JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information Date: AGENCY: FBI = RECORD NUMBER:  124-10206-10420 3 RECORD SERIES: HQ : AGENCY FILENUMBER: 92-6054-564 | Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI | FROM: LEGRAND, ALEXANDER P. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 12/23/1963 PAGES: 38 SUBJECTS : LCN, NUMEROUS SUSP, BKG, CRIMINAL ACT, CONSP DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified , , RESTRICTIONS: 4; 11(a) CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 05/05/1999 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF IRS, INDEFINITE RPT, TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 2 COMMENTS : rr pe v9.1 WW 45839 Doold:32291144 Page i 5/14/201
CR eR I SE RE or ere nn RRR RR TE GPR et Rane na ar ae ee MI 92-262 INFORMANTS A careful evaluation has been given to the utilization of T symbols in this report and they have been utilized only when deemed necessarys MI T=1 is MI 602-C-TE contacted by SA JOHN He GASSAWAY! MI T=2 is MI 607=c contacted. by SA JOHN Ag ‘HOLTZMAN; MI 3 19 psn) PO contacted by SA RICHARD Cy MI To4 9 [emer FE to: SAs ‘RICHARD Cy THOMPSON and | ALEXANDER Pj; LE GRAND; ae MI T=5 1s CG 6U86=C%5 “JEK Act 6 (4) MI 1-6 is MI 639-¢ to SA JOHN As HOLTZMAN; oe MI T-7 1s GREGORY SCHLEISMAN; PCI, to SA KENNETH Ty BROWN; JR MI T-8 is MI 636=PC to SA CHARLES As AUSTIN, MI T=-9 is MI 6374¢ to. SA RICHARD Ce THOMPSON and SA ALEXANDER Pe LE GRAND. MI 710 is ERNEST JOHANNES; SA; IRS; to SA ALEXANDER Pe LE GRAND: _ MI T=11 is MI 638=PC to SA JOHN Ay HOLTZMAN, ME T=12 is JAMES WIEGHART POT, to Sts RICHARD Ci T@sen and ALEXANDER. Pe GRAND MI ™13 1d eemmer ii to Sis “ALBERT Bi. KNICKREHM and ALEXANDER Pi, LE. GRAND MI ru is MI 623=PC to SAs RICHARD Ci ‘THOMPSON and ALEXANDER Pj LE GRAND. EWEWED BY aay AGH FORCE on 722). 6-9 = = \ < ( RELEABE IN PULL “Cs “RELEASE 04 PART COVER PAGE cl) TOTAL GEMAL SoG ~\ oA HS t MW 45839 Doold: 32251144 Page 2
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MI 924262 | | : - DETAILS: AT MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN On August: 7 and 13, 1963 MI T#1 advised that the Milwaukee ~ Outfit held a meeting on August 6, 1963 at the Rafters Motel, — 7228 South 27th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the purpose of ~— which was to discuss articles appearing in the local newspaper with regard to disclosures made by JOSEPH VALACHI to the FBI © on La Cosa Nostra. Approximately fifteen members were present ~ at this meeting, including FRANK PETER BALISTRIERI, VITO. AIELLO, AUGIE MANIACI, and a man from Chicago who. seemed to have some. authority in the Chicago organization. At this meeting AUGIE MANIACI and VITO AIELLO were the only — individuals who admitted having heard of La Cosa Nostra. The concensus of opinion of those present was that the term was Just another name for the Mafia; They believed nothing in the VALACHI situation would affect. the Milwaukee Outfit; A statement. was made to the effect that “there was no one man who knows all there is to know about the Outfit and no one could completely wreck it by giving information," Additional opinions also expressed at this meeting were: The Outfit could kill anyone in Milwaukee without consent of the top echelon unless the killing in some way affected a member of the Commission, The FBI may have fed false information to the newspapers on VALACHI in order to encourage informants to supply information, : Publicity of a $100,000 price tag on VALACHI"'s head was ridiculed as "headlines" on the ground that the Outfit would not publicize such a reward, and too many members of the Outfit would be willing to kill VALACHI for no- other reason than the admiration of other members, ‘One person stated: "When we get VALACHI, it will shut up every stool SY® = yodsss [ we ne Bee eee t | WW 45839 Doold:32291144 Page 4