Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: DIRECTOR, FBI
To: SAC, DL
Document date: 5/4/61
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

4/23/201

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10292-10074

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 92-2824-79

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI

TO: SAC, DL

TITLE :

DATE:

05/04/1961

PAGES:

2

SUBJECTS :

JFC, POLICY RACKETS, B/F INT, ASSOC, TRA

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 05/11/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

v9.1

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (41 use 2107 Mote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

5/4/61

AIRTEL

MAILED 8

MAY 4 = 1961

COMM-FBI

Tolson

Parsons -

Belmont -

Callahan

Conrad® i

DeLoach'_

Evans

Malone

Rosen.

Tavel -

Trotter

W.C. Sullivan.

Tele. Room

Ingram

Gandy

TO:

FROM:

SAC, Dallas (92-36)

Director

FBI

JOSEPH FRANCIS CIVELLO

ANTI-RACKETEERING

Re Dallas airtel to the Diector 5/1/61 captioned

"Top Hoodlun Program - AR, Weekly Summary."

For the information of El Paso and San Antonio

on 4/28/61, DL 105-C advised new efforts are being made by

the Italian element represented in Dallas by Joseph Francis

Civello, to set up policy rackets in Dallas.

He advised that

cass group has tried for 15 years to get a "foothold" with

He said prior to

15 years ago the policy racket was very lucrative for the group.

He stated "Fritz Rechenberg" 1s the Number One lay-off man for:

the Italian gamblers and through Rechenberg's connection with.

Charlie Gordon, Kansas City, Mo.,

Rechenberg would be able

to handle as much as $1,000,000.

DL 105-C explained Civello's present or current setup

inDallas follows:

Civello receives two per cent of certain legal or

illegal activities operated by the Italian group in either one

or more territories of the United States.

This amount is paid

Civello by the group for being their representative in

the Texas

territory, whether or not Civello has

any illegal operation

going at

the present

time.

In addition

Informant stated the

grOup

"up East" has "trunks full of cash."

This money is used

1 - Dallas:

(94-55A-Sub) (information)

• E1 Paso (intornation)

REG- 22

1

-

Houston (information)

- San Antonio (information)

92-2824-

19

- Kansas City (information)

189 MAY 1O 1968

TLG: Swb

• (10)

A MAN

POOM TELETYPE UNIT

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