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. “ft 37 * _ a etd Ruckeleering Section, Criminal Division “+ prilip . White : ~ , ¢? _ . Semel M. Gancana CP Aur a “affetra of Samwel KM. Glancana." In addition to Gurerous top hoodiuas tr eee : som ee ee foo 1a SS 7h 69% ‘. 29 (2 Eosyn Silberling, Chief, Orgenized Crime On Mey 19, 1961 this Section recetyed from the FBI a 377~paze cee Ap Pe MEL Ph es “ Peal ad Swiaary Report containing information on the bscrgroum, associates anc activities of Glancana. Ine cowr renorandum fron the Director te the gttorney Generel received on the eane dete, it is etatedc that many Persons in a Position to have pertinent inforzation regarding Glancene's activities heve refused to cooperate or have deliterately 0 furtished feise infore neXton, ent that "to met this challenge of consealnent anc nonecooperation, it woold appear desirable to bring mich individuals tefore a Federal Grand Jury in the very neer future in order to develop their testinony under oath® and provide “a mans of developing all the facts concerning Gancenata activities. Tae memprandm concludes that this action would conetitete a firm basis for further positive prosem= tive eteps to be tabsn against hin anc his associetes. The FEI Sorrsary Report has disclosed po violations of federal ley by Gancana, and $t {a obrioue that the only realistic purpose af @ grand jury doquiry would be te develop a tax evasion case on Clancapa besed on efther the net worth, gpecific Item or expenditures theorles. Tre boll: of the Suvury Report relates to allezations of Glancans's a@lleped uifaclosed interests in nmunermis Teri gitinate and illecitirate ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Se EO Waa eS ecterpriss SB, af Well as real estate holdings, and the Report does appear to disclose muacrous avenuca which mipot be productive in estab ishing e tx evasion case. In many instancas, however, the ellezations ef = Glancane's. ownership of Various entities are attrituted to T-ayntol ° informents anc it is, therefore, difficult (© Hake a Bound practical 4udanmt as te whether these allerations should be purgued via the gram jury without knowing the nature and relisbllity of the source as well as the besis for the Gnforation attrituted to the particular ecource. In all euch inetances, therefore, it would asem necessary that the Te-synbol informants be identified before proceeding further. Section II of the Sumary Report, entitled *Assoclates", (pp 10-£7) contains a list of h2 persous who *if evbpoencd, would ve in a position to furnish infomsstion reletive to an Loqutry into the * af * 1 0 wee. Criminal Division Documed? Gite le