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CHICAGO GANGLAND SLAYING

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
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
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
April 1, 1977
Content Type: 
NSPR
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ARTIcx~ O WASHINGTON POST Approved For Release 10 P9A-RDP88-01315R000 '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 Approved For Release 2005/01/11 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000300510020-4
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