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Honorable John BD. Ehrlichman of La Cosa Nostra, was frequently Sinatra's guest at the Cal Neva Lodge during that period. These connections on the part of Sinatra provided a basis for the revocation of his gambling Hcense in the State of Nevada and the disposai of his interest in the Cal Neva Lodge as well as the bangs Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sinatra was present in 1947 in Havana, Cube, with top leaders of La Cosa Nostra who had gone there to meet with Salvatore Lucania, more commonly known as Lucky Luciano, former "boss of bosses" . Cosa Nostra in the United States. Luciano had entered Cuba ~~ | «surreptitiously from his native country, Italy, to which he had been deported upon his parole from a Mew York State penitentiary where he had been serving a sentence on conviction for compulsory prostitutio: Sinatra hag long been very friendly with the Fischettts, particularly Joseph and Rocce. The Fischattia were connected with the Chicago "family" of La Cosa Nostra once headed by their ened the late Al Capone. Their deceased brother, Charles Fischetti, once "boss": of the Chicago La Cosa Nostra, ¥ In addition to the for b7D —_ was asked by = to meet with Sinatra because of a close friendship between the two. In prior years, Sinatra, together with nis friend and ieliow entertainer, Dean Martin, became a dire of the Berkshire Downs Race Track in western Massachuse 470 we F * a { this known and alleged connection of ership might be of interest to yau. 5 ; ; > 2 4 Fs) Ee sincerely yours, ~ 2 «