Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LUECKENHOFF, GEORGE F.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 6/8/64
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

5/14/201

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10287-10202

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER:

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Document Information

ORIGINATOR :

FROM:

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TITLE:

FBI

LUECKENHOFF, GEORGE F.

DIRECTOR, FBI

DATE:

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SUBJECTS :

06/08/1964

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LCN, ASSOC, DESCR, BKG, RES, MEETING, GAMBLING,

ARREST, CRIMINAL ACT, THP, PERJ

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/26/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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KC 92-883

ADMINISTRATIVE:

One copy of this report is being furnished to

the Denver, Milwaukee, and st. Louis Divisions for

information purposes in view of information Incorporated

in the report which is of interest to those offices.

Two copies of this report are designated for the Kansas

City Division in view of possible future dissemination;

The period of this report extends from May 25,

1964 through June 3, 1964, which is the period utilized

in the preparation of the report, Information has been

furnished from various sources on other periods.

Information is reflected in this report which

had been obtained from Mr. FLOYD R. HAYES, former Teamster

official in Kansas City, Missouri

This information has

not been previously disseminated

to the U, S Attorney,

Kansas City, Missouri, pursuant to Bureau instructions.

All this information has been furnished to the Department

of Justice in prior communications:

This report includes information attributed to

Kansas City T-Symbols which has been furnished by

informants of the Milwaukee Division.

Information reflected

in report of SA ALEXANDER P. LE GRAND, dated 5/28/64 at

Milwaukee, and attributed to MI T-l is being set forth

in detail

in this report.

In referenced Milwaukee letter

of 5/26/64, the Milwaukee Division requested that in report-

ing any of

the material furnished by this informant, that

respective offices are requested to omit: all information

pertaining to informant's connection with persons involved

as well as any indication that the information came from

Milwaukee,

INFORMANTS:

KC T-1 is KC 379-PC who furnished information

to SA JAMES F. GLONEK and SA JOSEPH STABILE.

KC T-2 is KC 148-PC who furnished information

to SA JAMES F. GLONEK and SA ROY L. HUMPHREYS, JR.

KC T-3 is MI 623-C-TE who furnished information

to SA ALEXANDER P. LE GRAND and SA RICHARD C. THOMPSON,

both of Milwaukee

Division,

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KC 92-883

KC T-4 is former KC 254-C whose present where-

abouts is known to the Bureau.

KC T-5 is KC 3-66-PC who furnished

information

to SA ROY L, TUSSEY.

KC T-6 is KC 315-C who furnished information to

SA GEORGE F. LUECKENHOFF •

KC T-7 is KC

349-C who furnished information to

SA ROY L. TUSSEY.

KC T-8 is KC 358-C who furnished information to

SA ROY L. TUSSEY®

KC T-9 is KC 339-C-TE who furnished information

to SA ROBERT J. DENEEN.

KC T-10 is CV 553-PC who furnished information

to SA J. EDWARD BURKE of the Cleveland Division.

KC T-11 is KC 284-C who furnished information to

SA JOHN M. GATTIS, JR.

KC T-12 is. MI 602-C-TE who furnished information

to SA JOHN H. GASSAWAY of the Milwaukee Division.

KC T-13 is former PCI

who

furnished information to SA DON

W. WALTERS and SA MAX E.

RICHARDSON

JFK Act 6 (4)

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(COVER PAGE)

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KC 92-883

CONSPIRATORIAL

ASPECTS

KC T-9 advised on January 29, 1964,

that it is

T-9's impression that SAM PALMA is a member of the La Cosa

Nostra and has been on "hits". T-9 based this on informa-

tion received in which PALMA has indicated that he has

often sat in a car for hours on end without eating and this

was PALMA's method of stating that he had traveled on "a

hit".

PALMA was reported to have stated that he knows a

lot of people in different cities throughout the country

and has done a lot of traveling:

T-9 also advised that SAM PALMA had mentioned to

an acquaintance that he wished this individual to contact

"CHECKERS" in Denver when this individual was visiting

them.

"CHECKERS" may refer to CLYDE SMALDONE, a well-known

Denver criminal figure.

T-9 advised on April 16, 1964, that SAM PALMA,

through arrangements made with ROY WILLIAMS, President oi

Joint Teamsters Council #56, Kansas City, Missouri, will

be going to Sacramento, California, "because

Sacramento needs some muscle". PALMA is to be pairin

$1,000 a week and had planned

would

be met by a man whom WILLIAMS had previously

contacted. T-9 stated this trip was delayed due to

illness of the individual PALMA was to meet in California,

however, he intends to take this trip in the future.

T-9 stated that T-9 was unable to determine

whether PALMA's services involved threat-type situations

or a killing but from the expressions used by PALMA, T-9

assumed it would be threat-type situations rather than a

killing.

PALMA has FBI #327 429 A, date of birth March 3,

1925, and has been previously described by informants as a

member of the criminal organization in Kansas City.

KC T-& advised during September, 1963, that

ANTHONY CIVELLA, nephew of NICK CIVELLA, 'had told associates

that SAM GIANCANA of Chicago, Illinois,

was the "boss of

Chicago, Kansas City, and St. "Louis".

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KC T-13 advised during August and September,

1961, that in 1921 when T-13 came to Kansas City, Missouri,

there was no one organization that controlled the Italian

north side in Kansas City®

• Kansas city. mone

There was one group that

asserted its influence over this area that operated a

sugar house and maintained its positionby extortion and

firearms

This group was commonly referred to as the

"Black Hand"®

It was generally understood that the principle

members of this organization were:

JOSEPH DI GIOVANNI; PAUL DI GIOVANNI;

PETE DI GIOVANNI; VINCENT DI GIOVANNI;

VINCENT CHIAPPETTA (now residing in St.

Louis);

NICHOLAS GENTILE (now residing in Italy,

having gone there "by request"); and

MIKE MOLLE (now deceased) •

FRANK LA ROCCA, Kansas City, Missouri, born

February 14, 1889, at Lucca Sicula Agrigento,

Italy,

entered the United States October 24, 1906, at New York

City as FRANCESCO FRANKO. He was naturalized November 10,

LA ROCCA was arrested in

Kansas City, Missouri, on two

occasions for murder.

In

1920 he was

acquitted by a jury and in 1921 he was

appeared before a Federal Grand Jury,

Kansas City, Missouri, on April 14, 1961, having been

subpoenaed to testify

concerning

Law 10(a)2

FELIX FERINA and ANTHONY CARDELLA, both described

by informants as members of the Kansas City criminal

organization were both convicted in United States District

Court, Kansas City, Missouri on Obstruction of Justice

charges and are presently incarcerated at the United

States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas.

testified before the Federal Grand Jury

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JFK Law 10(a)2

LA ROCCA was subsequently convicted

Kansas City,

is presently being appealed.

Witnesses from

Gunnison, Colorado, identified LA ROCCA as the purchaser

of the pertinent weapon and other weapons as well as

being in Gunnison, Colorado, during the period in question.

In purchasing the weapons, LA ROCCA used the name of

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