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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-106

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA GEN.

REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Mr. Belmon

DATE: July 31, 1964

FROM

Evans

Tolson

Belmont

Mohr -

Co

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rad

Loach

Evans -

Gale -

Rosen -

Sullivan

Tavel -

Trotter

Tele. Room

Holmes -

Gandy

SUBJECT:

LA

COSA NOSTRA

ANTIRACKETEERING

Expiry

Milwaukee top echelon informant 623-C-TE' has

furnished infor-

mation that a meeting of La Cosa Nostra members might be held August 2,

1964, at the farm of Sam (Teets) Battaglia, located at Route 1, Pingree

Grove, Illinois.

Battaglia is an important lieutenant of Samuel Giancana,

underworld leader of Chicago.

His farm is known as the Free Meadows Stock

Farm and is a very spacious layout situated approximately 55 miles north-

west of Chicago.

spacious barns,

The farm is used for training horses and in äddition to

for training race horses.

three residences, and a swimming pool, also has a track

The informant has not been able to furnish the identity of all

of the individuals who supposedly will attend this meeting, but has

advised that Frank Balistrieri, Milwaukee hoodlum, is one of those who

will reportedly be present. Kansas City has advised that one of its

top hoodlums, Thomas Simone, will be in Chicago during the pertinent

period.

Chicago and other interested offices have been alerted to this

meeting and the Chicago Office has established coverage, which will

fart of both photographic and physical surveillance of the Battaglia

This surveillance will be designed to identily any individuals

who appear at the Battaglia farm in the event a meeting is held.

open posing inherent difficulties in coverage; however, every effort

is being made to, cover the setup adequately without disclosure of the

Bureau's

Also, in view of this and in the event of a large

attendance, activities may become widespread and cover a considerable.

territory.

II this happens Chicago will Consider the advisabtlity, in

connection with its efforts to cover this thing, of alerting reliable

local law enforcement officerst

EX 110

GO: 92-60548-745

Chicago has been instructed to follow through on appropriate

coverage of any meeting to be held and to keep the Bureau and interested

adyised

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Evans

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