| Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (da st 7i0y Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/7/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10342-10259 RECORD SERIES: DE AGENCY FILENUMBER: ELSUR 92-228-828 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MONTEFIORE TO: DE | TITLE: DATE: 04/22/1963 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : . ANTHONY GIACALONE (ELSUR) DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 12/03/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : vl 31 Docld: 32315541 Page 1
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 US¢€ 3107 npte Ee). DATE: 11-14-2017 . - _ >. CY . 7 | oO wv \ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM ~ “TO |: SAC, DETROIT (92-876) © DATE: April £2,. 1963 FROM : .SA JOSEPH W. MONTEFIORE SUBJECT: CRTHE-COMPITTOMG XH MICHIGAN = DE 370-C. advised: SA PALMER. M. WEE on. 3/3/68, that TONY GIACALONE and ‘TONY CIMINI, . aka. Tony Long,. had ~ just recently made atrip to Florida to visit the ailing fo . JOE. BOMMARITO,. who is suffering from Parkinson's. Disease, : . -Diabetes, and is also going blind. Source stated. that he . does. not: expect that. "Scarface" will ‘return to. Detroit. again until he comes back “in a box". . DE 370-C. also advised that, PETE. LICAVOLE has Co attempted to persuade him to make a. trip “to: ‘Miami ‘to ‘ 3 | visit "Scarface" because of their many years: of close. friendship. DE 370=C also advised that. ANGELO "BARRELS" LOMBARDI has been doing some numbers hustling: in. Pontiac, Michigan, and he definitely stated that LOMBARDZ is not. representing the. Sicilians i there, but is: operating on his own. He: stated that (LOMBARDI is not trusted:and the only o reason he has: not:-been liquidated, is. because: of. consideration ._ ~ for his father-indaw, BENNY BOMMARITO. DE 370-C further — we advised that PHIL GUASTELLA. and PETE. GUASTELLA: May. be engaged in some small numbers operation in Macomb™ County-but he-has " no” knowledge: ‘of this. He further. stated: ‘that the numbers racketeering does: not flourish in Macomb® ‘County as. it does in Wayne and Oakland: Counties, He stated’ that LES -ALMSTADT, Macomb, County Sheriff, and: FRANK . IRONS ‘of Oakland . County, are considered absolutely incorruptible. He volunteered that some Oakland County official in south: Oakland a County can be corrupted, — “92—228 ‘(TONY GIACALONE = ‘SA LUNT) © 92-560 (TONY CIMINI —- SA CHURCHILL). ; -92=217 (PETE LICAVOLI. = SA MONTEFIORE) , 92-433 (JOHN WHITE — SA CONKLIN) , ‘92-216. (BILL BUFALINO = SA MOORE) 162=19 (NUMBERS CONTROL FILE.= CAMMAROTA ). 92-215 (JOE “SCARFACE”: BOMMARITO) | ca cab 123 N 925985" PEEL ;GUASTELLA = SA. BRINK). y2g= pea peat = 72=80° (LARRY CAMPBELL: = SA BOLAND): Jw: JAV Docld: 32315541 Page 2? bat Bae et et et 03: (NASHVILLE TRIAL. = SA BOLAND) A
DATE: 11-14- 2017 ' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records “Collection Act of 1997 (44 WSC 3107 mere ey. DE 92-876 | a _ | | . . DE 370-C’ further advised that. "OKIE" MEROLLIS, aka. "The Court. Jester" was recently interviewed by. Special 2 Agents ‘in. Detroit, who. were seeking information about . "SCARFACE" JGE BOMMARITO. Informant stated that. MEROLLIS has. recently ‘been used | ‘as a sort of errand. boy, who: has. paid bills: for BOMMARITO in the Detroit. area and he is a oe . Hebrew, who® ‘formerly: was a bookmaker ,. ~ Informant stated ‘that MEROLLIS has. been a close friend of. BOMMARITO,. but has not: ‘been. a. figure of any impor tance " in racket | activity. ‘DE. 370-C further advised that. with regard to JOHN. WHITE'’s. trip to. Nashville, ‘Tennessee, to. testify before “the - Federal Grand Jury. investigating. the: recent HOFFA . a trial, ithe judge upposedly told WHITE that. he did-not ° 7 . knew. why” the Go ronment had: ‘Subpoenaed’ him.” According » ‘to | WHITE, -he was before the ‘Grand Jury. for. only. afew: ‘minutes. “DE. 370=C° ‘also state that. the Government. apparently _ oe had hoped ‘to Link.® ‘WHITE with LARRY CAMPBELL . of the: Teansters, ° _. ‘but their’ ‘apparen sly was no ‘connection. ‘and. Informant ““is certain JOHN: WHITE never had. any. close personal contact. with JIMMY HOFFA. Informant stated that. it. is his. opinion that the. individual who. “‘acagmpanied WHITE on. his: ‘trip ‘to Cincinnati, ‘Louisville, and Nashville, ‘prior to the HOFFA Z trial, was a: Negro, who the. Tnformant ‘knows. only. as. _) "Buckwheat". fe LE ie vheg : . DE 370-C said ‘the “winnie” number. has been ‘determiiied in the recent past by race résults at New Orleans. ° It oo will. be determined during the next weeks” ‘by race . sults: at ‘Hot> Springs. — He. said Hialeah. is: not. being’. used . - any. more because of. the. difficulty: of: getting: ‘race _. Yesults out of the track as soon aS the race is run. -° . al « °.sDE"370-C. ‘said: ‘the. policing. at Hialeah: ‘is. ‘too: efficient~ “go. those. persons who flash race results to confederates outside’ the track have not been ‘successful | at the: Florida track. He: added that an effort is made so: that. the. .. Numbers people throughout the midwest all use the Same track at the same time. .Thus the. winning | number | in . Ohio or Indiana: will. be the Same as the. winning. number in Michigan, . . ‘DE 370-C ‘again mentioned that he has heard more conversation regarding BILL: BUFALINO being groomed ~ to eventually take over the Teamsters Union. He said the conversation: has been to the effect that BUFALINO | is "clean," i.e., -he hag2hO\ criminal: wecord | and: shez, = 2. = Docld: 32315541 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1993 (44 WSe¢ 2107 Nptey. DATE: 11-14-2017 . or ane ‘DE 92-876 is a. lawyer. Every effort will be made so as not. to ever contaminate him by permitting anyone. to show a connection between him. and any racket activity. DE 370=¢ an ‘is of the. opinion. that: Sicilians: im other cities will. try to. extend and. consolidate’ their holds on the local unions ; 80 that. af. HOFFA. ‘should. be convicted Or . for some other _ reason . he: canna; remain as. head: of the Teamstersj,|" the » Sicilians, will be ina position to take over. . “DE 370=C specific information, only: gener S d. ba ain: confidence: at: nger.°€) ye ry: ‘will. ‘not. furnis “th ‘information: while’ he’ is so. employed. An effort. was. made to ‘get.DE. '370-C to discuss this” ‘matter further,” ‘but he. refused. ce Docld: 32315541 Page 4