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et SO ae Frank Sinatra Information has been received ai various times during the late 1940's and 1950's from sources, who have furnished reliable information, which linked Sinatra's name as an associate of other well-known hoodlums, including Joseph and Rocco Fischetti, former members of the Capone gang; Willie Moretti, former underworld boss of Bergen County, New Jersey; James Tarantino, associate of the former well-known "Bugsey" Siegel, and others. ad . In March, 1963, an informant who has furnished reliable information in the past advised that Sinatra and Dean Martin, well-known singer, were long-time friends of John Anthony Mitasse. Matassa is a former member of the Chicago Police Department, who resigned many years ago after taking the Fifth Amendment before the McClellan Committee and as of 1963 was a business agent for a Chicago, Tlinois, local of the Teamsters Union and | reportedly a close associate of Samuel Giancana and otter syndicate hoodl ums, In early 1964 another informant, who has furnished reliable information in the past regarding general criminal activities in the United States, indicated among other things that Paul 'Skinny'"' Amato, operator of the 500 Club, Aulantic City, New Jersey, anda business partner with Sinatra in "Nevada s was a hoodlum and a member of the La Cosa Nostra syndicate. The informant stated that although Sinatra was not a member of the syndicate, he was big enough and close, enough to the organization to obtain any favors he desired: During the past summer an informant who has furnished reliable information in the past indicated that he had learned from one of the top hoodlums in the syndicate that on one occasion Sinatra owed the syndicate ''a lot of money." He also stated that although it was publicly reported that Sinatra divested himself of all financial interests in gambling establishments in Nevada, he had actually not "cut loose" from his night clubs but that the names were changed concerning reported ownership. “a i In 1964 ‘we recéivatl irkformation frog an informant who furnished reliable j ion in the past t iii ina = ue ale anand ae ee OT A TM gan eae ce