. . He stayed at the Hotel-.S. Domenico, Taormina, | Italy, on 4/15,16/63 and again on 5/9,10/63.. From. 5/10/63. to. 5/14/63 , he stayed at the Europa Inn in Taormina, meet. with. a Mr. Guarnaschelli, who was described as the managing director of. the A. Zagara Society, a land holding society of Casino. Mr. Guarnaschelli was allegedly. out. of town so the meeting could not take place. In May,- 1963, he stated that he was in Taormina | ope : ; During his. stay. ‘in Taormina, Gentile met with — Dy RosarioAVitaliti, who ‘was born..to. Carmelo. Vitaliti.tat..Giardini, - Messina, Italy, on 5/25/97, and who resided at. Via Pirandello, mananekca eid + Taormina. , . ' Vitaliti immigrated to the United States in 1922, returned to Italy.in March, 1961, and recently reacquired his Italian citizenship. , . In 1951, during a, visit of the now deceased gangster Salvatore Lucania to Taormina, Vitaliti. visited Lucania often, invited Lucania to his home, and. allowed Lucania to use his. automobile’. 5- Bureau RECS G9. bby S73 (1 =: Liaison. Section) (2 '~' New York) ; ¢ 1 - Rome 64-244 (Rosario Vitgliti) “ee GAM 02 1964 ‘ss 1 = Rome 92-80 ol! JCM: RAA Leefey \ { fo” ey ~~ L& Docld: 322911351 Page 2?
DATE: leased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44-USC -2407 Hote). ; 11-14-2017 : ” . ~~ ; ~ My . wet Letter to Bureau Rome 92-80 On 1/16/64 Dr. Manopulo furnished the following additional information re Vitaliti: His mothér was Maria Angelica Fallone. In the recent past .he has had contact with individ- uals. with police recordsand has been leading a life which .ap~ pears. to be beyond. his financial means; In the U. S.; Vitaliti appears to have resided at.11 Briant (Bryant :?) Crescent, Wathe (White -?) Plains, .N. Y., where his wife and two.children continue to. reside. ye Almost every month, Vitaliti receives large sums. 7 of money from his wife, with whom he apparently jointly owns a butcher shop in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Manopulo requested all background information the Bureau may have on Vitaliti and members .of his family who continue’ to residé in the U..S.; any information concerning any possible criminal activities. in which Vitaliti may have been en- gaged in the U.. S.; and any pertinent information the Bureau may , be able to develop corcerning the large amounts of.money Vitaliti's . wife sends to him: ' ‘Rome .files contain only one reference to Vitaliti, Rome file 64-244, which ‘has ‘been destroyed. “ The records of the Immigration. and’.Naturalization Service office, American Embassy, . Rome, as. checked on 1/16/64, “failed to reveal any information re. Vitaliti. oo, - LEADS ‘+ Bureau and New York xv _ Wie Bureau andNew York are requested to furnish Rome’ any pertinent. background information they may have concern- the, capt ing Vitaliti's activities while he resided in the U. S., under ion ."ROSARIO VITALITI; AR" (Rome file 64-244), so that this information “may: be.disseminated to the Italian National Police. In addition, New York is requested.to develop full background. information on the. subject's family who continue to reside in the U. S.; and concerning the source of the large. sums of money which Vitaliti's wife allegedly sends to him. ~ - 2 - r . | Docld: 322911351 Page 3
DATE: 11-14-2017 “oy ad x, « , eo” a Letter to Bureau Rome 92-80 Rone Will continue to follow this matter closely and will attempt to obtain from the({Italian police\more precise. in- formation concerning the amounts of money sent.’to Vitaliti: and the means used for the transmission of the funds. eleased unger the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection a Act of 1992 (44 USC D107 Mate). o G 1 Docld: 322791131 Page 4