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z OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 w1o- 196 ‘ a 4 UNITED STATES _ JERNMENT ) wate A i an Men * is: Memorandum | — i Tt * TO : MR, war fae . DATE: 11/6/69 , PZ ; Tove]. —__.____—_— . Soyars. - FROM : C, 8. Voelker W Tele, Room ——— tee: bic bly he ‘ Gandy ——____- s SUSPECT IDENTIFIED BY FINGERPRINTS ON sot: THREATENING COMMUNICATIONS TO FRANK SINATRA In the course of captioned investigation the Las Vegas Division 3 forwarded to the Identification Division numerous miscellaneous items such as e letters, greeting cards, paperback books and other material, most of whichhad been mailed to Frank Sinatra at the Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. These | f 4 items were processed for latent fingerprints and on 11/5/69 we developed and _ /) { identified fourtegn latent fingerprints on various items as being identical with who was also known as The extortion aspect of this case developed as a result of the unknow! [subject's offer to sell Sinatra eleven million dollars worth of unmounted diamonds“ *-"| for two million dollars and the threat to kill Sinatra if the deal was not consumma before Christmas, 1969. Sinatra was offered an alternative, which was to pay oe money to the Vatican, The nature of the letters indicates that the sender may be . mentally disturbed, which conclusion is supported by the fingerprint cards from oi various Illinois state hospitals. All of the envelopes received by us were postm Joliet, Hlinois. .. a a ST-105 , fs * General Investigative and Las” Veee Divisions notified: 6% 8 - RECOMMENDATION: For information. “MIT30 Wo —_ eal : cv jmp we 1ENOV 19 1969 ee “Mr Daecan aWhi en AVUUDOU IL Slants 2, (C8 4s, sop BS. . “ 200m mee ne et to tere ee eS te eee ee : errs