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Memorandum . > / om =<. A, Evans a SURJECT ‘VISIT GENERAL —ROGERT Fs KENNEDY TO : N, GEORGIA, MAY 26, 1964 INFORMATION CONCERNING SC During the Attorney General's recent visitite 5 f Carrollton, Georgia, our Atlanta Office has indicated that ~. during the question and answer program inquiry was made oF . the Attorney General as to what was being done about La Cosa The Director inquired as to the correctness of this figure, “2 Zostra, He said that the convictions are up 700 per cant. -— ; It appears that the basis for the inquiry is in the Miro rm) Attorney General's report to the President on the Federal fight against organized crime and racketeering dated January 3,_ 1964, This report advises of the number of racketeering - ta indictaents, the number of individuals indicted and the ~ |_| number of individuals convicted, It reveals that convictions > numbered 45 in 1960, 73 in 1961, 138 in 1962 and 288 in 1963, °? Nowhere in the report are these convictions identified as .- - being members of La Cosa Nostra, This can figuratively be /] IN ot interpreted as nearly a 700 per cent increase during the period 1960 through 1963, ae It is known from previous discussion with f representatives of the Department's Organized Crime and Racketeering Section that they have Lumped into the figure a reflecting racketeering convictions all such action which took place in Labor Management Relations cases, any . conviction of a member of the Teamsters, as well as any conviction in gambling matters. mo Tog - * A - se / eo * ' ‘ tla. : . aie - UNRECORDED Copy G > ok ns sun hin po wwt ———e om LfF6