Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: SAC, DN
Document date: 04/19/1968
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE: 11-14-2017

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Date:

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10290-10401

HQ

92-6054-1ST NR 2311

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FBI

FROM:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TO :

SAC, DN

TITLE:

DATE: 04/19/1968

'PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

LCN, MEMBERS, OC, IDENT, CIP

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/13/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Mr.

Emery

- Mr. Rutland

4/19/68

SAC,

Denver (137-1341)

Director, Fat (66-2542-71-13)

ALIZILON

TOP ECHEZON CRIMINAL

ENFORMANT PEOGRAM;

LA COSA NOSTRA

ADIE - RACKINDERING

It has been previously pointed out that one of our

primary goals in the criminal Intelligence Program is the foll

identification and subsequent prosecution of the membership

of-la Cose Nostra (ICN), the dominant group la organized erime

a this country.

significance of LCH on a national basis and in consideration of

at an over-snore ana

an over-iberoasing public avareness of the

the Bureau's vast responsibilities in the field of organized

crine, it is necessary that complete

Intelligence be developed

regarding ICH.

A

review ot

progress

reported in the identification

of nombers of ICN reveals that a substantial number have been

identified.

Your office has reported that only five members of

LCN reside in your division.

This is an increase of only two

Identificatione within the past ono-ycar period.

It 15

noted that the original information identitying

these individuals as members was not provided by sources of your

office.

The basic make-up of LOU within your division has boon

relatively undeveloped.

As you know, SD 1064-C-TE provided information in

October, 10G7, revealing the existence of LCN groups in Pueblo

and Deaver, Colorado.

There is

an urgent need for your office to obtain

sources who can reliably identify ICh membership in your

division.

A a true: picture with respect to the prevalence

LCN in a particular aren cannot be established without such

SourcOs

To this end there must be a concentrated and an

imaginativo effort by the Denver Office to penetrate LCIl with

member-informants.

The noteworthy achievements by many offices

in penetrating LCH clearly establish that a well-planned and

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192-6054 (LCN)

92-b051'

NOT RECORDED

203 APR 22 1968

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