Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 10/16/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 U5C 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/7/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10197-10000

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

92-3171-1500

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

FBI

SAC, CG

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

10/16/1964

2

DOCUMENT TYPE :

CLASSIFICATION:

RESTRICTIONS

CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW:

SGI, ASSOC, FISUR, ACT

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

4

Redact

03/27/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

N9.1

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Mote) .

DATE: 11-14-2017

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5:48 PM CDST DEFERRED 10-16-64 MKS

TO DIRECTOR

FROM CHICAGO 162043

SAMUEL

Mo

GIANCANA, AKA; AR.

DAILY SUMMARY.

CG 6498-CTE ADVISED OCTOBER 16 THAT ON EVENING OCTOBER 15

LAST HE RECEIVED WORD THAT CHANGES ARE IMMINENT IN HOODLUM

GROUP HERE AND THAT ON THAT NIGHT BIG MEETING WAS HELD IN

CHICAGO RELATIVE TO THESE CHANGES.

INFORMANT ADVISED SAM BATTAGLIA HAS BEEN TAPPED FOR ADDITIONAL

POWER AND RESPONSIBILITIES UP TO AND PERHAPS INCLUDING

REPLACEMENT GIANCANA. HOWEVER, INFORMANT'S INFORMATION NOT

CLEAR WHETHER GIANCANA BEING REPLACED, OR IF BATTAGLIA

REPLACEMENT FOR FRANK FERRARO. INFORMANT ADVISED JACK CERONE

MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED POWER NOW BEING ASSUMED BY BATTAGLIA

EXCEPT THAT HE HAS BECOME "A DRINKING PROBLEM" AND IS ALSO

BLAMED FOR HEAT BROUGHT ON ORGANIZED CRIME HERE BY HIS

UNDERLINGS, JOSEPH GAGLIANO AND WILLIAM MESSINO WHO RECENTLY

TRIED FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT JUICE OPERATION OF CERONE AND

NOW UNDER PROSECUTION FOR INVOLVEMENT GAMBLING OPERATION

CERONE .4

CG 6756-0 RECENTLY ADVISED THAT HE LEARNED FROM HELENE

AMATO, WIFE OF JOSEPH AMATO, ME HENRY, ILLINOIS, AND PHOENIX,

ARIZONA, HOODLUM THAT SAM BATTAGLIA PROMOTED TO NUMBER TWO

SPOT OF CHICAGO CRIMINAL GROUP NIGHT BEFORE FRANK FERRARO DIED

AUGUST 24 LAST. U

CG 6792-PC ADVISED THAT SAM GIANCANA RETURNED TO CHICAGO

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ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

REC 61.

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

HX 109

11 NOT 19 1954

DATE 4-24-34 BYSP5056/co

he intelligence contele la the above messase is in be disseminated muside the Elen, it is suested that it the suitably

paraphrased in order to protect the Bureau's cryptographic systems.

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