# FBI memorandum of 29 November 1957: INS refers to Carlo Gambino as a participant in the Apalachin gathering

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/fbi-vault-gambino-pt03-scan04-ins-deportation-memo-1957/

One-page FBI memorandum reporting that the Immigration and Naturalization Service referred to Carlo Gambino as one of those who took part in the recent Apalachin gathering and planned to arrest him on a deportation warrant on 2 December 1957.

Part 03 of the FBI Vault's Carlo Gambino file, scan 4. A one-page office memorandum from R. R. Roach to A. H. Belmont. Parts of the page are redacted, and the Bureau file-number stamps are not legible enough to transcribe.

The memorandum states: "On November 29, 1957, [redacted] Investigations Division, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), referred to the subject as one of the individuals who participated in the recent gathering of hoodlums in Apalachin, New York. [redacted] advised on a confidential basis that INS plans to apprehend Gambino in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday, December 2, 1957. He will be arrested on a deportation warrant and INS plans to hold a hearing with the ultimate objective of deporting Gambino to his native country, Italy."

"Gathering of hoodlums" is the memorandum's own wording and is quoted, not adopted. A follow-up memorandum dated 2 December 1957 on the next scan is only partly legible; it says liaison had earlier reported that INS was taking steps to apprehend Gambino. Gambino's presence is also recorded in the [Second Circuit's account](/items/courtlistener-us-v-bufalino-285-f2d-408/) of who was stopped.

## Sources

- FBI Records: The Vault: https://vault.fbi.gov/Carlo%20Gambino/Carlo%20Gambino%20Part%2003/view