Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 Usc 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-7017 AGENCY : RECORD’NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : ' FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : “RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW: OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 DoclId: 32310031 Page 1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form , Agency Information FBI 124-10301-10297 HQ 92-3171-1260 Document Information FBI BN AQ 11/26/1963 2 SAM GIANCANA PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 . Redact 05/20/1998 INDEFINITE INC AT 280 Date: 3/7/2015
eleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 1¢ 2107 Hotes (| DATE: 11-14-2017 ae . rb oe we a | ft 7 far ae 11/27/63 APPROPRIATE AGENCLES . erate AND FIELD OFFIONS = ||P | AIRTEL ADUTND NTT. | op CONFIBRTIALEE 8 a COMES TO: SAC, Chicago B/7/ 7 /9 / A , os in A PROM: Director, FBI 72 - 4 . © | «aware CLASS. & EXT. BYppIO.< SAMUEL GIANCANA te y RUASON-FCTM 11, [N2.4.8 AR mes nave ov review VN: : «hE “Enclosed is a copy of a selfsexplanatory Cablegram fron the Legat, Bonn, concerning one Jeannette Bragna, This appears to \ be identical with the individual referred to in Bumemo dated ; 11/20/63, captioned "Jeanette Bragna, Criminal Intelligence Program, |/ . The requested information should be promptly submitted to the Bueau by letterhead memorandum suitable for dissemination. vg ~ . You should also promptly advise the Burcau as to what has been developed by you concerning Bragna in accordance with instructions set forth in Bumemo of 11/20/63. U 5 P| GQ Enclesure neal Tate OE bGscaiet? F-11345" , NOTE: Jeanette Bragna, Chicago, Illinois, whose further address 7,2dl- is not given, directed a letter to Assistant Director Evans, alleging that she had been receiving letters and phone calls from Sam Giancana, Chicago top hoodlum. The Laboratory did not make an identification of the handwriting but indicated that this letter may have been written by an individual connected with June Korshak, a chronic letterwriter in the Chicago area who has received psychiatric attention, J ‘The West German Federal Criminal Police has received an anonymous letter postmarked in Chicago 11/8/63 as follows: "Counterfeit money sent to Hermine Braga, Wissman 26 Bettenhausen, Germany, from Jeanette Braga, girl friend of Charles English, hoodlum and Sam \\inew  Giancana Ghicago, Miss Braga in Chicago holding out cash, Hoods v—_——#alling upi" West German Police have requested available info on Cillchm _Gdancana,, Hermine Braga and Charles English, English and Giancana are CG hoodlums. , No record locate (i Bu indices identifiable with Jeanette Braga ‘or Hermine Braga. (WU | : ” MAILED 39% CLASSIFIED BY Wg; yy Ni\ caTechR j Sullivan fe Nv « EXEMPT FROM GDSN\ o) all ee “Trott ADS) NOV®2 7 1999 dane oF pEcLassIi carrie eEPETe , Trotter a ) aad Wak pus . : 3 ; ; 4 | Gondy — CONFIDENTIAL | - f DoclId: 32310031 Page 2?
; leased wnder the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Sc 23107 Hotey oo DATE: 11-14- 2017 ‘ st a * co 403 (Mevrael T= 20) f \ 7 ¢ Polson | r “ a \ " Eoclmont cence ‘7 : ’ ” r . Mehr oo * “te ® Casper : ‘ ma ie ‘ Callahan ' Conrad I DeLoach bee Evans a Gale DECODED COPY coe ee Sullivagl Tavel Trotter CIAIRGRAM xx CABLEGRAM cCIRADIO) cCUOTELETYPE 2.0 Holmes CONFADENTIAL URGENT 11-26-63. TO DIRECTOR FROM LEGAT BONN NO. 473 SAM STANCANA RIAN : BUNDESKRIMINALAMT (BKA = WEST GERMAN FEDERAL sake POLICE) “ADVISES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED FOLLOWING ANONYMOUS ~~ | LETTER. POSTMARKED IN CHICAGO ON NOVEMBER 8 LAST, ‘COUNTERFEIT MONEY SENT TO HERMINE BRAGA, WISSMAN 26 BETTENHAUSEN, GERMANY FROM JEANETTE BRAGA, GIRL FRIEND OF CHARLES ENGLISH, HOODLUM AND SAM GIANCANA CHICAGO, MISS BRAGA IN CHICAGO HOLDING OUi CASH. HOODS CALLING UP." i (A) | BKA INQUIRY REVEALS HERMINE BRAGA, NEE WILLIG, BORN a JULY 28, 1932 IN STUTTGART, GERMANY HAS BEEN VISITING HER MOTHER AT 26 WISSMANNSTRASSE, KASSEL, GERMANY SINCE AUGUST: 1963; THAT SHE CAME FROM CHICAGO WITH 2-3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER; THAT SHE: HAS RELATIONS WITH AMERICAN SOLOIERS IN KASSEL AREA; THAT SHE ALLEGEDLY RECEIVES DOLLAR BILLS IN LETTERS, SHE IS DESCRIBED /4 i AS APPEARING ABOUT 23 YEARS OLD, 5 FEET 3 INCHES, BLACK HAIR, /// FINE FACE. (uw) K BKA REQUESTS AVAILABLE INFORMATION ON SUBJECT, HERMINE BRAGA, ENGLISH AND GIANCANA TO INCLUDE PHOTOGRAPHS IF POSSIBLE. \.4) WE HAVE ADVISED UNITED STATES TREASURY REPRESENTATIVE AT FRANKFURT, GERMANY AND PROVOST MARSHAL, UNITED STATES ARMY, — cone, WAN Noy von vor 7A - Lol bo bb RECEIVED: | N2356.PM UWF ag , ne 23 DEC 5 1963 tik f ~ fa aap ee LN 6.” excexaeeos — WO > [oAg JO _ oH , t If the inte igence Soha od ive teh d ja grder to proted fi Message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably paraphrasg 7 1" pio graphic systems. Cot NFA ENTIAL DoclId: 32310031 Page 3