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ee eer ay | 4 Be ee a aide Oo ae $ PREM AGATE a Be ieee pees poe 2g Ree, ¢, teal FORM NOK t USTPED SEATES GONERNSTE NI Y 1) aa Memorandum — a Te : Mr. Belmont") batE: 3/5/62 Ye aie Va vet Troller t 4 iyie Room FROM: C. A. Evans \. : — SUBJECT: CARLO GAMBINO > ANTI -RACKETEERING - Carlo Gambino is an extremely powerful and notorious hoodlum of Brooklyn, New York. Highly confidential sources in both New York and Chicago have named him as likely being a member of the "commission a group of men who exert influence in matters of criminal jurisdiction and control of the criminal activities of the nationwide hoodlum element comprised of persons of Italian extraction. Gambino along With several other individuals of similar background from New York, Chicago and other places is in Miami, Florida, Miami Office has been successful in establishing a highly confidential source covering Gambino while in Florida, where he is expected to remain until March 17. The source has reported that Gambino speaks quite often in an Italian dialect which has been determined by consultation with the FBI Laboratory to be Sicilian. SAC, Miami, requests assignment of an Agent who will be able to make “on the spot™ translations of Gambino's remarks. The New York Office has an accnt, who 4° able to translate Sicilian dialect and it has been ascertained that New York is in a position to release QMMMMtemporarily for duty in Miami as desired. . — RECOMMENDATIONS : / 1. In view of the great importance of Gambino in his positic in the criminal underworld, it is recommended that 5A Pe sent y to Miami on special assipunent until March 17, at whic oth ga 2 erie 2. That this memorandum be forwarded to the Administrative Division in order that instructions may be issued to have SA gO to Miami on special assignment an gennection with the cover fhe expected Gambino will return to New York. Gambino. 1 ~ Mr. Mohr 1 - Mr. Callahan ae .:. : mY) (8) 2 '3/ \ yo oud