Document date: 04/17/2018
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE D'VISION

august 11, 196:

MI 623-C-TE is member of

Wisconsin La Cosa Nostra.

advised in June, 1964, of Apalachin-

type meeting to

be held at Pingree

Grove, Illinois farm of Sam

Battaglia on August 2, 1964.

is now learned meeting was called

off for fear of discovery by law

enforcement similar to that

experienced by the 1957 meeting.

The Italian Government during

past year has engaged in extensive

prosecution of La Cosa Nostra in

Italy.

Informant's information

here is another indication of

connection between members of this

organization in this country and in

Italy.

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i ceremon

Mohr

•Casper

Callahan

Evans

Gale

Rosen &

Tavel -

Trotter

Tele. Room

Holmes

Gandy =

1 AIRGRAM

DECODED COPY

I CABLEGRAM

• RADIO

* TELETYPE

12:26 PM URGENT 8-10 - 64 HNH

TO DIRECTOR

NEW YORK CHICAGO

SPRINGFIELD

NEW YORK VIA WASHINGTON - ENCODED

FROM MILWAUKEE 110205

(Ant-racketeering

LA COSA NOSTRA.

AR - CONSPIRACY.

ON AUGUST 10, INSTANT MI 623-C-TE ADVISED HE ATTENDED

WEDDING OF SON OF PHIL PRIOLA, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ON SATURDAY,

AUGUST 8 LAST. AFTER RECEPTION HELD IN ST. MARYS HALL BETWEEN

7 AND 9 P.M., INFORMANT VISITED HOME OF PHIL PRIOLA WHERE HE

OVERHEARD CONVERSATION BETWEEN JOE LITTO, ROCKFORD, AND TONY...

MACCALUCCI AKA, TONYA

OF THE CHICAGO OUTFIT, IN WHICH ZITTO

SAID MEETING HAD BEEN CALLED OFF BECAUSE THE ORGANIZATION DID

NOT WANT REPETITION OF PUBLICITY SUCH AS HIS BROTHER TONY ZITTO,

GOT IN APALACHIA. ZITTO SAID HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, JASPER GALLO,

WHO RESIDES IN ITALY, FLEW INTO NEW YORK ABOUT 10 DAYS AGO FOR

PURPOSE OF ATTENDING MEETING TO GET FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR

MEMBERS IN ITALY• APPROXIMATELY 300 REPORTED IN CUSTODY

PRINCIPALLY AROUND PALERMO, ITALY. INSTEAD OF A GENERAL MEETING

OF AUGUST 2, LAST, GALLO CONTACTED LEADERS IN NEW YORK, CHICAGO,

ROCKFORD AND LAST SATURDAY WAS IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS VISITING

TONY ZITTO, BROTHER OF FRANK ZITTO. GALLO DESCRIBED VERY

WEALTHY MAN 70 YEARS, VERY NEẠT APPEARANCE AND DRESSER, 5 FEET

8, GRAY HAIR, RELEASED LEAVENWORTH PENITENTIARY ABOUT 25 YEARS

423

AGO ON COMPLETION OF SENTENCE FOR BOOTLEGGING. INFORMANT SAYS

GALLO WAS FORMER BOSS OF THE ROGKFORD

NFORMANT, BELLEVE

GALLO WILL VISIT BUFFALO, NEW YORK LAND

MAY GO TO CAL PFORNTAD

SPRINGFIELD ASCERTAIN IF GALLO STILL IN SPRINGFIELD.

21 AUG 28 1964

RECEIVED

11:39. PM. JFD AN 28H

74

64 SEP

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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