CHICAGO GANGLAND SLAYING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000300510020-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: April 1, 1977
• Content Type: NSPR

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WASHINGTON POST
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'Chicago Gan ;land. Slaying
CHICAGO-:t gangland' enforcer described by
sources., as a key man in a Central Intelligence
Agency-crime syndicate plot to kilt Cuban President"
Fidel Castro died Wednesday-the victim of a mob
assassination.
Charles Nicoletti, 60, of Melrose Park, once ca.po
of Chicago mob hit men, was pulled from his btrn-
ing car in the pa'king lot of a suburban restaurant
Tuesday night after being shot three times.in the
head.
Sources said Nicoletti, onetime right-hand man to
':, slain mob boss Sam Giancana and once considered
the successor to the top spot in the Chicago mob;
had, been responsible for drawing up,:CIA-ordered
plans for the assassination of Castro. They also said
he broke with the mob following Giancana's death -
because he felt the CIA "was taking over the opera
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