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: . CONPYBENTIAL MEMO TO BOARDMAN February @&6, 1955 Well known_hoodlums as Willie Moretti, Raiph Capone (reported to be a relative), Fischetti brothers, and Charles THucky’ puctang, It ras at i nanced Sinatra's career ssoc been repo oretti and Capone * In 1947, Sinatra _receiped considerable pubsictty when he associated with Luctano tn Cuba. A revitewo/f Bureau ies from L950 t6 date refiected that Stnatra was reported in 1950, by a@ source of unknown reliability, to have taken $1,000,000 cash to Luciano in Italy, and. to have attended a@ Mafia «ceting in 1951 in Cuba. As of February, 1954, his name appeared on the itcense of the Sands Hotel, Las Vegos, Nevada, a gambling house. Newspaper artictes wndicate that Sinatra ~ha_now anti-Commyn ist. RECOMMENDATION? Wone, For your information, Ko a wa ab DETAILS: Washington Field Office has received information on 21755 that the Passport Division of the State Department was sending two copies of an affidavit executed by Sinatra to the Department along with a request for investigation to determine whether criminal pro~ ceedings against subject for apparent violation of 18 USC 1542 were warranted (faise statement,in application for US passport). On Oeteber 1, 1955, Sinatra executed a sworn affidavit for the rassport Divtston of the State Department in New York City, stating that he was not then or had never been a member of the Communist Barty.or of any.organtzation of a subversive character. To date the Bureau has received no request to investigate this matter. The Director agreed . 7 = 4 2. FF. 66 ee tt as Pa with Mre Tolson's suggestton that a complete summary be prepared on | Sinetras. | £8 there 18 attaened a summary memorandum dated September a9, 1950, .a brief summary of whick is set out in the synposts of thie memorandum, Bureau files were reviewed from September, 1950 to date, A review of our files since September, 1950, refiected the -~ @e-