Released under the John F. DATE: 11-14-2017 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 Docld: 32327810 Page 1 Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. Date: JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-90066-10051 HQ 92-3960-78 Document Information FBI NY HQ 09/16/1964 16 SALVATORE GRANELLO PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 06/24/1998 INDEFINITE RPT 5/21/201
ae oe a | Released under the'glohn, F. Kennedy Assassination Records Colleétion Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). wa Be . . . = . - - coe “. C Oa FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION = | REPORTING OFFICE - _ os | OFFICE OF ORIGIN CED INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD exci NEW YORK NEW YORK SEP 16 1964 I7y12 - 8/24/64 TE OF CASE oo meron"“BUGENE J. HINDES © | npr | a A SALVATORE GRANELLO aka CHARACTER OF CASE ; ; 4 iyi REFERENCES — } Report of SA EUGENE J. HINDES, dated 7/29/64, at NY,NY. A ow % Albany letter to NY, dated 7/16/64 (interoffice). NY teletype to the Bureau, dated 7/16/64. / 4 Ln % ue - P - a <@- ENCLOSURES (2) TO THE BUREAU: Ree : , . Two copies of a letterhead memorandum setting forth of | on the characterizations of the informants utilized-.in the instant Bo report. — 5 Qo ; . . yf ADMINISTRATIVE a | fo) i) ; ad ~ ° On 7/27/64, NY 4317-C advised that he met ROCKY ; GRAZIANO on the evening of 7/24/64, at Toots Shor's Restaurant, @ in Manhattan. The informant confronted GRAZIANO with the _ . information recently exploited in the NY newspapers which indicated that GRAZIANO was cooperating with the Nassau County % ws 5 P\APPROVED We SPECIAL AGENT “COPIES MADE: yy case = eae 4)- Bureau (92-3960) sBneters 2 - USA, SDNY : 2 —- Miami (92-442)¢/m Fo ) (1-Departmental Attorney WILLIAM KENNEY, Miami,Fla.) 2 - Newark (92-274) 1 - New York (92-658 Sub A) 3 = New York (92-1108) . DONOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW 3 | RECS S760- | { eit waco oem =O “109 ; 4 SEP 468464 Dissemination Record of Attached Report Agency Request Recd} Docld: 32327810 Page 2?
i? Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 ‘ . | . 7 A - . NY 92-1108 ADMINISTRATIVE (continued) authorities relative to the recent arrest of the subject for Attempted Extortion. GRAZIANO stated that GRANELLO and his associates are "all washed up" and he, GRAZIANO, eae has "nothing to do with them". , The informant was of the opinion that GRAZIANO remains in close association with GRANELLO and is skeptical concerning the reports that -GRAZIANO will testify against GRANELLO. The informant added that he expects /SRARELLO will endeavor to "fix" the charges against him. The informant further commented that several years ago GRAZIANO expected to develop a system whereby commercials would be played on juke boxes. However, this prospect did not materialize, but the informant believes that -GRAZIANO expected to develop this set up with IRVING HOLZMAN, the victim of Attempted Extortion by GRANELLO. . Due to the sensitive nature of the foregoing information and the fact that it is mostly conj egture on the part of the informant, this information has not been included in the details of this report. On 8/14/64, NY u317-C" advised that he heard from ETE PETRELLA that the Subject owes his life to ROCKY J | agantAno, The informant is of the opinion that GRAZIANO , has probably made arrangements for a "fix" in the subject's a | pending income tax case. On 8/24/64, NY 4461-C advised SA PAUL G. DURKIN that he has not seen the subject in the recent past, but was told that GRANELLO is not at all worried about his | arrest for Attempted Extortion in Nassau County, NY. According to the information received by the informant, | arrangements have been made to. take care of the matter for | the subject. | | | 1 t - B «= COVER PAGE 'Docld:323277610 Page 3
"Released under the John F. Kenned 1 1 i . y Aesassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 U / DATE: 11-14-2017 ; ~~ anes) . + ee . . 1 OC) O / NY 92-1108 INFORMANTS Identity of Source . Contacting Agent NY T-1 SAS EUGENE J. HINDES and Investigator GERARD F. WALTER E. TAYLOR STROMMER, New York State Police, Monroe, New York NY T-2 SA PAUL G. DURKIN NY 4461-C | NY T-3 SA JOHN P. HERLIHY, JR. NY 4336-C NY T-4 SA EUGENE J. HINDES Mr. NORMAN LEVY Assistant District Attorney, Nassau County, New York (Due to position) NY T-5 AL 3050-PC ; NY T-6 SAS JOHN B. BJORKLUND, JR. Inspector JOHN LADA, and EUGENE J. HINDES~. i Nassau County Police Department Mineola, New York (Due to position) NY T-7 SA EUGENE J. HINDES SA JOSEPH FERRISE , Internal Revenue Service eo 120 Church Street SO¥US BALE New York -c - | COVER PAGE | $Docld:32327810 Page 4