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On Order s of CI , Mob l{ iller SaysBy VERA GLAS ERHe ra ld Wa hlnglon • •nu

WAS HINGT ON - a orri fyingnew version of w ha t appened toJ immy Hoffa is co nt ined In afor th coming book by . an underw or ld ki ller.

Hoff a was murd ere d a nd hisbody dum ped into a junk yar d car,wh ich w as c ru shed and smelted,according to Charles (Chuckle) Crima ldi, a onet ime Chfcago hitma n" w ho n ow is coop er ati ng withfedera l au t hori ti es.

Crimal di clai ms th at the for merTe a mster boss a nd ex-co nvict was

ki lled on or ders of the CI A, but offer s no proof. His boo k. descr ibesHoffa as t he a gen cy's ori gina l liaison wi t h the mob i n t h ~ plot to ass a s s ~ n a t eCu ba n pre mier Fi del Cast ro in the early '60s , a versio n thatd oes not square wi t h officia l acco un,ts of th at episo de.

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IN THE BOOK, Crimaldi describe s a meeting in Chicago in the'60s with Gian ca na, during whic hhe asked the lat e Sam DeStefano, aloan shark who was C r i m ~ d i s

boss, lo make the hit on Castro." I was tapped by some guys

from the CIA," Glancana explained. I was promised spec ia lgovernment consideration for a lotof aggravalion that was comingmy way.

The mobsters were thrown in toconfus ion and consternation by thesource of the request. If DeStefano

"THE SAME M AN th at ki lled took the job, he said, he wo uldMomo (g a ngster Sam G ian cana) wanl Crimaldi to accompany himtoo k ca re of Hoffa fo r the same to Cuba.re a $on : He knew about tpe Castro ,Cian ca na outlined what he saidp lot s, Cr im ald i states. ' \ifas the CIA plan:

Gian ca na was mysteriously gun- lned do w n last year s h o r ~y before WHAT YOU guys will do is Jhe

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papersa Se nate co mmi ttee i n v ~ s t l g a t i n ghow lwo gangsters skipped thea lleged ClA assass ination plots. country so there won't be any-

Within wee ks, Hoffa tlisa p- thing phony aboul your l ~ a v i n g .

peared. After you're situated in Sout hLast Augu st th e body o Jot1 n America, you'll be contacted.

Rosse ll i, a lso s ~i d t o be involved in. You' ll be picked up there an dt he Castro plot, was fou nd ·floating eventually yotr ll be .dropped ~ f f

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CRIMALDI HA S a new, secretidenti ty prov id ed by dru g-enforcement au tho ri ties. He wo r ks as a

·p lumbe r, a t rade learned in prison,a nd mai ntai ns co n tac t wi t h a fewo ld mob ster pa ls. , •

Gang lan d ene mi es are sa id toh a ~ e..pu t a $50 ,000 price o n C ri ~

th e Cuba n coast. They'll set everyth ing up. T hey' ll pick the time andplace to do the h it. After yo uwhac k him, you come 011 backhom e an d every thing will be takenca re of. OK?"

DeStefano as ked for lime tothink it over. Eventually, he refused the job on t he advice of Paul(The Waiter) Ricca, a sort ofgra ndfather to the mob bosses.

Last year, w hen Giancana wasmur dered, I< ictn er senL word thathe wa nted t o see Cri ma ldi.

WO RD CAME back that he

need p roof. The CIA used oneof our guys. An impor t. Nob ody'Uever pin th is on an ybody.' " ·

Ki dn er was not enlirclv convinced, he said, but finds it diffi cultto doub t Crimaldi's underwor ldsources.

Parts of Crimaldi's Story

wo uld be in touch, Kidner said. . ."About t hree wee ks late r , as r was ~ n m al d 1 wanted to write the au-

such as Giancana's invo lvem entwi th the CIA plot - are substantiated by widely publicized accounts. Bu t no independen t documentation exists for the invo lvement of Hoffa, nor the all egationsthat the CIA was responsibl e forthe deaths of Giancana and Hoff a. 1

having lunc h at the Chez ca mille tobwg raph y, Kidner said, in theres taura nt in down t ow n Washing- ~ o p eof p r ~ v l d i n ~a financial cush-on, Chuc k1e st roll ed in and sat ion for h i~ w1fe .and children,own besi de me. g _ J l ~ e J lto him.

li e came st raigh t to the poi nt : . .~ : -~ ~ ' :. . .

Momo was h it by th e CIA.' f' ·"I told him t ha t would take

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