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OPTOMA, FORM NO. 10 10-166 maT 1967 EDITION GSa CIN. REG. Mu, 27 UNiTED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum DECLASS! JED Be =! ex. , : ON FROM - J. H. Gale CfA lado Bas 28 per sv , = SUBJECT: JOHN-ROSELLI, also known as :-°_ Seat ANTI -RACKETEERING | Gee A aI The Central Intelligence Agency recently ai a. 4 of a contact Roselli made with Colonel Sheffield Edwards, fend og former Director of Security, now retired. Roselli, a ee | member of the Chicago "family" of La Cosa Nostra who sO represents their interests in Las Vegas and on the west coast, was contacted by Agents of the Los Angeles Division shortly before this and they apparently touched a sensitive ae’ spot. Colonel Edwards, who obviously contacted Roselli in _ the past, thought he looked worried and distraught. The contact by our Los Angeles Agents flushed Roselli out and he went to the Central Intelligence Agency for protection, Central Intelligence Agency, in the past, compromised them- selves by dealing with Roselli when they had him contact Sam Giancana, head of the Chicago "family" of La Cosa Nostra, .’ jto get someone to assassinate Castro. BO (i) Los Angeles Agents recently selected Roselli as a target to develop him as a top echelon criminal informant and in the alternative to put pressure on him to develop information leading to his possible deportation s Angeles 4V wield: information through : iar 5 that Rosellib true is p acco a nN fs. >) was broyght to the United States as a child and his mother. ¢ ROCK an alien, still resides in Boston, Massachusetts. In Roselli's youth, he assumed the name John 2s using this identity to the present time. ~F.2 67 - 742. ie -On May 6, 1966, Agents in eG 2 7a ~ 5a Division os contacted Roselli in Beverly Hilis, Cali ornia, and confronted ~_ him with compromising information concerning his true identity. The Agents suggested that Roselli secretly meet them to dis- cuss this matter. About one hour after Roselli was contacted, James Cantillon, Roselli's attorney, called the Los Angeles ~ A Office and told the contacting Agent that if the-5SBl.desired to ane Re QL i - Mr, DeLoach 1 MAY 25 1966 —— - Mr. Sam Papich | at x Mr. Gale . ee we 1 - Mr. McAndrews CONTINUED - OVER Li 7 1 - Mr. P.-J. Mobr a PJM:tjm (6)