RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : 5/29/201 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form i Agency Information . FBI 124-10206-10310 HQ 92-2713-299 ee ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Document Information FBI SAC, MI DIRECTOR, FBI 03/24/1962 7 CM, THP, REL, DEPORTATION, ASSOC, CONTACTS PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT \ Unclassified 4 Redact c 11/21/1997 INDEFINITE INC A/T
3/28/62 | CF wee72- | cecum hO3... $ACS,Milwaukee (92-247) a en ee New Orleans (92-36) Washington Pield « Enc. From: Director, FBI CARLOS MARCELLO AR 00: NEW ORLEANS “Enclosed to Washington Field is one copy of Milwaukee letter to the Director 3/24/62, which is self-explanatory. In view of the allegations made by PCI Frank Russell as set forth in above letter, all offices should attempt to obtain verification of same through various sources and contacts. Milwaukee should furnish more informatiou concerning the background of PCI Russell and specifically should advise of his reliability with respect to information furnished in the past. You should also make every effort to verify that he made telephone calls to the Marcello group in New Orleans on 3/20/62, and that he was in contact by long-distance telephone 3/22/62 with Donohue, apparently of Washington, D.C. You should aiso attempt to determine the date, as near as possible, and place that Marcello, PCI Russell and aecbub met General Trujillo, | former dictator of the Pomandicatte Re ublic, in Washington, D. C. \ i@eugbe Bureau and New Orleans aa a , as) | Milwaukee should-f03 all details concernin . 4 -of OSH ¢\contacts and the relation- ship between Frank Bal ws fipst Carlos Marcello in order TLG: asg NOTE: PCI.Frask \fugsell, Milwaukee Division, ~ (8) C. \ claim Bn sas Donohue, 4 Washington lobbyist a A a 1 Tolson Belmont Mohr Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans : Malone a), i ie Rosen a A in Sullivan “\'who is welt acquainted with the President and the Attorney Gemétal,.cabtided to attempt to make money Dea makit¢*htrenge@ments to keep Marcello from being __{note continued on Page 3) MAILED @ /\ } MAR2 6 1962 | | . p\\D COMM-FBI | - - dt N Tavel : a OG ‘\ Trotter vee \ tele. Room ; ‘ . MAIL ROOM eal TELETYPE unit L_] Oi? A = ‘ed: a é etry EQ ACOA ace
he a m od a - ~ uo ‘ a : « ~ oy of \. Airtel to Milwaukee \ \ RE ° CA RLOS MA RCELLO that a better evaluation can be made concerning the reported friendship between these two individuals. You should recontact Russell and attempt to obtain more specific information as to the times, dates and places that the various incidents occurred, which are described in your letter in order. that. effort can be made to verify information furnished by him prior to dissemi- nation of same.. You should obtain more details concerning the identity of Donohue and Duffy and furnish same to Washington. . Field in order that an effort can. be made to further identify and develop information concerning these individuals. It is noted there is no one employed in the Department of Justice . by the name of Laverne Duffy; however, one Lavern. Dutty” has been. an investigator for the McClellan Committee... ; . New Orleans, ‘through established contacts in the telephone company , should review appropriate records in an effort to determine if the Marcello group has been in ‘ telephonic contact with PCI Russell in Milwaukee. New Orleans also advise of any information in its possession which may be of significance to the Anformation furnished by Milwaukee. | ‘After receipt of ‘desired data ‘from Milwaukee, Washington Field should discreetly handle logical investigations which would assist. in verifying - any allegations made by. PCI Russell.: This matter must be handled promptly and results. furnished to -the. Bureau, Milwaukee and New Orleans should handle this matter promptly and furnish results to Washington Field, in order that logical investigation can be conducted. by them.
NOTE continued:. deported from the United States. Marcello is a notorious New Orleans hoodlum on whom four Federal indictments are presently outstanding. Russell claims he was placed in contact with Marcello by Frank Balistrieri, Milwaukee hoodlum. Russell claims Marcello will give a million dollars to anyone who can make arrangements for avoiding his deportation. Russell plans to make arrangements for same and act as a go-between with the Marcello group, while Donohue will act as a go-between with - "high" Government officials. One of Donohue's reported contacts is one Laverne Duffy, who informant described as an Assistant Attorney General. There is no one in the Department by that name, However, there is an individual by same name who in the past has been an investigator with the McClellan Committee. One of the schemes involved in this matter would be to arrange to have Marcello make witnesses available in the Hoffa case, since the Government is having considerable difficulty in developing witnesses who can assist in the prosecution of him. After details were worked out between Russell and Donohue, Russell contacted Sam Marcello and was informed that there was no need for further action. "“verything is taken care of." Russell believes the Marcellos have already made arrangments to avoid his deportation by distributing the million dollars in high Government circles. This airtel is being forwarded in an effort to prove or disprove allegations made by Russell.
\ : . ‘the Dominican Republic .f> vec 0 aa 7 ara (ZB. _ “A 44 see - C Yes, Me, Ws ers pm pe Ashe Ted - making-some money since DONOHUE had heard that "someone and obviously highly’ recommended PCI-to MARCELLO, though arn oo ~ OPTIONAL FORM and. 10- : , oa - ~ So1O-t04 ) Xu . a . a “ - UNITED STATES-:GOVeRNMENT' | a Net , ; . ‘Memorandum te os TOO "DIRECTOR, FBI- ts —~—~«saE* 372 2 roy SAC, “MILWAUKEE (52. 247) 7 . i. supjecr: CARLOS “MARCELLO | a a! | 00: NEW “ORLEANS | a . Oye Re “Milwaukee tel 1/29/62 and. Milwaukee airtel to Bureau’ oO a 3/23/62 captioned "CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM, , 7 ‘MILWAUKEE DIVISION, Weekly Summary, Bufile 62-9- 30.7. CT -_ ‘The following. information was obtained from PCI “FRANK | RUSSELL on_3/22 and 23/62: OO . | 7 Dc - Approx ately a year ago RUSSELL ina conversation: with + meee one_JI NOHUE, whom-hé described as a Washington. | . _-Lobbyist who has represented among -others the, Dominican ; ~ Republic and who is well acquainted with both the President ‘andthe Attorney General since they initially ‘came to Washington, D.C.., were. discussing the possibility of high in Government circles" would be available to assist in arranging for making ait -Ampossible to deport CARLOS SS MARCELLO, « at PCI contacted ‘MARCELLO. by . long distance telephone from . Milwaukee to New Orleans and introduced himself and. \ ——- arranged a subsequent telephone conversation whereby | sofa fhe could be identified to MARCELLO by FRANK BALISTRIERTI, f a top hoodlum in Milwaukee Division. Thereafter, another 9 af call was made to MARCELLO, ._BALISTRIERI was put on the line - Loft he talked in’ Italian and the details of the. introduction . were unknown to PCI. Following this introduction, MARCELLO agreed to meet PCI and DONOHUE, and they met in a Washington hotel where it was ‘learned that the "high Government official" was not an U.S, official, but Genera TRUJILLO, Dictator of oo ‘Bureau (RM) S. New Orleans’ (RM) “3. Milwaukee (92-247) os te APR 3 1962 oe > (l-137 ‘PCI FRANK K RUSSELL) : oo (2-9'-316) (7)
MI 92-247 PCI explained that the Government had for years been endeavoring to deport MARCELLO, who was born in Tunisia, but because of MARCELLO's payoffs in Government circles in Tunisia, Italy and France, none of those countries would receive him. The current attempt was to have a phony birth certificate prepared in the Dominican Republic for MARCELLO and leak back information | whereby the Government of the U.S. could discover the existence of this birth certificate and deport MARCELLO: to the Dominican Republic rather than to a European or ; an African country. TRUJILLO was to get $200,000 if this plan went through, and PCI was to hold the money in escrow for this purpose. - Before the plans could be completed for this, MARCELLO was "grabbed and hustled to Guadamala by Army airplane" and what his attorney described as a kidnaping by the Government of the U.S. while his deportation case was still under appeal. PCI thereafter furnished through MARCELLO's brother, SAM, two names of Guadamalan officials--one being the head of the Guadamalan Air Force and the other being an individual who at the present time is Guadamalan representative to the United Nations, name unrecalled. Within a very short time after this, PCI heard that MARCELLO was back in the U.S., and as recently as six , months ago in talking to MARCELLO's brother, SAM, by telephone, PCI learned that the MARCELLO family was willing to spend a million dollars, if necessary, to keep MARCELLO in the country so he could spend the rest of his life with his family. PCI had further discussions with DONOHUE relative to this matter and learned that MARCELLO was Number 1 on the list to be deported and that although the Attorney General was personally very interested in getting MARCELLO deported, this interest was second to his interest in getting JAMES R. HOFFA in jail, which he has been unable to accomplish for.lack of witnesses whdai will stand up in Court. S
MI.92-247 whom PCI described as an Assistant Attorney General, they could make arrangements to Have MARCELLO furnish to the Department of Justice witnesses against HOFFA who would stand up in Court in return for which the Government would give MARCELLO a clean bill on his deportation proceedings. Informant and DONOHUE be- | lieved that they could make a sizable amount of..money "legally" by setting up such arrangements with DONOHUE — makéng the Government contacts and PCI making the MARCELLO contacts. On 3/20/62, PCI telephonically contacted SAM MARCELLO from Milwaukee to the Jefferson Music Company, Gretna, La., in order to determine whether or not. SAM and his family were still willing to pay for arrangements to get the deportation proceedings killed. At this time SAM told informant, "Don't spend a buck on it. Every- thing is taken care of." Informant then contacted DONOHUE by long distance telephone on 3/22/62 and. advised him of this information, whereupon DONOHUE said that it was still his best information that MARCELLO was number 1 to be deported. of the two, informant is more inclined to bélieve that MARCELLO knows what the actual facts are, and informant further believes that because of his current attitude as contrasted with his attitude of six months ago, that the MARCELLOs have "spread the million dollars around in high Government circles" whereby MARCELLO need no longer worry about deportation. PCI has advised that he has discussed MARCELLO's status further, after these conversations, with FRANK PETER BALISTRIERI, and the latter has said that he will try to find out MARCELLO's status. DONOHUE likewise will keep PCI informed, and PCI has promised to keep this office informed. As indicated, Milwaukee is unable to evaluate the above information for lack of knowledge as to MARCELLO's current status. PCI and DONOHUE believed that through LAVERNEADUFFY, roi a