Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LEG, RO
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 01/17/1964
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:

5/14/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY :

RECORD NUMBER :

RECORD SERIES :

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

FBI

124-10206-10407.

HQ

92-6054-575

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: LEG, RO

TO:

DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 01/17/1964

' PAGES:

3

SUBJECTS :

[Restricted]

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS : 4

CURRENT STATUS:

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 04/01/1996

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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Réleased unter the John F. Kennedy Assassination Reeords Collection Act of 1092 (14 USE 2107 Mote).

DATE:

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- EMBASSY

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rome, Italy

Date:

To:

(iM From:

Subject:

January 17, 1964

Director, FBI

Legat, Rome

LA

COSA NOSTRA

AR - CONSPIRACY

(92-6054)

(92-80)

(P)

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On 1/8/64 Dr. Aristide Manopulo, Central Bureau,

Criminal Division, Italian National Police, Rome, Italy, furnished

the following

information re Nicolo Gentile:

He was born on 6/12/85 at Siculiana, Italy, to

Anthony Gentile and Maria Zarbo, both deceased.

He stayed at the Hotel S. Domenico, Taormina,

Italy, on 4/15,16/63 and again on 5/9,10/63. From 5/10/63

to 5/14/63, he stayed at the Europa Inn in Taormina.

In May, 1963, he stated that he was in taormina to

meet.with a Mr. Guarnaschelli, who was described as the

managing director of the A. Zagara Society, a land holding

society of Casino.

Mr. Guarnaschelli was allegedly. out. of

town so the meeting could not take place.

During his stay in Taormina, Gentile met with

Rosario Vitaliti, who was born to Carmelo Vitaliti at Giardini,

Messina,Italy, on 5/25/97, and who resided at Via Pirandello,

Taormina.

Vitaliti immigrated to the United States in 1922,

returned to Italy in March, 1961, and recently reacquired his

Italian citizenship.

In 1951, during a visit of the now deceased gangster

Salvatore Lucania to Taormina, Vitaliti visited Lucania often,

invited Lucania to his home, and allowed Lucania to use his

automobile.

5. - Bureau

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(2 [ Liaison Section)

New York)

1 - Rome 64-244

(Rosario

1:- Rome

92-80

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Vitaliti)"

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

Letter to Bureau

Rome 92-80

On 1/16/64 Dr. Manopulo furnished the following

additional information re Vitaliti:

His mother was Maria Angelica Fallone.

In the recent past he has had contact with individ-

uals with police records and has been leading a life which ap-

pears to be beyond his

financial means.

In the U. S., Vitaliti appears to have resided

at 11 Briant (Bryant ?) Crescent, Wathe (White ?) Plains,

N. Y., where his wife and two children continue to reside.

Almost every month, Vitaliti receives large sums

of money from his wife, with whom he apparently jointly, owns

a butcher shop in Brooklyn, New York:

Dr. Manopulo requested all background information

the Bureau may have on Vitaliti and members of his family who

continue to reside in the U.S; any information concerning any

possible criminal activities in which Vitaliti may have been en-

gaged in the U. S.; and any pertinent information the Bureau may

be able to develop concerning the large amounts of money Vitaliti's

wife sends to him.

Rome files contain only one reference to Vitaliti,

Rome file 64-244, which has been destroyed.*

The records of the Immigration and Naturalization

Service office,

American Embassy, Rome,

as checked on 1/16/64,

failed to reveal any information re Vitaliti

LEADS

Bureau and New York

The Bureau and New York are requested to furnish

Rome any pertinent background

information they may have concern-

ing Vitaliti's activities while he resided in the U. S., under

the caption "ROSARIO VITALITI; AR" (Rome file 64-244), so that this

information may be disseminated to the Italian National Police.

In addition, New York

is requested to develop full

background information on the subject's family who continue to

reside in the U.S., and concerning the source of the large sums

of money which Vitaliti's wife allegedly sends to him.

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

Letter to Bureau

Rome 92-80

Rome

Will continue to follow this matter closely and

will attempt to obtain from the Italian police more precise in-

formation concerning the amounts

of money sent to Vitaliti and

the means used for the transmission of the funds.

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