Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 09/30/1964
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

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Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES:

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

124-10278-10331

HQ

92-6054-765

Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

TITLE :

FBI

SAC, CG

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 09/30/1964

'PAGES:

6

SUBJECTS :

LCN, MEMBERS, BUTTITA, LAWRENCE, IDENT, ZITO,

JOSEPH J., GAMBLING

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 06/26/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (14 USC 2107 Hoter

DATE: 11-14-2017

UNITED

STATES GOVERNKENT

MORANDUM

TO

: DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6054)

HE ONE, CHICAGO (82-1173) SE

SUBJECT:

LA COSA NOSTRA

AR - CONSPIRACY

DATE: 9/30/64

Re Milwaukee airtel to the Bureau dated 6/22/64

entitled "MI 623-C-TE, TOP ECHELON CRIMINAL INFORMANT

PROGRAM", Milwaukee teletype to the Bureau, New York,

Chicago and Springfield dated 8/10/64 and Milwaukee

tel to the Bureau dated 8/27/64.

Referenced Milwaukee airtel dated June 22, 1964

states that LAWRENCE BUTTITA described only as an old re-

tired man is identified as a member of the Rockford Family

of La Cosa Nostra.

Investigation to identify LAWRENCE BUTTITA, at

Rockford, Illinois,

was completely unsuccessful.

There is

a BUTITA family residing in Rockford, but, to date, investi

gation at Rockford has failed to identify anyone in that

family by the name of LAwrenCE.

Bureau. (92-6054) (RM)

(1 - 137-8160)

2 - WFO

(RM)

1 • Springfield (Info.) (RM)

. - New York (Info.)

(RM)

4 - Milwaukee. (92-262)

(RM)

(2 137-1318)

6 - Chicago

(1 - 921704)

( 1

92-1714)

REC 10

92-6054-765

• 92- JOSEPH J. ZITO)

93-1542)

UNRECORDED COFY ALLED LA

BCR : phk

(16)

EX 103.

3 OCT 2 1964

133

36 OCT 20 1964

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CG 92-1173

Organization in Rockford for illegal purposes he would

assume that it is a reiatively small organization be-

cause hedoes not believe there is enough going on in

Rockford to support a large group.

On September 2, 1964, Detective Sergeant

ROBERT SELGREN advised SA RIGGS that he had heard

that CALO had returned to Rockford to get PHILLIP EMOR-

DENO (Chicago File 92-1714) back into line. Sergeant

SELGREN said that this seemed very unlikely. He said

that he could not imagine that it would be necessary to

have CALO return all the way from Sicily just to accom-

plish this.

An information copy of this communication is

being furnished New York and Springfield in order to

clarify the information set out in referenced Milwaukee

teletype.

LEADS

WFO

AT WASHINGTON, D.C. Will furnish Chicago with

background information and photograph of JASPER CALO

contained in records of Passport Bureau at the State

"Department.

MILWAUKEE

AT MILWAUKEE,

WISCONSIN. Will contact MI 623-C-

TE for purpose of obtaining

descriptive data velative to

LARRY BUTTITA and to determine if informant could

have been

furnishing & phonetic spelling.

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