Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: PEARCE, J. ROBERT
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 01/30/1961
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

Date:

4/24/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER:

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10205-10292

HQ

92-2717-69

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

TO:

TITLE:

FBI

PEARCE, J. ROBERT

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE: 01/30/1961

PAGES:

25

SUBJECTS :

ABR, BKG INVEST, ASSOC, REL, B/F INT, CRIMINAL ACT.

FOLL CALLS, "THE COMMISSION", RES, TRA, MISUR

DOCUMENT TYPE :

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

02/09/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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DATE: 11-14-2017

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In so-called "open territories." They discussed the men on

this commission who would side with GIANCANA on the matter in

ACCARDO related that GIANCANA could count on VITO

ZERILLI from Detroit.

has 12 men," GIANCANA, according to

ACCARDO, needs "seven

for a majority, six for a standoff." ACCARDO then went

Into the past and said that the men whoh he recalled as being

part of the commission were PROFACI, STEVE MAGADDINO, PETE

MAGADDINO, VITO, JOE IDA, ZERILLI; TOMMY BROWN, JE BONANNO,

and RAYMOND from Boston (RAYMOND possibly Boston Lop Hoodlum

RAYMOND L. S. PATRIARCA, aka, of Providence, R.I.) BONANNO,

according to ACCARDO, "Must have taken ALBERT'S (ANASTASIA)

cut so you put three men on one of them being BROWN's son's

father-in-law." GIANCANA said, "They don't put him on because

san official'."

Relative to JOE IDA, PH 251-C (deceased) on 10/8/59

advised that IDA, formerly of

New Brunswick, N.J., went to

time "the

with DOMINICK OLIVETTA of Camden, N.J., being the 'under

boss. "

This informant has previously

described the territory

Involved as roughly covering portions of New Jersey, Eastern

Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

When IDA departed, the informant

said arrangements were made with IDA's approval to have his

power transferred to JOSEPH RUGNETTA (Philadelphia Top Hoodlum),

operator of the South Philadelphia Grill in Philadelphia.

RUGNETTA thereafter, according to this informant, made enemies

because of his conduct in this new position.

Informant stated that RUGNETTA was surprised that

"the organization" had on Saturday, 9/26/59, met in Philadelphia

or Southern New Jersey and had an election, resulting in RUGNETTA

losing his position as

"boss" and being demoted to "under boss"

with DOMINICK OLIVETTA being elected as "boss."

It was also stated that at this meeting on

9/26/59 PETER MAGGIO, brother-in-law of ANGELO BRUNO, married

to BRUNO's sister LENA, was elected to "the organization"

which this particular informant has said 1s synonymous with

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Mafia. It was also stated that MARIO MAGGIO, older brother

Of PETER MAGGIO, has been a member of "the organization" for

some time.

For evaluation, it is pointed out that PH 251-0

(deceased furnished reliable information for several years

concerning the Italian underworld.

This Informant has been

a close personal friend of many top echelon rasket figures

in the Northeastern United States, particularly the Philadelphia

area.

In regard to JOSEPH IDA, mentioned above, It 1s pointed

out that it is known through Information developed by the

Legal Atteche in Rome in connection with the investigation

Of FREDERICK J. TENUTO,

aka, that IDA has taken up residence

permanently in Rome and has

given up his American citizenship.

PH 251-C has indicated that IDA made this move because of

the prosecution of figures who attended the meeting in Apalachin,

N.Y., In November 1957.

This Informant's information was

confirmed in part by information set forth in the "TENUCA"

investigation in letter from Legal Attache, Rome, to Bureau

dated

9/13/60.

This letter set forth an interview of CHARLES

LUCKY LUCIANO in Naples, Italy, 9/7/60. LUCIANO indicated

that GUISEPPI IDA (JOE

IDA) had

fled the United States for the

purpose of

escaping a "bum rap" in connection with the Apalachin,

N.Y., meeting.

LUCIANO stated IDA and other "boys" had engaged

St ted IDA

lawyers to help fight charges against them in connection with

the Apalachin meeting but did not believe that this would be

successful and would not return to the United States because he

believed he would be arrested and prosecuted.

Set forth in this report under date of 11/25/60

will be information indicating that BRUNO has been elected

to "the commission" by his own admission.

Further, it 1s

developed in this conversation, which 1s

between BRUNO and

POLLINA, that POLLINA has lost

favor in "the family" because of

some unknown action on the part of POLLINA in connection with

"a meeting"

in Wildwood, N.J., at

an unknown time in the past.

Verbatim translations of POLLINA and BRUNO's

conversation was furnished the Chicago, Miami, New York, and

Newark Divisions in a

"JUNE" letter dated 1/12/61.

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Informants

PH I-1

PH T-2

PH I-3

PH I-4

PH T-5

PH T-6

PH T-7

PH 591-C*

PH 269-C, contacted 1/19/61 by SA DALE M. HIESTAND.

ALPHONSE FRIO, contacted 1/17/61 in New York City

in the TENUCA

Investigation by SA's JOSEPH A. VERICA

and RICHARD W. ARMSTRONG.

PH 514-C, contacted on dates indicated by SA J.

ROBERT PEARCE.

PH 523-C, contacted on dates indicated by SA J.

ROBERT PEARCE.

PH 535-C, contacted on dates indicated by SA ROBERT

W. HOLMES.

MARY THOMAS, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsy]vania,

contacted 12/21/50 by SA J. ROBERT PEARCE.

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