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10 mm" “I. THE MAFIA OF THE PRESENT. 12 | 13 a, The Mofia Exists in Ficily 15 — a — 18 Refers considering the ofa of the present in Sicily it may be byofitable ta cst the record straight ov the existence of the Mafia in Sicily. 20 am on-the-epr* study mada by a hie oly responsible arm of the United States 22 @hvernment icv ated i se (100-42303- 306 8 nel. ) beyond whe shevoy of a doubt, The Ieliea authorities as this is being wr.tten o7 (109-42303-269, 295) Save stated their convictions that the 'afla exists, as do other authorities, The - eg = a 30ly denials of “Tafla existence appcor to arise from (J) certain politicians and’ °: 31 Sthers with vested interests fn dent ing tha aviatanaa cf tha Matias IR nhaarvana SPR A eT ic Al Uy et By LPS CASOLTHILG U/l LEI sVECLE Leh, qe; UWNOoELA YOCL 33 tho are unenlititened concerning feo Cistinctions between the Mafia and 6 qyeanized ephios geneity; (3) Maficci thouselves when questioned by the 38 3Sthorities, an? (4) some Italians, «cpccisatly Sicilians, who seem to be 40 idhamed of the fact that m members of thotr race constitute the Mafia, —~ 4 . . iB The pereaverance of the no-called "Feudal Mafia’ on the landed \atates of Sicily was confirmed by the ctily made in late 1955. In addition, bre recent observations have tndicatcd additional divisions of the Mafia in afily. In the Falermo area, for examnie, there are groupings known as the 3 3e Pn et