Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC¢ 2107 Hotey =: DATE: 11-14-7017 . eo , : _f ; Ss tr che LA 92-1112 ; we GA 4476-T-CE has furnished the following information concerning his experience and knowledge and contacts with |. AL MARSHAL, FBI No. 479 888, JOSEPH CIVELLO, JOSEPH IANNI, and NICHOLAS. CIVELLA: | In December 1966, source was contacted by CARL THOMPSON, runner and reported bag man for attorney HARRY WEISS, concerning KENNETH CHILDS of Wichita, Kansas, who was | on Federal Probation and who desired his probation be terminated. . In an effort to determine the contacts of FRANK. to DESIMONE (Los Angeles LCN Boss, deceased 8/4/67), source EO mentionea the CHILDS matter to DESIMONE on 1/1/67, when _ both were at the residence of Attorney JOHN MARSHAL, DESIMONE suggested they take a ride. Source and DESIMONE went to a $ public phone nearby, on Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles. DESIMONE called the Kirkwood Hotel, Des Moines, Iowa, phone 515-244-9191, and asked for AL MARSHAL, stating Mr. FRANK was calling. He told MARSHAL to go to a pay phone and call him back at the pay phone DESIMONE was calling from. MARSHAL did call back and DESIMONE introduced source to MARSHAL on the phone who explained the CHILDS matter. MARSHAL said he knows Judge WESLEY BROWN's best friend, in Wichita, who is a corporation lawyer and he was sure the matter could be handled in obtaining termination of probation for CHILDS. MARSHAL said he would go to Wichita and return Wednesday. . DESIMONE came back on the phone with MARSHAL and after hanging up, told source that MARSHAL needed $300 expense money. Source agreed and on the following day, 1/2/67, he sent $300 by Western Union Money Order to AL MARSHAL, Kirkwood Hotel, signed Mr. DAN. . On 1/3/67, at about 11:30 AM, MARSHAL called source advising he was going to Wichita on 1/4/67, and would be in. Los Angeles on 1/6/67. He said he had to come to Los Angeles | any way because he has a large civil suit pending in court. -2- Docld: 32307945 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 Usc 2107 Hote): DATE: 11-14-2017 © LA 9e-1lle When source advised DESIMONE on the same day, DESIMONE said that source should not give MARSHAL any more money for expenses. If money is. needed, it should be placed in escrow and DESIMONE would be glad to act as the escrow. ro On 1/5/67, MARSHAL called source from Wichita at - about 11:35 AM, advising he was staying at the Broadview Hotel, Room 429. He said there is nothing any one can do concerning CHILDS getting off Federal Probation in Wichita. According to MARSHAL, CHILDS was about to be indicted both Federally and locally concerning a security theft of $3,000,000. t He said he had been in touch with Judge BROWN's best friend, Te } { ana had been advised that the matter could not be pursued. MARSHAL wanted $200 more for expense money and requested source to ask DESIMONE to call MARSHAL that evening. Source called DESIMONE the same day and after each of them going to a pay phone, source related his conversation with MARSHAL. DESIMONE said that's the way it goes and source should not give MARSHAL any more money. DESIMONE said he would call MARSHAL as requested. On 3/24/67, source received a letter from MARSHAL on Kirkwood Hotel stationery, advising that he was going to come out to Los Angeles that week and wanted to meet with source and DESIMONE. Enclosed was a sealed envelope marked, FRANK D., Personal, with instructions for source to give it , to DESIMONE. Source gave the envelope to DESIMONE on 3/27/67, who read it and then handed it to source. The message read to the effect that nothing was going on and the law suit had bogged down. He wanted to see FRANK and source and talk business. Source subsequently mentioned to FRANK DESIMONE that Attorney HARRY WEISS has a pending Internal Revenue Tax case and WEISS might be indicted. DESIMONE said he would mention it to AL MARSHAL. -3- DoclId: 32307945 Page 4
' Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote}: DATE: 11-14-2017 y 3 vs a 9 os ‘ . ; 7 LA 92-1112 a Source received a letter from AL MARSHAL on 4/17/67, po written on the Georgetown Inn, Washington, D. C., stationery, ts advising that he was in Washington, D. C., to obtain help r for source on the WEISS case and wanted $1,000 for expenses. He also mentioned that he had met with FRANK's cousin, J. C. in Dallas on the evening of 4/16/67. On the same day, 4/17/67, MARSHAL called source and elaborated on the subject matter mentioned in the letter as well as advising that JOE CIVELLO of Dallas has a man © i interested in buying tomatoe canneries in California and bo wanted source and FRANK DESIMONE to locate a cannery for ts sale and insure that finders fees are obtained for MARSHAL, : CIVELLO, DESIMONE and source. On 4/21/67, source related his conversation with MARSHAL to DESIMONE. DESIMONE said. for source to watch MARSHAL, that MARSHAL used to be well connected, but would. | try to hustle source for money. Source told DESIMONE about the cannery deal but DESIMONE was noncommittal and was not | feeling very well. | On 4/25/67, source received a letter from MARSHAL from Texas on the stationery, of the Holiday Inn. MARSHAL said he was now on the way to Los Angeles and was asking source what he had found out so far about the cannery matter. , On 4/26/67, MARSHAL called source that morning “ and left a message that he was at the Beverly Hilcrest Hotel, Room 208. Source subsequently contacted MARSHAL telephonically the same day. MARSHAL said that the buyer wants the Wilson . Cannery in Stockton, which is for sale and does not want to pay over a million dollars. : MARSHAL said that two nights | previously, he was in Dallas with FRANKS cousin, JOE CIVELLO. He said he was staying in Los Angeles two or three days and then going to Las Vegas. The same day, source related this contact to DESIMONE, _ ye Docld: 32307945 Page 5
jReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Osc Ziv? Hote} = DATE: 11-14-2017 My ely | LA 92-1112 On 4/27/67, source advised that MARSHAL came to source's office about 10:45 AM that day. MARSHAL said he is involved in a corporation that is dormant, known as American Resources, whoch he is trying to reactivate which has a product known as Alpha Lube, a heavy duty motor oil for trucks. He has been. to the Pentagon and they were running tests for the possible use for the armed forces. He is trying to reactivate this company in an attempt to issue stock. ; Previous’ weekend, he said he was in Dallas with TONY BUFFANO (phonetic), whose family is in the Italian Restaurant business and they had a wedding. MARSHAL was also with JOE CIVELLO, who hates TONY, but had to attend the wedding. According to MARSHAL, CIVELLO was in Leavenworth Penitentiary about 22 years ago. .MARSHAL went to a friend who was the head of the U. S. Parole Board at that time and obtained CIVELLO's release within 48 hours. BUFFANO and CIVELLO's family put.up the $7,500 to obtain CIVELLO's release and subsequently BUFFANO told IRS where the money came from. For this reason, CIVELLO hates BUFFANO. , ‘ The cannery buyer according to MARSHAL, is H. L. HUNT, Texas multimillionaire and owner of Hunts foods. He has a purchasing agent who buys canneries and who is a personal © friend of JOE CIVELLO. HUNT got into an argument with the owner of Alpha Beta Markets, and is out to break Alph Beta and he is trying to buy up all the tomatoe crops in the U. S. and three canneries in California. The purchasing agent knew about the Wilson Cannery being for sale but told CIVELLO in order that CIVELLO and his friends could make some money by Charging five to ten percent finders fees from the seller, half of which would go to CIVELLO and the other half to DESIMONE . As a result of conversations with DESIMONE con- cerning the cannery deal, DESIMONE. came to source's office on 5/2/67 and requested source to call 415-Douglas 2-2522, San ‘Francisco and ask for ANTHONY or JIMMY LANZA (LCN Boss in San Francisco). - 5.- a Docld: 32307945 Page 6 sree ee ee tee eee ite \ . : 4 _ bo
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 2107 Hoter- DATE: 11-14-2017 ‘ ‘a ro : . , . o C) | — LA 92-1112 When there was no answer, source called ANTHONY LANZA in San Mateo, 415-344-4544, when there was no answer, DESIMONE gave source the unlisted home phone of JIMMY LANZA, DIarond 3-1608. Again there was no answer, Later the same day, source reached ANTHONY LANZA at his residence. DESIMONE explained that he was interested in buying some canneries for friends in Dallas, and would be up to see LANZA, and source would call LANZA prior to their departure. Subsequently on 5/4/67, source did talk to TONY LANZA, who had not done anything on the canneries. . MARSHAL called source on 5/22/67, stating he was staying at the Beverly Hilcrest Hotel. MARSHAL said he was with FRANK's family in Dallas two nights ago and called to ask if he hac done anything about the cannery. Source told MARSHAL. FRANK had been i11 and that they had been unable to get anything on it. MARSHAL said he was leaving for Las Vegas on 5/23/67 and appeared to be impatient on the purchase of the canneries, - t. E ( i i ! i i { i t On 5/27/67, MARSHAL called source advising that he was staying in Room 508 at the Beverly Hilcrest Hotel in Los Angeles. He said that on the previous night, he had called JOE CIVELLO in Dallas and the interest in the cannery is still there. MARSHAL said he is leaving on 5/28/67, for Dallas and will be staying at the Holiday Inn Central. As a result, source and DESIMONE left Los Angeles on 5/31/67 in DESIMONE 's Cadillac and met with DESIMONE's friends, TONY MAGGIO, King City, California, JOSEPH and RALPH ' BRIGANTINO, Hollister and as a result of the contact with RALPH BRIGANTINO, they did not go to San Francisco and the LANZA's as DESIMONE had originally intended. RALPH BRIGANTINO agreed to attempt to locate suitable canneries for sale at _ the right price. As a result of this, source called AL MARSHAL from Fresno on 6/1/67, to the Holiday Inn Central at Dallas and advised MARSHAL what they were doing. MARSHAL was elated. é -6- | | | Docld: 32307945 Page Ff
“Released under the dohn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote+y:-- DATE: 11-14-2017 | Mt sob | ‘ LA 92-1112 MARSHAL attempted to call source on 6/3/67, from Dallas, did not reach source who was in the hospital. Source received a letter from MARSHAL on 6/6/67, with a return address of Kirkwood Hotel, but it did not furnish any information of value. Again on 6/6/67, source received a call from AL MARSHAL from the Kirkwood Hotel. Source informed MARSHAL that the California cannery owners would not deal with HUNT or his re- presentative because of previous problems in particular because HUNT has tried to buy at a ridiculous low price. MARSHAL said he was surprised and was going to call Dallas and tell JOE CIVELLO about this development. MARSHAL said that HUNT's purchasing agent lives across the street from CIVELLO. MARSHAL said he would have CIVELLO call source on the morning of 6/7/67, in order for source to explain this development personally. On 6/7/67,° at about 11:15 AM, JOE CIVELLO called source and left a message that he would call back at 11:30 AM. CIVELLO did call back at about that time at a pay phone and told source that HUNT's man lives across the street from him, He said that HUNT is tight with money and crazy. He told source that he is going to have to find a cannery that HUNT has not quoted a price or a price or make arrangements to build two canneries for HUNT. He also has other people in- terested in buying the same deal. He hoped source could put this together and they could make some money together. CIVELLO said that he did not think AL did anything wrong and pressed the point that it was not AL's fault because he did not know. CIVELLO told source to keep in touch with AL, who would keep CIVELLO informed of the progress. Source called AL MARSHAL on 6/13/67, at the Statler-Hilton Hotel, Washington, D. C., and related to him information he had received from RALPH BRIGANTINO that the GANGI Brothers wanted a million and a half for their cannery. RALPH suggested that they could add $150,000 on the price so the buyer would not know this to be the brokerage fee. RALPH suggested he would receive 25 percent of the $150,000, and would give 75 percent to source to share with his people. Source told MARSHAL to relate this information to CIVELLO. . -7- —* Docld: 32307945 Page &
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 2107 Hoter= DATE: 11-14-3017 C 7 FB | C) | is roy LA 92-1112 On 6/14/67, source received a letter from AL MARSHAL saying he was going to be at the St. Marie Hotel in New York. Source then received a wire from MARSHAL advising he was at the Commadore Hotel,New York City.. Source then called MARSHAL on 6/14/67, at the Canmadore Hotel. MARSHAL said that he had talked to CIVELLO and everything was all right. MARSHAL was on his way to Des Moines, Iowa, and would be staying at the Kirkwood Hotel as usual. On 6/20/67, source advised he received a letter from MARSHAL advising that H. L, ‘HUNT was in trouble with the U. S. Department of Interior on off shore. oil leases. HUNT had bid $3,000,000 and put up enough money with the government and then found out that the leases were only worth about $17,000,000 and went berserk. Consequently HUNT is thinking about other things besides the cannery. On 7/5/67, source met with AL MARSHAL at the Beverly Hilcrest Hotel, Beverly Hills, and they had dinner together. | MARSHAL said he owns TOM CLARK and that they had to elevate CLARK because of a 1950 vote fraud. (Undoubtedly referring to the Kansas City vote fraud case). MARSHAL mentioned that he knows a girl, BLANCHE HOWARD, who was a girlfriend of hoodlums in Kansas City and a madame who is now working as a clerk in the City Hall in San Francisco. After dinner, they went to MARSHAL's room and talked about Alpha Lube and the cannerymatter. MARSHAL placed a call to the hotel , operator at phone number AP9-8683, Dallas, Texas, to JOE '-CIVELLO and put source on the phone. CIVELLO said that HUNT is 300,000 to 400,000 cases of tomatoes short and is still interested in buying the canneries. He said that HUNT is involved with someSreedan movement and is presently occupied but it is going to be all right and they are all going to made a lot of money. CIVELLO then requested source to put AL back on thephone who informed ¢IVELLO that he was going to Las Vegas and will be staying at the Tropicana Hotel. FRANK DESIMONE went to the Good Samaritan Hospital " on 7/1047, as a result of his previous heart attack and died on 8/4/67, without ever leaving the hospital. - 8-- Docld: 32307945 Page 93
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 Use 2107 Hote}: DATE: 11-14-7017 ba ( \ 5 he, o . 7 ww LA 92-1112 On 7/26/67, source again visited MARSHAL at the poe, Beverly Hillcrest Hotel, Room 604. MARSHAL called JOE po CIVELLO at about 6:15 PM, at AD8-6983, and put source on the on phone. Source told JOE CIVELLO that FRANK was sick in the hospital and source desired to protect FRANK's interest and to see that anything FRANK had coming went to his mother, be- cause he did not think FRANK was going to make it. JOE said that he could not come out and for source to tell Dr. JOE DESIMONE, brother of FRANK, that he would not come out for the funeral, in the event of FRANK's death, because of the em- barragsment it might cause the family. JOE asked source to kep in touch with him on this matter. Source and MARSHAL then had dinner at the hotel. MARSHAL talked about the news in the papers about cheating at the Friar's Club in Beverly Hills and said that he knows HARRY KARL, whose name was mentioned in the newspapers on 7/27 and’ 7/28/67. MARSHAL said that he would like to bring a guy from Minnesota to take off some rich suckers in Palm : Springs. (It is noted that BILLY DOUGLAS, true name VERNELL FURLONG, is from Minnesota and a subject in the current Friar's Club investigation in Los Angeles, in the case captioned, "JOHN ROSSELLI, aka ET AL, ITAR - GAMBLING - PURGERY, Los Angeles 166- 1048", ) MARSHAL also mentioned that TONY GIZZ0 put out the contract to kill CHARLES BANAGIO on 4/6/50, in Kansas City. Source invited MARSHAL to source's residence for dinner on the night of 6/3/67. MARSHAL mentioned that he was expecting a $1,700 cashier's check on 8/4/67 and wanted source to cash it for him. They discussed the Friar's Club and MARSHAL mentioned that he had met JOHN ROSSELLI once when ROSSELLI had just been released from prison-and was intro- duced by FRANK DESIMONE, at the Beverly-Wilshire Hotel, about 13 years ago. He never saw him again. MARSHAL, according to source, is extremely knowlegeable, and has a pnominal memory for names, dates, and places. -9- a Docld: 32307945 Page 10°
: 11-14-2017 + a 7 ‘ : omy 7 Fw LA 92-1112 On the morning of 8/4/67, when source was informed by JACK CANTELLA of the death of DESIMONE that morning, source immediately called JOE CIVELLO at about 10:52 AM,’ at AD9-8683, Dallas and informed him of FRANK's death, JOE was very upset and requested FRANK's home number because he wanted to call immediately. Source gave CIVELLO FRANK's No. TQ2-3106, in Downey, California. Source mentioned that he might have to be in Houston in October for the dog show, so CIVELLO immediately invited source to come to Dallas and be his guest. CIVELLO asked if MARSHAL was still in town and source told him yes. MARSHAL then shortly thereafter, called source and source told him about FRANK's death and that he had calledCIVELLO . On 8/13/67, MARSHAL contacted source and was still in Los Angeles. MARSHAL said that he is receiving inside information on the professional football games and knows the biggest book makers in the country, including Kansas City, Missouri, Washington, D. C., Omaha, Boston, and Texas. He gave source a tip on the 49'ers to win by more than 6 points and they did. MARSHAL said he bet $500 on the 4gters, MARSHAL said there is "Hanky panky" going with the Kansas City Chiefs and the New Orleans Saints. MARSHAL is betting on this game and was trying to talk source into betting with nim, but source declined since he does not gamble. MARSHAL mentioned that MILT JACOBS from Minnesota is the greatest gin player in the country and is not a cheater. MARSHAL suggested that source line up some money people and MARSHAL would bring JACOBS out to Los Angeles or better still Palm Sorings for a game. MARSHAL would put $100,000 in a bank account in JACOBS name in Palm Springs. MARSHAL also mentioned that JOE GILLISPIE from Kansas City, Missouri, gives him the inside information on football. He said all the. big action concerning sports games, is being held in Omaha, and the big bookmakers sent their action there apparently as lay off betting. On 8/16/67, source contacted MARSHAL at the Beverly Hilcrest Hotel and requested him to have CIVELLO call source. ~ 10 - — Doclda: 32307945 Page il
Released under the John F. Kennedy. Assassination Records DATE: 11-14-7017 ay Bey pti . ; * ‘ > LA 92-1112 CIVELLO called source from a phone booth at about 4:30 PM, the same day. Source told CIVELLO he had met with JOR DESIMONE and discussed a Nevada situation, meaning the pur- chase of the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, and needed to see CIVELLO as early as possible. CIVELLO invited source to eome to Dallas and meet with him. Source then called MARSHAL at the Beverly Hilcrest Hotel and they agreed they would leave together on 8/19/67 for Dallas on American Airlines, flight 20, departing at. 11:45 AM. MARSHAL said they would stay at the Hilton Hotel and have dinner there and meet with CIVELLO at the hotel. On 8/19/67, source and MARSHAL arrived at the Dallas airpor’s and went directly to the Hilton Hotel, arriving at about 5 PM, and found JOE CIVELLO waiting in the hotel lobby. Source and MARSHAL checked into room 520. Source met CIVELLO for the first time. MARSHAL had previously talked to source and told him that he would excuse himself so that source could talk to CIVELLO personally. Shortly after checking into the room, MARSHAL did excuse himself saying he was going down to the lobby to call JOE GILLISPIE in Des Moines to get information concerning the Kansas City and Oakland game. MARSHAL explained that GILLISPIE was all right and his information was good, and later suggested that source and CIVELLO bet on Oakland and 5 points. CIVELLO and source agreed to bet $500 each, After MARSHAL left the room, source turned on the television loud and discussed the deal to purchase the Riviera Hotel with monied people in Texas and with source in control. CIVELLO got a big smile on his face and was ° interested since source said he would cut him in. CIVELLO said that AL knows a friend of JOE's in Kansas City, later identified by MARSHAL as NICK CIVELLA who could arrange this and in fact MARSHAL is going to front a piece of’ property in Las Vegas. Source also told ICVELLO an arrangement which he exagerated he had had with DESIMONE, as being the contact for teamster loans in California, and receiving the fee and did DESIMONE speak to CIVELLO about this. CIVELLO said that. ‘ \ - ll - Doclda: 32307945 Page 120 Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 27107 Hote}: | | | Vo t L.
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 1c 2107 Hotey: DATE: 11-14-2017 | oO |. LA 92-1112 DESIMONE nad not, but the man to handle this arrangement is Attorney BUFFALINO, in San Francisco, but source would have to be introduced to BUFFALINO personally by PIVELLO who was not going to San Franciseo until November 1967. i | ( t | | | t When MARSHAL returned to the room, CIVELLO told him to set up a meeting between source and NICK, as soon as . if | possible. CIVELLO said that NICK could set this up with a phone call but CIVELLO could not de it. After about 30 minutes, they left and went to dinner in CIVELLO's car. source explained that he did not have a contact in Los Angeles now that DESIMONE was dead. CIVELLO said that once source meets NICK, he will be in touch with the right people and that AL was in touch with NICK all the time. In fact, source should deal through AL and not meet with CIVELLO again. CIVELLO mentioned a Mr. R in New York who could handle this matter regarding a teamster loan, or the Riviera Hotel. Source told CIVELLO that 1f this deal goes through that CIVELLO is in and he accepted. CIVELLO told AL to go to Kansas City Tuesday and set up a meeting for source and NICK. AL was not told by CIVELLO what the deal was that he was to arrange for the meeting. After dinner, they drove to CIVELLO's residence where source meet his wife and sister, FRANCIS, who mentiored she had stayed at DESIMONE's house in March 1967. They had coffee and CIVELLO discussed his conversation and how AL got him off with a HARRY TRUMAN pardon.They then drove source to the airport and dropped him off about 8 PM, and CIVELLO and MARSHAL left the airport to gether with source catching the 8:20 PM plane for Los Amgeles. “On 8/20/67, MARSHAL called source and said he was going to NICK, Tuesday and then call source who should be ready to come to Kansas City. -12- a i . a J Doclda: 32307945 Page 153
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hoter: DATE: 11-14-2017 o ‘ LA 92-1112 On: 8/21/67, MARSHAL called souree from Dallas and from MARSHAL's double talk, source assumed NICK was in Dallas. . MARSHAL told source to bring papers concerning the purchase on of the Riviera Hotel to NewYork City, where he would meet AL and NICK, who would introduce source to the man. Source will then relate the deal and the man in New York will arrange the deal further. oo On 8/22/67, source received a “Letter from MARSHAL a post marked from Dallas, informing that GILLISPIE had mislead po them claiming he was mislead anc since they had lost because of this, they would not have to pay GILLISPIE, any money. MARSHAL said he would be at the Country Side Hotel in Kansas City, on the afternoon of 8/23/67. Again on 8/22/67, source received a telegram that day from Dallas reading, "Will be at Essex's house, New York City, around 8:30 to night, contact me there. Signed Tantos." On 8/22/67, on about 6:30 PM, source called the Essex | House, New York City. MARSHAL said that after source left Dallas, they talked it over and decided that MARSHAL should co talk to "Little JOE" (later determined to be JOSEPH IANNI, Dallas LON member), in downtown Dallas. Later JOE said to not go through NICK CIVELLA, but go straight to the man in New York City, Mr. R. D. , the top man in New York City. CIVELLO agreed with this suggestion so MARSHAL and IANNI went to New York City, to arrange an apointment for source to meet with the man who replaced JIMMY HOFFA. This is all for the purpose of obtaining a teamster loan to buy the Riviera Hotel. On 8/24/67, MARSHAL called source from Room 824 from the Essex, New York City, at about 12:30 PM, advised that he could not make the connection with the man in New York and he will now have to go to Kansas City to see NICK CIVELLA as originally planned. He planned on leaving New York that night with JOE IANNI for Kansas City and will be at the Continental | Hotel, and advised source when the apointment is set. - 13.- Doclda: 32307945 Page 14
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19927 (44 USC 2107 Hote} -- DATE: 11-14-2017 _ Co es | — . Seay LA 92-1112 | cu on 8/25/67, source called MARSHAL at the Continental Bes Hotel and left a message and MARSHAL called him back and said : he was with Little JOE from Dallas and that source has got a teamster loan of $15,000,000 for the purchase of the Riviera Hotel MARSHAL said he had been to see NICK that day and got the loan 1000 percent. He said ne is coming to Los Angeles with Little JOE on the night of 8/27/67, but first they are going to Dallas and he will be in the Hilton Inn. MARSHAL said that source will have to go to Washington, D. C. to finalize the loan. According to MARSHAL, Little JOE is a currier*back to NICK CIVELLA. MARSHAL mentioned that there is another very big deal ' in Las Vegas, that he can get source into with the same financing. On 8/27/67, source received a call from MARSHAL who was at the Beverly Hilcrest Hotel with IANNI. Source invited them over his residence and they arrived shortly after 8 PM. They went outside in the back yard and talked about the Riviera Hotel deal. It was agreed that source would hold hidden points for NICK CIVELLA, JOE CIVELLO, AL MARSHAL, JOE IANNI, and FRANK DESIMONE's family. Source brought up the man SIDNEY KORSHAK, known to represent the Riviera Hotel as a former Chicago attorney. IANNI said that they can take care of KORSHAK and NICK will take KORSHAK out and quiet him down if there is any trouble. IANNI said there was another deal in ~ Las Vegas coming up in November and the teamster has already made a committal which NICK has control. (This probably refers to the Landmark Hotel, which was due to open in November and is scheduled for New Year's eve, 1967). Source also learned that TANNI is a friend of JERRY ZAROWITZ. Both IANNI and MARSHAL like CHESTER SIMS and when source said he believed he could get CHESTER to run the casino, they agreed that they would be in favor of SIMS operating their casino. On 8/28/67, MARSHAL, IANNI, and PHIL DAVID,who represents the packager of this deal and is supposedly is close to the ovners of the Riviera Hotel,and CHESTER SIMS met at sources residence at about 12 noon. MARSHAL said that - 14 - Docld: 32307945 Page 15°
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1999 (44 USC 3107 Hote: DATE: 11-14-2017 eo wa 1 ' ¢ CC , ; Py , LA 92-1112 IANNI's father went to the Federal penitentiary on a narcotics [ok violation and the father was the "Patrone” in Dallas before : JOE CIVELLO. MARSHAL also said that he obtained a pardon for TANNI's father from President TRUMAN. MARSHAL said that IANNI ‘is a currier for JOE CIVELLO and his right arm. PHIL DAVID explained the Riviere Hotel deal and when 5 ne finished MARSHAL and IANNI said they could get a $25,000,000 loan from the teamsters Chicago Pension fund. IANNI said that the man in Chicago who approves the loans will have to be paid. $250,00Q when the loan comes out of escrow. IANNI said he was going back to Dallas and then Kansas City and MARSHAL drove him to the airport. . That same night, 8/28/67, source had dinner with’ 14 MARSHAL. MARSHAL informed source that he is 67 years of age and has had three heart attacks. He has not long to live and would like to leave something for his sister and nephew in Los : Angeles. MARSHAL ‘said that the Las Vegas deal, previously an referred to is the Landmark Hotel which is under the complete control of NICK CIVELLA, The hotel is scheduled to open in Noveinber and they can steal three or four million from the loan when thehotel opens. All that MARSHAL wants is $200,000 | for himself for security. The hotel is available for the ' right buyer. MARSHAL wants source to meet NICK CIVELLA to be his man and he has mentioned this to NICK CIVELLA. MARSHAL said that JOHN ROSSELLI entered the U.S. illegible and there fore the government can prove it. MARSHAL said he is paying for ITANNT's plane fare and suggested that source help pay for this | expense. Source said he would speak’ to PHIL DAVID about it. ‘On, 8/29/67, When AL MARSHAL came to see source at his office and asked about his experises, source again said he was going to mention it to PHIL DAVID. MARSHAL said to forget it. ” 1 5 - ( Doclda: 32307945 Page 16
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act ot 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotey: DATE: 11- 14- 2017 so. aa, « , LA 92-1112 po On 8/31/67, source informed Dr. JOE DESIMONE about his dealings with JOE CIVELLO and the teamster loan and that there would be points from FRANK's interest to JOE DESIMONE. On 9/2/67, source called MARSHAL at about 3 PM at the Dallas Hilton Inn. He informed MARSHAL that he would have the finance statement that week. MARSHAL again asked for expense money. Source again said he would speek to PHIL DAVID. MARSHAL replied that source should gravitate towards MARSHAL's people and appeared cool. On 9/4/67, MARSHAL called source from Dallas and said his people in Dallas have cooled and are going to pass a this deal. He said he would be out in Los Angeles in about a week and would see source then. n 9/5/67, source called JOE CIVELLO at Dallas at about 3:45 PM. CIVELLO said he would call source from e pay phone at about 6:30 PM that day. CIVELLO did call at about 6: :15 PM that day and informed source that his banker said no on this deal and he had instructed AL to so advise source, JOE said that AL was in Dallas and was returning to Los Angeles, that week. On 9/13/67, source was shown a photograph of AARON SAMUEL MARSHAL, FBI No. 479 883 and JOSEPH IANNI and he identified them as the persons he knew by those names that { he had been in contact with. On 9/13/67, source contacted Dr. JOSEPH DESIMONE and explained his recent activities with MARSHAL, CIVELLO, IANNI and the proposed arrangement with NICK CIVELLA. Source suggested that DESIMONE should contact CIVELLO. DESIMONE said that JOE CIVELLO's cousin is here and he talks to him all the | time and he would go to Dallas immediately and find out why CIVELLO stoped the negotiations. -~ 16 - Doclda: 32307945 Page i?