cioFfBE ^/rr//uri LANSKY Books by HANK MESSICK THE SILENT SYNDICATE SYNDICATE IN THE SUN SYNDICATE WIFE SYNDICATE ABROAD SECRET FILE LANSKY *'The most powerful leader of organized crime in the country . . J' — * Wall StreetJournal "One of the richest and most powerful men in the United States /' . . — TheAtlantic "Reputed financial boss of organized crime." — NewYork Times "He is Public Enem—y No. i , , ," The Reader's Digest, quoting "a leading government Mafia expert" "Chairman of the Board of organized crime/' — MiamiHerald "When you get south ofJacksonville, well, there is Nixon and Agnew, and in the British and French islands there is the Queen and de Gaulle, but when you say—'Boss' you mean only one man, all over the blue water Lansky." — TrueMagazine LANSKY Hank Me ssick G. P. Putnam's Sons New York © Copyright 1971 byHankMessick All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission. Published simultaneously in Canada by LongmansCanadaLimited,Toronto, LibraryofCongress Catalog Card Number: 76-136798 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA To Jim Savage,Nick Gage,John Salin, Who kept thefaith in Boston, and Sam Rice, Who fishes in deep water Digitized by tlie Internet Arcliive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/lansky OOmess