by PolackTony » Sun Sep 22, 2024 9:42 pm
Coloboy wrote: ↑Sun Sep 22, 2024 2:08 pm
I know most of you have read this 1972 FBI memo, but I find it interesting for one primary reason.
https://www.archives.gov/files/research ... 292973.pdf
Accardo explicitly states that “he will remain top leader of organized crime, and Ricca will not be replaced”
This certainly lends credence to the fact that whatever positions Accardo and Ricca held prior to Aiuppa truly stepping up, were “official” positions. Meaning they were officially recognized as the top authorities in the hierarchy. It certainly seems that prior to his death, Ricca was truly sharing power with Accardo as is often discussed . It seems likely that this was the case for the entire period post Giancana and up until Aiuppa.
I suppose the question remains as to whether Accardos position remained “official “after Aiuppa stepped up.
CG 7016 was Ralph Pierce (thanks to Ed Valin). So while he was not a member, still an important associate who had a good idea as to how the organization actually worked.
There’s no doubt that they were holding the joint responsibility of helming the Family until a new boss could be installed. Around 1968, sources told the FBI that Ricca and Accardo had been forced to step out of “retirement” to serve as co-acting bosses due to the leadership crisis that ensued when Giancana fled the country and then Battaglia was imprisoned. One source in this period told the Feds that Ricca and Accardo were primarily concerned with preventing the outfit from descending into factional infighting during a leadership vacuum. After Battaglia, Cerone was jailed, then Alderisio was jailed and subsequently died in custody, following by Buccieri, Prio, and LaPorte dying in the early 70s, while Aiuppa was said to she been undergoing serious health issues at this time. One after another, senior, respected guys in the organization were taken out of the running, preventing a new boss from being officially installed. When Ricca also died in this period, it’s unsurprising that he was not replaced in the role that he had been serving, as it was an interim role that him and Accardo had taken due to a serious crisis; it was meant to be temporary and I doubt that either of them had anticipated that they would have had to serve as acting bosses for as long as they did. Once Aiuppa’s health issue passed, Accardo then stepped back again. Accardo’s role as acting boss obviously was not maintained once Aiuppa became the official boss, which was the case by 1975 at the latest.
This has been posted before, but one of the FBI’s sources in this period was Frank Bompensiero, who reported the following in 1969 following a meeting that he had with Alderisio and Fratianno:
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I know most of you have read this 1972 FBI memo, but I find it interesting for one primary reason.
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/docid-32292973.pdf
Accardo explicitly states that “he will remain top leader of organized crime, and Ricca will not be replaced”
This certainly lends credence to the fact that whatever positions Accardo and Ricca held prior to Aiuppa truly stepping up, were “official” positions. Meaning they were officially recognized as the top authorities in the hierarchy. It certainly seems that prior to his death, Ricca was truly sharing power with Accardo as is often discussed . It seems likely that this was the case for the entire period post Giancana and up until Aiuppa.
I suppose the question remains as to whether Accardos position remained “official “after Aiuppa stepped up.
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CG 7016 was Ralph Pierce (thanks to Ed Valin). So while he was not a member, still an important associate who had a good idea as to how the organization actually worked.
There’s no doubt that they were holding the joint responsibility of helming the Family until a new boss could be installed. Around 1968, sources told the FBI that Ricca and Accardo had been forced to step out of “retirement” to serve as co-acting bosses due to the leadership crisis that ensued when Giancana fled the country and then Battaglia was imprisoned. One source in this period told the Feds that Ricca and Accardo were primarily concerned with preventing the outfit from descending into factional infighting during a leadership vacuum. After Battaglia, Cerone was jailed, then Alderisio was jailed and subsequently died in custody, following by Buccieri, Prio, and LaPorte dying in the early 70s, while Aiuppa was said to she been undergoing serious health issues at this time. One after another, senior, respected guys in the organization were taken out of the running, preventing a new boss from being officially installed. When Ricca also died in this period, it’s unsurprising that he was not replaced in the role that he had been serving, as it was an interim role that him and Accardo had taken due to a serious crisis; it was meant to be temporary and I doubt that either of them had anticipated that they would have had to serve as acting bosses for as long as they did. Once Aiuppa’s health issue passed, Accardo then stepped back again. Accardo’s role as acting boss obviously was not maintained once Aiuppa became the official boss, which was the case by 1975 at the latest.
This has been posted before, but one of the FBI’s sources in this period was Frank Bompensiero, who reported the following in 1969 following a meeting that he had with Alderisio and Fratianno:
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