Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, CG
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 07/29/1961
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Recurts Collection Act of 1992 114 USC 21091

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/7/2015

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10298-10202

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 92-3171-340

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, CG

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

07/29/1961

'PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS:

SGI, ASSOC, GAMBLING OPERATION, B/F INT, INSTR

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/28/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

INC TTY

v9.1

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

DATE: 471+14-2017

1641 1997, 6-2-611

Whtini.co

DECODED.

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• Radio

DEFERRED

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE 6-6•84

BYSP506 & Teletype

CAL

7-29-61

4:49 AM

TUF

SO DIRECTOR

FROM SAC, CHICAGO

290644

SAMUEL M.

GIANCANA, AKA, AR. DAILY SUMMARY, CG 6443-C

ADVISED YESTERDAY THAT LESTER KRUSE'S STATUS WITH THE

GIANCANA ORGANIZATION IS SUCH THAT HE IS DEFINITELY OVER

RALPH PIERCE AND ROCCO POTENZO. IN THIS CAPACITY, IS

OVERLORD OF LUCRATIVE GAMBLING OPERATION AT J AND J PICNIC

GROVE, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. OPERATION IS RUN PRIMARILY

FOR GIANCANA AND GUS ALEX, AND HAS 7 INVESTORS WHO KEEP

BANK AT THIS OPERATION AT THE QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLAR

LEVEL AT ALL TIMESEA OPERATION IS NOW RUN ON SNEAK BASIS

IN VIEW OF LOCAL HEAR

HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO BE A LUCRATIVE

SOURCE OF INCOME. INFORMANT HAS BEEN OFFERED AND HAS

ACCEPTED JOB AT J AND J ON NIGHTLY BASIS AS MONEY COUNTER,

JOB COMMENCES THIS WEEKEND. STATES GIANCANA, ALEX AND

ROCCO FISCHETTI, PRINCIPLE INVESTORS IN OPERATION, NEVER

APPEAR AT SCENE.

INFORMANT STATES GIANCANA, KRUSE, ROCCO

MISCH TO IN ORGAS AS TRANS OARINE LEINES PRET COMPANY, II

HEADQUARTERS BELIEVED BY INFORMANT TO BE IN NEW YORK CITY,

WITH OFFICES IN LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO. PRELIMINARY CHECK

DOES NOT REVEAL SUCH AN ORGANIZATION TO BE IN CHICAGO,

HOWEVER, INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONTINUED ON THOSE LINES.

PURPOSE OF COMPANY IS UNKNOWN, HOWEVER, BELIEVED TO BE

INVESTORS IN STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

ARMED

AND DANGEROUS.

EX-129 92-317101

RECEIVED:

7 6:01. AM TELETYPE REC- 13

S: AUG

3.1961

• 6:08 AM CODING UNIT

Tolson

Belmont

Mohr -

Callahan

Conrad

DeLoach

Evans

Malone

Rosen.

Sullivan

Tavel-

Trotter

Tele. Room

Ingram

Gandy

4

or

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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