Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date; = 5/20/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10293-10312 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 92-6054-1ST NR 2135 ay Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, MM TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: 09/15/1967 “PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : : LCN, MEMBERS, CEREMONY, MEETING, MM, CRIMINAL . ACT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified “ RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/10/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : -4 — Se v9.4 ; 37 Docld: 32307954 Page 1
° Under e Jo . ennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Use 2107 Hoter- DATE: 11-14-2017 ) a . . a a BO a 7 pe | ee ae ey oo - © : . Do is hot a ro, ’ v SWS Ge renee, ‘7 ( . GRA GEN. KEG, NQ: 37 . - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT C- Memorandum TO: _-QYRECTOR,, FBI pare: 9/15/67 ae | ~ (137°17219) —_ PROM ; = SAG, MIAME (137-4138) (P) - . ; - een SUBJECT: . .. MM 1231+C-TE © | i | ___, TECIP Do, a oo } Case LFA Re Miami airtel, 9/11/67. ’ THE FOLLOWING INFORMETIO EMANATES EnOH A one 3, i BUREAU. = 1 he OEE 2 - : MM1231-C- 1: was contacted on September 14, is 67 and furnished information relating to La Cosa Nostra (LEN) as follows; | ) He was initiated into the LCN during the year (approximate) 1949 or 1950. The ceremony, if such is the o- . proper terminology, took ‘place at a restaurant in Manhattan, — name of which. is not recalled by the informant. There were . ten initiates, including himsélf, at. the banquet. He recalls. that among them were "PEPE" (LN) FARNT, and others . (eter C3). Bureau (RM) (2~137-17219) 4992-6054) (LCN) 4&4 » New York (RM) . ~ | 1-92- | (BONANNO) | ‘ : ‘1-92-2300 (LCN) y 1-92- == (TRAMUNTI) | — ned eS 1-92 _ (SABELLA) . a : et AS _ 8 = Miami | ee ~ 6 g- / a ‘1+13734138 . ee _ 1137-2206 (TECIP) eee er ; | - 1592°853 (LCN) NOT RECORDED — ss 1-92=503 (PAIMISANO) . 1-927404 (INDELICATO) _. TMB SEP 19 1967 oy "1292-648 (ERRA) to — i pos 1-92-1093 (BISOGNO) - 1*92-812 (GRAFT AND CORRUPTION) cay RRH ;kmm 550 eT 4'NR67 Docld: 32307954 Page 2?
Released ‘under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Callection Act 11-14-2017 : 7 \ DATE: £ |, MM 137-4138 f ~ +. kw? ‘oa 4 informant was not pinpointed at ‘this peint as CO eaer spelling of names or as to the names of ali initiates. This will be gained during future interviews). The ingore =v mant's sponsors into the BONANNO Family, LCN, were MIKE. SABELLA and one "MARTANO." He states that MARIANO is ‘aboug | the age of, the informant (62), and 9 SABELLA is his (infory ma - mant 's) third cousin. There was no candle light ceremony during this” initiation, nor was there mixing of blood, nor oaths given with religious pictures. He states that this ceremony _ (as described with oaths, etc.) went out approximately — twenty-five years ago. At the time. of the informant's. initiation, it was not a pre-requisite for the member to have participated in a "hit," although this was the case for the older members (prior ‘to twenty fiye years ago). Informant states that :the. "books" for new members are now a closed. and have been for some time, at ‘least insofar as. his particular family is concerned. At the time of his initiation, there were approximate ly twenty members in | ‘the BONANNO Family. S There were other fami ly people present during. the initiation banquet, and following the ‘banquet, for the next: several weeks, informant was "taken around" to LEON members and introduced as a new member.~ This latter situation is that which the informant described during the previous. con tacts and states that this is what he cons trued as formal. initiation, when he was taken around. The current Situation with regard to BONANNO remains as described by the informant after his yeturn to Miami from New York. Informant states there will bea "call out" in the near future for members as himself and_ others to. have a meeting and decide Finally if the current a 2. of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Docld: 32307954 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records ‘Collection Act' of 19927 (44 use 2107 (Noten = - DATE= 11-14-2017 oa tr a will advise as to the time and: lecation of the meeting | when he is told by SABELLA or PAUL VABLO. . _ Miami area is relatively quiet, and most of the prominent MM 137-4038 > BONANNO Famd ly members still affiliated with this amd ly carne wish to switch membership to GAMBINO, CARMINE (LUCHESE Family) or "retire. a Tnformant states he wi 11 ‘go with whatever the majority of his colleagues decide, Taforpait ‘Informant. advised t that at ‘the present time, the | | people are out of town (those who winter in Miami). They ™ will start to arrive in several weeks , at which time informant will advise as to their arrivals. ° / —~ in Informant re-iterated that the most ‘powerful. LON Pa - figure in Miami is PASQUALE ERRA, who is with the GENOVESE... group. Under ERRA in Miami and connected | with the GENOVESE” Family are JOSEPH BISOGNO (BRUNO) ; "JOE SCOOTGH" CINDELICATO) 5 7 "LITTLE PusSY" (TONY RUSSO) . Among those with CARLO. GAMBINO in Miami are eee PALMISANO and TOMMY ALTAMURA. He states that AGOSTINO. AMATO, . _ VINCENT AMATO and. FRANK AMATO, although LON members, are.not _: with the GAMBINO Family. He states that JOE RIVERS (SILESI), to his knowledge, has not been "made" and is utilized prineri ty to set up gamb ling operations. informant states that PALMISANO is in constant” trouble with his "family" through his habit of getting. financial backing from visiting LCN people on "bust out" operations . OF. through outright stealing or swindles from his own people... A case.in point, acc rding to the informant, occurred about. ‘three years ago when a fami ly member named "BIG STEVE" (now deceased), a junk.dealer from New York, came to Miami and: va Docld: 32307954 Page 4
Oo . ennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey: _ DATE: 11-14-7017 ‘ | rae fl i MM 197-4138, _ was convinced by PALMISANO. and’ INDELIGATO to invest. 950, 000 in a bay in Miami named the "Skyview"! on North Biscayne wos fos Boulevard. The bar was not worth: more than $5,000 and went™ X out of business. about a’ month after it was sold. As a = result, a contract was let for both PALMISANO and INDELICATO > ‘ and they were to be "set up" in Hallandale. PALISANO, aa oo a however, made peace and gave back the money to "BIG STEVE. me ete i ape ET gi 2 earnest \ RE; GRAFT. AND CORRUPTION ' aM TAMT_DIVIS TON _ , Se an cei en ; — renee . eo eT Informant was asked about recent publicity wnece pd disclosed that a "contract" had been let for Dade County . State Attorney, RICHARD E. GERSTEIN. (This fact had been oY "leaked" to the press by GERSTEIN' Ss office, which: had . oh | received the tip rom, a Wackenhut Detective Agency source. oe Informant stated that this was the biggest laugh to hit.” Miami in some time, in that GERSTEIN was ,. and still is,. vig “\ “theix' number one connection in the Miami area. Informant - said "Them guys (sic), including Wackenhut, and all the — locals haven't yet come. close to us, The. only people who have the proper line on us are those in the FBI. t . : . . : / Lu ~ aa — = re Docld: 32307954 Page 5