IFK Assassination System . Date: 5/7/2015 Identification Form ‘Agency Information . AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10307-10033 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : "92-3 171-637 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, CG TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 02/21/1962 ‘PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : . SGI, BUSS ASSOC, AKA, EMP, GANGLAND. SLAYING DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact ‘DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 04/02/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE © COMMENTS : b yo 301 | Docta: 32310729 Page 1
VI 4-41: (Rey '6-2-61) anaes ane ALL IN me ‘To ae co Radio val’ at. CHICAGO SAMUEL u& GIANCANA,. AKA, ‘ARs DAIL: =I MEETING OF HOODLUMS, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1962. THE FOLLOWING : ANFORMAT ION. 0 RE ESPOSITO AS: FOLLOWS: ~ AGE’ 62, 1S PRESIDENT. OF: DISTRICT. COUN GENERAL LABORERS. © BOSSES: 35,000: MENSA INTERNATIONAL HOD CARRIERS, BUILDING AND: COMMO! UNTON, ANONYMOUS LETTER RECEIVED CHICAGO: OFF CONTAINED INFORMATION WHICH SUBSEQUENT: INVESTIGAT. IVE RELIABLE, IN PART, STATED JOHN MATTASSA, FORMER . ‘CHICAGO POLICEMAN AND CURRENT BODYGUARD AND CHAUFFEUR: OF Gl NCANA, ON PAYROLL OF ESPOSITO, IN ADDITION TO. PHIL ALDERISIO, JOEY O'BRIENL AND WILLIE DADDANO, ALL: PROMINENT CHICAGO HOODLUMS AND: Ye LiEUTENANTS OF GIANCANA. . INVESTIGATION. OF: LOUILS.BRIATTA, MAY ~ f\ 1961, REFLECTED BRIATTA MADE LONG DISTANCE. CALL TO:ES OSITO MARCH 19, 1961, AT HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA,- RESIDENEGE H VA 3=6320. BRIATTA 1S LIEUTENANT OF. CHICAGO TOP DL-UN gus | ALEX, AND REPORTEDLY MAKES ALL HANDBOOK: COLLECTIONS: FOR: ALEX | Lo IN FIRST WARD (LOOP AREA), "CHICAGO TRIBUNE™ REPORTED. ob SEPTEMBER 1960, ESPOSITO SCHEDULED-FOR HE ART=TO-HEART: TALK . WITH HIS LIEUTENANT, AL PILOTTO, BECAUSE -PILOTTO NAMED: BY SOUTH SUBURBAN BEER DISTRIBUTOR IN ACCARDO TAX: we ar oes Ro “EK Ede MA If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, paraphrased snorder to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. i 4s sug DoclId: 32310729 Page 2?
oor os | 4-41 (Rev 6-2-61) ( ~ - sf MS Tolson % ° oO \ ~ ae Belmont e - Mohr Callahan - “ . Conrad’ DECODED COPY oes " Evans Malone Rosen Sullivan Tavel y, Trotter . Tele. Room , ; e ; ‘ Ingram — Radio Teletype cry PAGE 2 FROM CHICAGO 210133 LOCAL 5, CHICAGO, FOR ESPOSITO AND FORMER BODYGUARD FOR SOUTH SUBURBAN SYNDICATE CHIEF, FRANK LA PORTE, GERALD J, COVELLI, WHILE UNDER INDICTMENT FOR ITSMV VIOLATION, HOUSTON, AUGUST 4959, CLAIMED ESPOSITO ALLIED WITH CHICAGO "OUTFIT." ONCE REQUESTED COVELL! TO ARRANGE PROPERTY PURCHASE IN CHICAGO FOR WHICH TREMENDOUS: PROFIT PLANNED BY ESPOSITO AFTER FEDERAL LOAN OBTAINED T@ PUT UP BUILDING, PROFIT WOULD DEPEND ON INFLATED MATERIAL, PRICES AND KICKBACKS. HOWEVER, PLAN FAILED TO MATERIALIZE. INFORMATION FURNISHED BY CG 5680-C i DECEMBER 1:91:7, REVEALED ESPOSITO IN TELEPHONIC CONTACT \ WITH PAUL DE LUCIA, A PROMINENT GHICAGO HOODLUM NOW UNDER Yu} DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS AT CHICAGO. ALTHOUGH ABOVE !NFORMA= TION ILLUSTRATES ESPOSITOtS AFFILIATION WITH HOODLUM INTEREST, APPARENT REASON FOR PROPOSED GANGLAND SLAYING NOT EVIDENT TO CHICAGO OFFICE. INVESTIGATION IN THIS REGARD: CONTINUED BY CHICAGO OFFICE AND-BUREAU AND MIAME WILL BE ADVISED. GLADYS EBLE, CHICAGO PCI, OBSERVED GIANCANA IN FRONT OF ARMORY LOUNGE THIS AFTERNOON, WALKING’ IN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO PINK CLOCK, ANOTHER-HOODLUM HANGOUT. CG 6).86-C* REPORTS NO ACTIVITY TODAY. GIANCANA ARMED AND DANGEROUS, 2 = RECEIVED:. 6:48 AM | If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably _|. paraphrased inorder to protect the Bureau’s cryptographic systems. DoclId: 323107279 Page 3