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Frank Sinatra — Part 20
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9841089451 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19. May of evaluation of the information
10559552553 furnished by the above Informant, the Li Office by letter to the
Director dated 3/0/54, furnished news clipoings of Westbrook Pegler
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association between FRANK SINATRA, Charles Fischetti and Lucky
Luciano. A review of these newspaner columns was made for backgrou
informeticon, and the followinz summary prepared:
In the \tnter of 196-47, FRANK SINATRA wes observed in association
with notorious persons, including Lucky Luciano in Cuba. Not long
after the meeting in Cuba, SINATRA made his way back to Hollywood
by way of several Mexican resorts. The official passenger list of
the Pan-American Airyays on 2/11/47, reportedly reflects that FRANK
TNaTiA Flew from Miami, Fla., to tiavana, Cuba, with Joe and Rocco
Fischetti of Chicago. it is reported that E. J. Kahn, Jr., then
press agent for SINATRA, revorted that SINATA was OTEER surrounded
by a strolling wall cf self=aooointed guardians who while not
-precisley desparados, are fairly rough and tumble individuals, who
are always looking out to see thet nothing happens to SINATRA. It
was through a relative of the Fischetti brothers of Chicago that
SINATRA was introduced to Lucky Luciano in Cuba. The Fischetti
brothers are related to the Capones in Chicago and had many interes
in common with the Cepone Gang.
One of SINATRA's ow egrcup referred to the wild party in which
SINATRA took part in the iiotel Necional in Havana, Cuba, as a
tdebauch.' among those present were SINATRA, Luciano, the Fischett:
a Chicago journalist, and a number of women. A strip of moving
oictures show SINATRA getting off the plane in Havana on that
occasion accompanied by Joe and Rocco Fischetti, Another Fischetti
brother is named Charles, who is in partners with his brothers in a
suourban Chicago gambling dive. Rocco Fischetti was described as a
member of the Italian secret underworld organization, the Mafia,
of which Luciano was reportedly the leader.
Another associate of SINATRA was described as Willie Moretti, a
notorious New Jersey gangster who for years had been associated
with Frank Costello, Joe Adonis, Longie Zwillman, Meyer Lansky, and
the late Bugsy Siegel.
Moretti, commonly known as Willie Moore, was described as absolute
underworld boss in 3ergen County, NeJ- It was in this county that
fat FRANK SINATEA, then of Hobcken, WN. J., was charged on 11/26/38, in‘
j Y. i the Criminal Judicial District Court of Bergen County, N. Je, with
a seducing a woman. SINATRA sas at that time described as being in
the troadhouse stage’ of his career, and Moretti was his friend of
some years standing.
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