DEFERRED6-8-626-44 PM CDST JLS
TO DIRECTOR, FBI /92-3171/
FROM SAAC, CHICAGO /92-349/2P
SAMUEL M. GIANCANA, AKA, AR.
DAILY SUMMARY. RE SAHARA MOTEL NORTH, AKA, SAHARA INN. CG SIX FOUR FOUR THREE DASH C ADVISED THAT THE SAHARA INN IS A PARTNERSHIP OF WILLIAM DADDANO, GIANCANA, AND SAM BATTAGLIA, THE LATTER TWO BEING CHICAGO TOP HOODLUMS AND LIEUTENANTS OF GIANCANA. IN VIEW OF RECENT NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY, ACCORDING TO THIS INFORMANT, KNOWN HOODLUMS HAVE BEEN ORDERED, AT LEAST FOR THE PRESENT, TO STAY CLEAR OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT SO THAT STORIES WILL NOT BE JUSTIFIED.
THE SAHARA WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED LAST , AMIDST MUCH FANFARE, INCLUDING TELEVISION COVERAGE, DURING WHICH MANNY SKAR, OWNER, MADE A PUBLIC STATEMENT DENYING NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY, STATED HE QUOTE MADE A MISTAKE ONCE YEARS AGO END QUOTE, SAID HE ASSOCIATED WITH QUOTE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE END QUOTE.
