Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (42 OSt ZI0T hotey_ DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: 5/1/2015 - Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI 5 RECORD NUMBER: 124-10198-10126 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 92-3171-1900 . Document Information ‘ORIGINATOR: ‘FBI FROM: SAC,CG TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 10/05/1966 7 _— ‘PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS : SGI, ASSOC, OC DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 04/03/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : TT SL v9.1 ; 162 Docld: 322787850 Page 1
| Released under the John F. Kenned i i i . y Assassination Records Collection Act of 199 pare, 14-3017 ” 2 (44 USC 2107 Hote}. “wo | \ WET T SS TN ay ~ ee \v my | we Gow WA -3- 4:40 PM CDT EK V | DEFERRED 18/5/66 DCM J DIRECTOR FROM CHICA 3P SAMUEL M. GIANCANA, AKA. AR. 00 CHICAGO. AS BUREAU AWARE, GIANCAWA HAS FAILED TO TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN LEADERSHIP OF ORGANIZED CRIME HERE SINCE TIME HE “7 COMMENCED HIS ONE YEAR INCARCERATION, JUNE, SIXTY FIVE. AT o Y PRESENT TIME, CHICAGO SOURCES GENERALLY REPORT THAT GIANCANA | APPARENTLY HAS NOW RETURNED TO CHICAGO AREA. HOWEVER, GIANCANA HAS NOT BEEN OBSERVED AT ANY OF HIS KNOWN HANGOUTS | AND APPARENTLY 1S MAKING NO EFFORT THIS TIME TO RESUME STRONG | LEADERSHIP ROLE. (UV) | BECAUSE OF GIANCANA'S INCARCERATION AND HIS SUBSEQUENT | ABSENCE THERE HAS BEEN NO STRONG LEADERSHIP OF THE CHICAGO CRIMINAL GROUP. THIS HAS CAUSED FACTIONAL DISPUTES AND DISSATISFACTION AMONG VARIOUS HOODLUM GROUPS MOST NOTABLE OF WHICH IS OBVIOUS WIDENING RIFT BETWEEN FIORE BUCCIERI GROUP AND FRANK LA PORTE erour.//) END PAGE ONE | BONG a eg Ge — 7h (14 dpa SPERY% 4 oct 6 im 7uui 101968 \Docld: 322767650 Page 2?
@leased under the John F. Kennedy Assassinati i re rease ou i 2017 ion Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hate; \ / - aa ‘e . M “ & ow 7 O PAGE TWO CHICAGO HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION DURING PAST TWO YEARS THAT MEMBERS OF BUCCIERI ORGANIZATION WERE MOVING IN ON TERRITORY OF FRANK-LA PORTE IN. SOUTH COOK COUNTY. CG SIX NINE NINE ZERO - C= TE ADVISED THAT FIORE BUCCIERI HAS BEEN FEUDING WITH LA PORTE FOR LAST EIGHTEEN MONTHS, [/ ) | cg SIX EIGHT FIVE FIVE - € = TE ADVISED THAT JAMES TORELLO, BODYGUARD FOR BUCCIERI, HAD INTEREST IN EAGLES~A~GO-GO : CLUB OWNED. BY LA PORTE BUT OPERATED BY BOB AND JOE DAVID BOTH ; OF WHOM ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH TORELLO AND puccrert.(Y) ON MARCH ONE LAST, CLARENCE FORREST, BARTENDER AT ABOVE CLUB,. WAS. FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM CLUB AND SHOT AND KILLED. . FORREST WAS REPORTEDLY KILLED FOR SPYING ON LA PORTE AND HIS ASSOCIATES FOR BUCCIERI arour. (~) CG SIX SEVEN ZERO ZERO - C RECENTLY ADVISED THAT FORREST WAS KILLED BY LOUIS PRATICO, FORMER CHICAGO HEIGHTS POLICEMAN AND BODYGUARD FOR LA PORTE, AND MARVIN O°LENA, SGT. BLUE ISLAND POLICE DEPT. LAST AUGUST PRATICO*S BODY FOUND DEAD IN DITCH IN CHICAO HEIGHTS. CG SIX SEVEN ZERO ZERO = C ALSO ADVISED THAT CLOSE ASSOCIATE OF JAMES CATUARA TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BEEN. GIVEN JOB OF OBTAINING TwO STOLEN CARS FOR CATUARA, WHICH ARE TO | END PAGE TWO “Docld: 32767650 Page 3
‘Released under the John F. Kenned y Aesaszinati Sepa: [re 11-14-2017 ion Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 3107 Hatey bat anne oat : : PAGE THREE. e [\ { i BE UTILIZED FOR TWO ADDITIONAL MURDERS. CG SIX SEVEN ZERO, ZERO = C ADVISED THAT CATUARA HAD “CONTRACT” FOR PRATICO MURDER AND CATUARA IS KNOWN TO BE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH BUCCIERI GROUP. (¥) DURING LATE EVENING OCT FOUR LAST, BUAGENTS. OBSERVED VEHICLES BELONGING TO DOMINICK BLASI, JOSEPH AIUPPA, AND JAMES TORELLO PARKED AT.TOWNE HOTEL IN CICERO OWNED BY AIUPPA. JAMES TORELLO AND FIORE BUCCIERI WERE OBSERVED LEAVING FROM BACK DOOR. | OF HOTEL AND DEPARTED IN TORELLO’S CAR. AT SAME TIME BLASI . LEFT VIA FRONT DOOR OF HOTEL. [y) ABOVE HOODLUMS NOT USUALLY KNOWN TO MEET AT THIS HOTEL AND POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT MEETING WAS FOR PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING FUED BETWEEN BUCCIERI AND LA PORTE GROUPS. THIS SITUATION ‘BEING CLOSELY FOLLOWED FOR FULL EXPLOITATION AND DISRUPTION OF CHICAGO HOODLUM. ORGANIZATION./¢) END t : & | KASVE - 2 |  oszF ° oe RAK ce : FBI WASH DC : ,Docld: 32267650 Page 4