Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 08/23/1965
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 05C 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/7/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10195-10114

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-3171-1739

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

FBI

SAC, CG

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

08/23/1965

1

SGI, ASSOC, OPINION, BATTAGLIA, SAM

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

Redact

03/10/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

19.1

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

DALE: 11-14-2011

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DEFERRED

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FROM CHICAGO

8-23-65

12:02 PM

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SAMUEL MO

GIANCANA, AKA, AR. DAILY SUNMARY ..

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066756-0 ADVISED RECENTLY VISITED FARM OF SAM BATTAGLIA

AT WHICH TIME HE LEARNED THAT BATTAGLIA, WHILE ACTING HEAD

OF CHICAGO SYNDICATE WHILE GIANCANA. IN JAIL, HAS NO DESIRE

TO MAINTAIN THIS POSITION. INFORMANT STATES BATTAGLIA MERELY

DESIRES TO CONTINUE RECEIVING HIS CUT OF SYNDICATE PROCEEDS

AND: WANTS NOTHING TO DO WATH GIVING ORDERS OR SETTLING PROBLEMS,

FEELING THAT TO TAKE THIS UPON HIMSELF WILL MERELY CREATE

MORE PRESSURE FROM FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. BATTAGLIA FEELS

HE HAS SUFFICIENT FUNDS SO HE DOES NOT NEED TO PUSH FOR

FURTHER AUTHORITY TO INCREASE HIS WEALTH AND FEELS ADDITIONAL

PRESSURE DEFINITELY NOT WORTH TROUBLE. U

INFORMANT CLAIMS BECAUSE OF FOREGOING AND FROM INFORMATION

RECEIVED FROM OTHER SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH CHICAGO CRIME

GROUP THAT JACK CERONE NOW PROBABLY NUMBER ONE MAN AS FAR

AS ISSUING DIRECTIVES AND SETTLING DISPUTES. AS BUREAU AWARE

CERONE HAS INDICATED IN PAST HE FEELS HE SHOULD BE NUMBER

ONE MAN AND OBVIOUSLY MOULE PELISH OPPORTUNITY TO ASSUME

THIS POSITION.V

INPORILATION CONTAINE.

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

RECEIVED: 12:31 PM DFD

DATE 4-24-84 BY SP5R5€/

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UNCLASSIFIED

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oTHERWISE

If the intelligence contained in the above message is to be disseminated outside the Bureau, it is suggested that it be suitably

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

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