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SEGRET LA letter, 6/16/52, adviSeQ@ that files were to be prepared by the California Special Crime Study Commission on Organized Crime, on individuals including Frank Sinatra who were suspected members of the Mafia, 62-75147-26-424 p.43 (10) A G-2 report dated 1/22/54 set out information obtained from a current member of the US Military who had reportedly served as an FBI informant in undercover assignments involving penetration of CP front: in the MYC area, Informant advised that in conversation with Lorrainfe Margarét Yakoleff (140-3594) regarding communist personalities, she stated, "You know Frank Sirlatra used to be one of us, but I guess success went to his head. One night at a meeting he dedicated a song o me," ; (Report enclosed) 140-3594-2 encl. p.3 (45) On 4/15/54 the NY Office furnished a summary memorandum concerning Joseph A. Doto, was. (62-78822) commonly known as Joe Adonis, which listed numerous hoodlums with whom he had been associated. e list included Frank Sinatra. 62-78822-17 p.73 (12) +9 On 1/10/55 the Chicago Office furnished a copy of "The Juke Box Racket" written by Virgil W. Peterson, Operating Director, Chicago Crime Commission, Sept., 1954. The report, marked confidential, made reference to the close relationship existing between the underworld and many stars in the entertainment field, for example, Frank Sinatra's close association with notorious gangsters. Sinatra owned an interest in the gambling casino called The Sands in Las Vegas, Nev. His business associates included Maicolm Clarke, once a partner of the notorious Capone gangster, Charles Gice, in a Chicago Loop gambling pay-off establishment. <A New Jersey investigator had informed the Chicago Crime Commission that Sinatra had WiltbeseMoretti as his, mentor and manager. (Copy enclosed) 62-99197-9-26 encl. p.174 (14), y SERET 22