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[R505 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530 July 17, 1975 Honorable Frank Church, Chairman United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Church: - . Pursuant to your requests of June 27, 1975, attached and . transmitted herewith are: , - (1) a summary of the material in Departmental file 82-46-55 (2) the full text of a May 14, 1962 memorandum from the CIA, and’ (3) a copy of a report dated October 18, 1960, concerning alleged statements by Sam Giancana that Fidel Castro was going to be assassinated. incerely , for K, WILLIAM O'CONNOR Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination apy = grehicay ‘by, un ynDO ~ 274.4918 Docld: 32423544 Page 4
iowtion . 4 ye yng 1 ePIC ay 6 774.1% Docld: 324235544 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL | WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530 Honorable Frank Church, Chairman United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities Washington, D. C. 20510 Dear Senator Church: July 17, 1975 Pursuant to your requests of June 27; 1975, attached. and transmitted herewith are: (1) a summary of the material in Departmental file 82-H6-5; CIA, and . (2) the full text of a May 14, 1962 memorandum from the (3) a copy of a report dated October 18, 1960, concerning alleged statements by Sam Giancana that Fidel Castro was going to be assassinated. incerely, or K, WILLIAM O'CONNOR Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination oak ya Page 5
Docld: 32423544 Page 6 OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530 July 17, 1975 Honorable Frank Church, Chainman United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities Washington, D.C, 20510 Dear Senator Church: Pursuant to your requests of June 27, 1975, attached and transmitted herewith are: (1) a summary of the material in Departmental file 82-46-55 Lo. (2) the full text of a May 14, 1962 memorandum from the CIA, and (3) a copy of a report dated October 18, 1960, conceming alleged statements by Sam Giancana that Fidel Castro was going to be assassinated. Mey for K. WILLIAM O'CONNOR Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination
R505 TOP SECRET SUBJECTS: Sam Giancana, Robert Maheu, Edward L. Dubois, Jr., Arthur James Balletti and Unknown Subject, aka J. W. Harrison ; Conspiracy to Violate Title 47, U.S.C. §605 (Wiretapping) The following consists of a summary of the Bureau's investigation and the results of their investigation into the wiretapping of Dan Rowan's phone in his hotel room at the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 1960. The Bureau's initial investigative report dated November 10, 1960, reflects the results of an interview with Lt. Carl Smith of the Detective Bureau, Clark County Sheriff's Office on November 1, 1960, involving the arrest of Arthur Baletti on October 31, 1960 for bugging the telephone box in Dan Rowan's hotel room. A search of Balletti's hotel room reflected notes and notations which Balletti had written down dates and times on which he had recorded portions of Rowan's telephone conversations. A black suitcase in Balletti's room was opened and it contained a large quantity of electronic devices, including transmitters, receivers, wall plugs, a minifon wire recorder and a set of 17 professional- type lock picks. On his arrival at the Clark County Sheriff's Office, Balletti admitted that he had been hired by Investiga- tions Incorporated of Miami, Florida, a company owned by former FBI Agent Edward DuBois, and that this company apparently had a client who had requested an investigation concerning Rowan's private life. Balletti admitted listening to and recording Rowan's telephone conversations since October 26, 1960. According to Balletti, one Fred T. Harris, an investigator from Miami, had entered Rowan's room and installed the listening device. ro RSS LROM This document consists-of 20 _ why Ay: pages No / of _A_ copies TOP SECRET CONTROL #7842-1 TOP SECRET Ju. 17h Docld: 32423544 Page fF
TOP SECRET -3- Results ‘of Bureau Investigation Conducted at Criminal Division Request By a report dated December 23, 1960, at Miami, captioned, "Arthur James Balletti; J. W. Harrison Unauthorized Publication and Use of Communications," a Special Agent of the Bureau advised that Edward L. puBois, Jr., was interviewed on December 13, 1960, in Miami, Florida, at which time he stated that he had handled certain matters for a Robert Maheu, who “operates a private investigation organization in Washington, D.C. DuBois stated that on October 25, 1960, he received a telephone call from Maheu's principal assistant, one Walter Fitzpatrick, requesting him to send two men to Las Vegas, Nevada right away for physical surveillance work. Maheu subsequently instructed DuBois to send only one man to Las Vegas and advised DuBois that he had hired one J. W. Harrison to accompany whomever DuBois sent. DuBois advised that he sent Balletti to Las Vegas on October 26, 1960. DuBois next heard from Balletti when Balletti phoned stating that he had been arrested in Las Vegas as a result of a wiretap and DuBois added that Balletti had been hired strictly for a physical surveillance. The above-mentioned report dated December 23, 1960, reflects that on December 13, 1960, Arthur James Balletti was interviewed in Miami, concerning his activities in Las Vegas, Nevada. Balletti stated that he would discuss his activities with great reluctance and that it was very probable that he would refuse to answer many questions. Balletti advised that on October 26, 1960 he had flown from Miami, Florida to Las _.,., Vegas:on a physical surveillance assignment on the orders of HL UA Ds employer, Edward L. DuBois, and that it was his under- \ 1 3 (standing that he was actually working for some other private Docld: 32423544 Page &