Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LA
To: HQ
Document date: 04/28/1967
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/26/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10333-10069

RECORD SERIES :

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 66-2542-11-26-105

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: LA

TO: HQ

TITLE :

DATE: 04/28/1967

PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

HANK GREENSPUN

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 08/20/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

AT

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Released under-the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Aot of 1992 (41 USC 2107)

Hote).

DATE GY. 11-2917

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Via

AIRTEL

FBI

Date:

4/28/67

(Type in plaintext or code)

AIR MAIL - REGISTERED

(Priority)

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TO:

FROM:

RE:

DIRECTOR, FBI (66-2542-11-26)

SAC, LOS ANGELES (137-2520)

TOP ECHELON CRIMINAL

INFORMANTS PROGRAM

LOS ANGELES DIVISION

*WEEKLY AIRTEL

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINLO

HEREIN IS UNGLASSIFIED

DATE 9/21/84. B19185 Wel 1p

Re Los Angeles airtel to Bureau dated 4/21/67.

STATISTICS

1.

Number of approved Top Echelon Criminal

Informants as of 4/21/67:

13

Number added:

Deleted Copy Sent

by Letter Dated

Por FOIPA Request -

Number deleted:

Number as of 4/28/67:

13

Identified as:

LA 4155-C-TE

LA 4367-C-TE

Grant Sayes

LA 4412-C-TE

LA

4448-C-TE

LA

4476-C-TE

LA

4529-C-TE

REC 18

LA

4615-C-TE

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4758-C-T566-4544416-105

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"Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act_of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

LA 137-2520

LA COSA NOSTRA ACTIVITIES

LA 4476-C-TE continues to be in a position to

furnish valuable information concerning the activities of

FRANK DESIMONE

"Boss" of the Los Angeles La Cosa Nostra

(LCN) "family." During the past week, LA 4476-C-TE furnished

information concerning a plan whereby JOSEpH CIvil for the

Dallas ICN member may be able to purchase canneries

H. L. Hunt Food Company and thereby obtain a finders fee

in connection with this enterprise.

LA 4476-C-TE

LA 4476-C-TE, on 4/25/67, advised that he had

informed FRANK DESIMONE of a contact by AL MARSHALL requesting

that source and DESIMONE locate a tomato cannery for sale

for DESIMONE'S COUSin JOE CIVELLO of Dallas, Texas.

CIVELLO has a man interested in buying a cannery.

The finders fee for the purchase of the cannery is to go

to MARSHALI, CIVELLO, DESIMONE and the informant.

DESIMONE advised the informant he knows a man

near San Francisco, who they could talk to and turn over to.

him the locating of a suitable cannery. DESIMONE and

informant agreed to go to San Francisco week end of May 6

to 7, 1967.

As of this date, MARSHALL was enroute from

Dallas to Los Angeles.

on 4/27/67, Informant advised that MARSHALI

arrived in Los Angeles on 4/26/67, and contacted informant.

MARSHALL advised that DESIMONE's cousin, JOE CIVELLO, Of

Dallas is interested in purchasing the Wilson Cannery in

Stockton, California.

CIVELLO wants to keep the purchase price of the

cannery down to one million dollars.

MARSHALL said he had

seen CIVELLO in Dallas, Texas on 4/24/67, and had discussed

the matter with him at that time.

MARSHALI said CIVELLO has a friend who is purchasing

agent for H. I. HUNT, Texas multimillionaire, of Hunts

Foods.

HUNT has had

arguments with Alpha Beta Markets owner

and HUNT is trying to corner the tomato market by buying up

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992 191 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

LA 137-2520

all U. S. crops of tomatoes and purchasing canneries. HUNT

intends to buy three canneries in California, one of

which

is the Wilson Cannery in stockton, the asking price is about

one million.

The purchasing agent is steering CIVELLO, who

is able to contact the seller and obtain a finders fee.

CIVELLO expects 50 percent of the finders fee for his group,

which includes MARSHALI and probably purchasing agent.

FRANK DESIMONE will take 50 percent, to be split with friends

in the north and source.

Finders fee will be from 5 to 10

percent of one million dollars for the purchase of the

Wilson Cannery, with the finders fee to be paid by the seller.

DESIMONE and source are driving to Northern California

near San Francisco Friday night, 5/5/67, to turn over deal

of Wilson Cannery and two others to DESIMONE's friend.

LA 4367-C-TE

LA 4367-C-TE advised that JOHN ROSELLI was at the

Friars Club, Beverly Hills, California on 4/24767, playing

caras with HANK GREENSPUN, Publisher of the 'Las Vegas

Sun.'

JONIE TAPS also told source on 4/24/67, that MAURIGE

FRIEDMAN paid off GREENSPUN to obtain license

for Frontier

Hotel rom former Governor GRANT SAWYER and present Governor

annisaaa

LA 4412-C-TE

Informant visited WILLIAM SLOVIN at the hospital

on the night of 4/21/67.

SLOVIN claimed he had cooperated

fully with IRS Intelligence re NICK SIMPONIS and that he

will take witness stand to testify against him with regard

to his hidden ownership in several bars in the Gardena and

Los Angeles areas.

At 1:00 a.M.,

4/24/67, the girl friend of SLOVIN

phoned informant to advise that

SLOVIN had expired.

At SLOVIN's funeral, informant learned from an

associate of SIMPONIS' from Cabazon; California, that SIMPONIS

is to fly to London, England on 5/1/67.

LA 4834-C-TE

Informant, during period 4/25 - 26/67, advised

as. follows:

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