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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTICATION + In Reply, Ploase Refer so WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535 Fik . * Ne May 18, 1967 FRANK SINATRA Frank Sinatra, born December 12, 1915 (or 1916), Hoboken, New Jersey, began a singing career in 1935, In. February, 1944, on the basis of an anonymous complaint. alleging Sinatra had paid $40,000 to obtain deferment from service in the military, this Bureau made inquiry concerning his selective service status. This inquiry revealed that Sinatra's rejection for military service was due to a physical disability, specifically chronic mastoiditis end a perforated ear drum, A notation was also made in connection with his physical examination that he was suffering from emotional instability. The inquiry did not substantiate the anonymous complaint originally made concerning Sinatra, t $ In 1955, this Bureau conducted an investigation relative to possible false statements made by Sinatra in a passport application with regard to membership in subversive organizations. The investigation developed no specific evidence of Communist Party or front organization membership other than a membership in 1946 in the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, an organi- zation cited as a communist front. Information was also developed or received previously indicating that Sinatra reportedly had been associated with or lent his name to sixteen organizations which have been cited or described as communist fronts. ; We have received information over an extended period of time from sources. who have furnished reliable 4 information in the past and who have knowledge of general Li criminal activities in the United States. that Sinatra had - | been a close friend and associate of Samuel Giancana, a former chauffeur and bodyguard for Anthony Accardo, the acknowledged leader of the syndicate (La Cosa Nostra) in