“MEMORANDUM: TO: Mike Madigan FROM: Ed Greissing DATE: August 13, 1976 SUBJECT: Mention of Carlos Marcello in the 4/23/76 transcript of John Rosselli. On April 23, 1976 during Mr. Rosselli’s appearance before the Schweiker-Hart Subcommittee, w …”
“about writer & Mavello) Marcello invoke. in N.Y.company'r 111/61 - Morrison appoint. Ambass of OAS - 6/27/61 stated Marcello believes that if The can delay his, deportation long enough, his politial connections = und und associates associates in in the the State of Couisiana, whi”
“… me of the assassination. Ferrie stated that he was in court with Marcello on the afternoon of November 22, which does appear to be true. Carlos Marcello, along with Meyer Lansky, had become the central targets of the Justice Department's Organized Crime Division in the early 1960‘s, under …”
“15. According to Reid’s informant, Marcello told his top lieutenants, "Don’t worry about that little Bobby sonofabitch. He's going to be taken care of." The informant stated that Marcello said that President Kennedy himself would have to be killed first, and that his broth”
“15. According t o Reid’s informant, Marcello told his top lieutenants, "Don't worry about that little Bobby sonof abitch. He’s going to be taken care of." The informant'stated that Marcello said that President Kennedy himself would have to be killed first, and that his bro”
“- 3 - FBI that Rosselli wanted ' to “keep . " Castro’s life from 1960 to 1965—to as- square with the bureau” but was. .sassinate the Cuban leader through Another CIA official who worked afraid that the mob might kill him for the employment of an agent with the with Rosselli, ”
“Slain Mobster Claimed 8/22/76 Washington Cuban Link to JFK Death 143 By Ronald Kessler and Laurence Stern identification of the interviewee, in Washington Post Staff Writers last June’s Senate Intelligence Com mittee’s report on the role of the in Long before his recent”
“attempts.i ington Field Office sent headquarters demise. 1 So on Feb. 15, 1967, the FBI official ten copies of a blind memorandum Neither murder has been solved. prepared a' draft reply to the Rowley summarizing the interview with Mor- 3 letter for his superiors saying “our in”
“Agency’s plot to assas- ports that Chicago crime lord Tony Ac- , sinate Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. short-changed cardo felt he had been shortchanged C.. The CIA case officer, William Harv- :by Rosselli. ey, told us that Rosselli had been the . Still earlier, Rosselli spent t”
“Castro, will be published this fall on his Castro sympathies, pain- . weeks. Castillo, then 28, was in by Houghton Mifflin. Cl. ting Kennedy as anti-Castro and ducted around 1960 into a promising that he would be "Special Operations Group" spirited to Havana after the which ”
“the Cu meetings between Rosselli and the ban leader. CIA.... “He was positive; he was sure,” said ;An FBI "blind memorandum” on , the associate, who knew Rosselli well an interview with Morgan ; dated and was in contact with him before March 21, 1967, was included, without ”
“shortly after his been recruited for the attempts./ ington Field Office sent headquarters 'demise. I “So on Feb. 15, 1967, the FBI official. ten copies of a blind memorandum Neither murder has been solved. * prepared a' draft reply to the Rowley summarizing the interview with M”
“against the Cu meetings between Rosselli and the ban leader; CIA. : "He was positive; he was sure,” said An FBI “blind memorandum” on the associate, who knew Rosselli well an interview with Morgan dated .and was in contact with him before March 21, 1967, was included, witho”
“Page 2.. According’to Roselli, the murdered mobster, Sam Giancana, never became involved in the assassination plot. He knew about it; he may even have suggested a Cuban contact; nothing'more. Roselli identified the CIA project officer, in charge of the Castro assassinat”
“clients referred to in WHEN THE wiretap case was HART, AS have local investiga- the report has.since been identified'; again to be investigated in 1966, . tors, has established three possible as Rosselli. And it has since been this time by a Senate committee ,scenario’s for Ros”
“MEMORANDUM To: Files Ref tor Traff, an X From : Mike Madigan Date: June 23, 1975 0 Sub j : Additional Roselli Questions Inquire when in the discussions between Roselli and the CIA did any suggestion appear with regard to both Che Guevera and Rauol Castro, in addition to ”
“-3- FBI that Rosselli wanted ' to “keep Castro’s life from 1960 to 1965—to as square with the bureau" but was .: sassinate the Cuban leader through Another CIA official who worked afraid that the mob might kill him for 1 the employment of an agent with the with Rosselli, Jam”
“has been subsequent sassination, Lee Harvey ■,Oswald, who. and then the FBI, with Rosselli’s sen-. speculation that the mercurial and. ■ was identified by the Warren Commis- sational allegations of CIA plotting talkative Cubela was either a double , c sion as Kennedy’s murderer”
“section of the friends that he was a rum run Miami Beach hotels with Cu tried to pump Roselli for in- ner during the Roaring Twen bans willing to make an at formation. But he was sworn 1968 federal firearms act. ties. Operating along the East tempt on Castro’s life. Once, ”
“possibly by strangling, acke.‘ 1- That committee was headed by cording to Investigators here... :j • Sen. Exiok Church and has since 1 New York City detectives said. : : been replaced by 2 newly formed that Caraffa “knew Glancana" but- . 1 ‘ committee headed by Sen. Daniel th”
“committee at-% 1 his testimony before the Committee. of 1975, was: 1 • 9a. -**--*13 • torney who, in interview Giancana" C. HART SAID he also hoped toto onpreparingtRoselli -,meet with local officials of the FBI and Immigration and Naturaliza-7 .In the Castro plot Tampa organ”
“has.been in force, the underworld before Castro took part in the assassination plot. that his name was really Fi- Treasury Department has ig over the Havana gambling ca Roselli made midnight lippo Sacco and that he had nored this key provision. The sinos. dashes to Cuba with”
“NCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED E2 IMPDET CL BY 018630 NW 65924 Docld:32357595 Page 3 SECRET SECRET who in the course of his confirmation hearings was asked by John Marks (of Marchetti fame) whether the new DCI would continue to permit CIA obstruct Justice in the Letelier invest”
“part of a known of the CIA-underworld plots: told the mutual acquaintance that the against Castro, they would have been conspiracy, it also said U.S. ’agencies aware that the lawyer had clients who Rosselli family had received a tele did not properly investigate the assas-' ”
“was killed, Castro told Associated ther that Rosselli suffered a dramatic - : prepared. Press reporter Daniel Harker that memory loss or that Morgan's state-- - Within the past year, Rosselli and U.S. leaders aiding terrorist plans to . ment to FBI agents nine years earlier tw”
“involved in assassination plots, and was reluctant to ition Santos... Trafficante by name In fact, I cannot 18 l1 Rosselli ever- mentioning Trafficante by name and only very vaguely responding to questions if the questioner used the name Trafficante. :”
“problems at the time. ' matter to then Secret Service Direc- knowledge, confined privy to the 1 In May. 1966, the FBI threatened to’ tor James J. Rowley, who on Feb. 13, his top aides of the Hoover and deport him for living in the United( 1967, wrote FBI Director J., Edgar Ho-”
“was beaded by cording to Investigators here. iSen Tank Church and has since 1 New York City defectives sold ibeen replaced by 2 newly formed that Caraffa “knew Giancana" but- 1 committee headed by Sen. Daniel • they have not been able to pin: Jinouye (D., Hawaii) and Sen. How”
“May The Washington Post August 22, 1976 Slain Mobster Claimed Cuban Link to JFK Death By Ronald Kessler and Laurence Stern Washington Post Staff Writers______ Long before his recent murder, “His (Morgan’s) clients were aware John Rosselli, the CIA’s underworld of the i”
“R4297 June 24, 1975 Testimony of John Rosselli before Committee Senator Church presiding p. 7-8 Los Angeles Rosselli first met Maheu in approximately July, 1960, pursuant to a telephone call from Maheu. At their first meeting, Maheu told Rosselli that a high government off”
“/Trafficante had not been ques- partment and FBI involvement in gests that this Cuban may have ing the whereabouts of Traffi-tioned previously by the committee the Rosselli murder case, said I been receiving funds from Traffi- cante's associates at the time of because his role ”
“2 - THAT THE Metro team is even "There was never the slightest, Morgan was told about the pend involved is happenstance. Rosselli - doubt in John’s mind that Castro ing investigation by Rosselli and lived in Plantation, Broward Coun- was responsible for the assassina- Robert”
“-2- It is my recollection thatoon atleast one occasion, in the presence of Senator * Howard H. Baker, - Jr., Rosselli told-Tr s *: n - - .' ;’ --) 23 . ;: - dets Pgpy FECEWs 39575 the Senator that he, Rosselli, was concerned for his safety • sliver - A cP o’ his life, and tha”
“elier investigation by refusing to make this material available to the Dade County investigators. 5. LA Division has again prepared the same answers to the original questions, now for direct transmittal to the Dade County authorities. However, the circumstances of the investigati”
“over in 1959. that Trafficante had dinner with 740 NE 155th St. in North Dade, Mafia days were reportedly in the Rosselli at The Landings, a Fort could not be reached for comment. 1950s and early 1960s in Las Vegas three Mafia was, the1first_ Rosselli of the Lauderdale restau”
“meant ei-■ -eral’s report he ordered Helms to have was killed, Castro told Associated ther that Rosselli suffered a dramatic ■ prepared. Press reporter Daniel Harker that memory loss or that Morgan’s state I j Within the past year, Rosselli and U.S. leaders aiding terrorist pl”
“episode.,* .sion about a Cuban connection to the ; )Full-details of the CIA-underworld Kennedy assassination from ■ collusion in the plots to kill Castro “feedback” furnished by sources close .. did not surface publicly until the pub- "to Castro who were involved in the CIA l”
“51: 000 The Washington Post August 22, 1976 Slain Mobster Claimed Cuban Link to JFK Death . By Ronald Kessler and Laurence Stern Washington Post Staff Writers Long before his recent murder, “Ills (Morgan’s) clients were aware John Rosselli, the CIA's underworld of the i”
“There w’ere four mi assassination attempts, the plotters were smuggled into Cuba with high-powered rifles. The last assassination squad, Roselli heard. made it to a! Havana rooftop before they were caught. This was around March 1, 1963. Then the project was abandoned. Rose”
“dency, Mr. Johnson spoke cryptically ter of Rosselli said she had heard of of a “Caribbean Murder Incorpo no such •threats or warnings. sion about 4W CIA plots theA Niva • • rated” targeted against Fidel' Castro.1 Harvey, who died at age 60 and life. PLOLS on Castro’s The ”
“ately." He vigorously denied down in Dallas by Lee Harvey Lang, was a power in the pellets in the dictator's food, that the CIA had ever partici Oswald, a fanatic who pre movie industry until his con- On March 13, 1961, Roselli de- pated in any plot on Castro’s viously had agit”
“gangland struggle — even so gruesome a detail from Rosselli though, the' murderer is still un 1967) did it." Rosselli, according to Morgan, that the Chief Justice could put his known.. name on a report which didn’t as The death of Rosselli, who had decided to talk about his”
“assignment _ never told what he was. But it penetrate the Fair Play for' was to. Richard Nogell: self-deluded cronk me was In the capacity of an in Cuba Committee, where he met , vestigator or Informant.” Oswald. Nagell also briefly In : Nagell had a good back- vestigate”
“P h o n e (A re a 2 0 2 ) 6 4 4 - 6 0 0 0 SECRET 32 A They were used as consultants, basically, yes. 9. -i We have spoken about the investment American business Co had in Cuba. Did it ever come to your attention that American1 organized crime A No. 6 Q had considerab”
“-2- It is-mywrecollection that on at least onesoeeasion; in’ the presence of Senator Howard H.Baker Jel, Roeseli% toldus the Senator 'that he, Rosselli, was concerned for his safety and. his life and that he was risking his well-being by testifying ■3 before the Committee. I .”
“about CIA involvement to keep his mouth, shut. Rosselli only had one discussion with Giancana. p. 27 O’Connell called Rosselli after Bay of Pigs. Met in Florida not long after Bay of Pigs with William Harvey, O'Connell and Rosselli. Harvey told Rosselli that he wanted Rossel”
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“R delivered four pills to O'CONNELL on April 18. HARVEY arrived in Miami with the pills on April 21. GAMBLING SYNDICATE: DELIVERY OF PILLS TO VERONA April 21, 1962 ROSELLI reestablished contact with VERONA, who claimed to have an asset in Cuba who could deposit the pills in Castr”
“Vegas says she doesn’t pages of a Mafia novel: allegedly secret. prevent prosecution, but Roselli was - know * where ............. her boss is or when he’ll brought into the United States illegally The day after Roselli’s body was convicted of violating interstate gam- be re”
“When Roselli came up for sentencing, he was represented by Torn Wadden, who had been associated in some capacity with Edward Bennett Williams. . Wadden filed a motion to reduce sentence and included with it two col umns by Jack Anderson that recounted the story of Roselli a”