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mee oe cues U5a GEM REG mO. at UNITED STATES GO UIRNMENT? Memorandum : EZ (ee Peper —-——_— TO : Mr, Belmont - pate: April 17, 1964 Tavel Trotter i+ ——__ mow cA evans” ALLINFORMATION COWIAINED =e SUBJECT: FRANK SINATRA HEREIN 1S (ESL sary ee, the gt Mo UTE tar BY eo | In view of the. Yong association which Frank Sinatra, the © ~, ‘well-known entataine,, has had with prominent hoodlums and Ly - yacketeers, I discussed this situation personally with SAC rol of .Las Vegas on-Saturday, April ll, after the conclusion of the y Qrganized Crime and Criminal Intelligence Conference held at Los Angeles, fake wat eee ery SAC Elson has a close personal relationship with Frank - Sinatra, his attorney and close business associates as a result of Elson's handling these individuals during the kidnaping case in which Sinatra's son was the victim. As evidence of the high regard, wt in which Elson is held by Sinatra, it is noted Elson and his wife _* ie have been invited by Sinatra to attend social affairs being given by? cf 3 Sinatra at his home in Palm Springs. Sinatra even offered to a oe : send his private airplane to Las Vegas and transport the Elson’ =, © ¢, 2 to California, SAC Elson said he graciously declined these atl, x social invitations and that he had written the Director about them iw ee : sometime ago. I told Elson that in the absence of contrary 3 {2} a instructions from the Bureau it seemed-moest proper not to accept”. - “social invitations extended because of Elson‘'s handling his FEI duties. ° ce ee pole fe unm a aoe a : il ++ We did discuss, however, Sinatra's background, including: “st 8 <=; his long and close association with several major hoodlums and ,., a racketeers, It seems obvious that Sinatra could supply extremely o <=. valyable information about these individuals and their activitfés, ©. | @ SAC Elson believes his relationship with Sinatra is so close’ cthat:: dine might be able to induce Sinatra to cooperate with us, CAHitimy \ | yh 1 F nl gu Bs iu PERS, REGOoumt v hi AY + Kt BR