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»! ok bh7C Thereafter, ROSELLI introduced MAHEU to two individuals on whom ROSELLI intended to rely; “SAM GOLD” subsequent ty identified as SAM GIANCANA, a Chicago canester and one ‘IOE", later identified as SANTOS TRAFFI- Sais 27a Sees Wes a me nes ws te ewe oe ee Ee be ee CANTE, an organized crime figure in Cuba and Miani. In February, 1961, the Support Chief received pills fron the Technical Services Division of the CIA with the assurances that they were lethal. He then gave them to i ROSELLI. The pills were then given to a Cuban for _, delivery to the island sometime prior to the Bay of Pigs Invasion in mid-April, 1961. the Cuban official who was to have made the attempt on CASTRO got “cold feet". ROSELLI was certain that only one attempt to assassinate CASTRO was made prior to the Bay of Pigs. It was possible that only one pre-Bay of Pigs attempt was made against CASTRO and that a Cuban exile leader was the contact in the United States who arranged for a Cuban close to CASTRO to administer the poison. ( ROSELLI and the Support Chief testified that jams i. ROSELLI told the Support Chief that TRAFFI- CANTE believed a certain leading figure in the Cuban exile movement might be able to accomplish the assassi- nation. A subsequent report from the Inspector General suggested that the Cuban may have been receiving funds — from TRAFFICANTE and other racketeers interested in securing a monopoly on criminal activities in Cuba after the overthrow of CASTRO. That report speculated that the Cuban was interested in the assassination scheme a