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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file titled “Stefano Magaddino – Section Eight of Ten,” comprising six hundred seventy‑four pages and dated December nineteen sixty‑four. The record is notable for its detailed day‑by‑day surveillance and informant reports on the Magaddino organized‑crime family in western New York. PROVENANCE. The document was released through a Freedom of Information Act request, case number one four six four seven four two dash zero, filed by the public. The Black Vault posted the full text on archive dot org on the date of release, and the declassification authority was the Office of the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation. The canonical URL for the PDF is https colon slash slash archive dot org slash download slash 1464742-0-file-1-section-8 slash 1464742-0 - File 1 - Section 8djvu.txt. THE DOCUMENT. The file opens with a series of redacted page markers. [four lines redacted under exemption B1] The header reads: “Federal Bureau of Investigation – FOI/PA Deleted Page FOI/PA number one four six four seven four two dash zero. Total Deleted Pages equals two hundred nine.” Subsequent entries list additional deleted pages: page two hundred eleven, three hundred two, three hundred four, four hundred twenty‑seven, four hundred twenty‑eight, five hundred seventy‑four, five hundred seventy‑six, seven hundred fifty, seven hundred fifty‑five, seven hundred seventy‑five, seven hundred seventy‑six, seven hundred eighty‑five, seven hundred eighty‑eight, seven hundred ninety‑four. The next section is an investigative information sheet marked “KAU OF INVESTIGATION INFORMATION SHEET fifteen.” The text is heavily obscured by placeholder characters and indicates a deleted page with no duplication fee. The substantive portion begins with a transmission note: “Transmit the following in my... Tolson, Mr. Belmont, Mr. Mohr… FBI Mr. Conrad… Mr. Gale… Mr. Rosen… Mr. Sullivan… Mr. Tavel… Tele. Room… Date: December seventeen, nineteen sixty‑four.” The memo is addressed to the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, from the Buffalo field office, reference number ninety‑two dash twenty‑nine‑two‑four. A weekly summary follows, identified as “Weekly Summary – BU two eighty dash C star.” The summary covers the period February seventh through December thirteenth, nineteen sixty‑four. On December seventh, the informant reported that Stefano Magaddino and his son Peter A. Magaddino were observed in Niagara Falls, New York. The informant learned that they had been at Delfredo’s Restaurant, one thousand four hundred sixteen Main Street, Niagara Falls, the night before. The informant added that a woman entered the restaurant with a small dog for which she paid two hundred fifty dollars and later remarked that she would have the dog baptized. On December eighth, the informant advised that Stefano Magaddino and his wife were ill, and a doctor had visited the night before to administer shots, warning Mr. Magaddino not to…

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FBI File: Stefano Magaddino Section 8 Of 10 (declassified FBI Document) [674 Pages]

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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file titled “Stefano Magaddino – Section Eight of Ten,” comprising six hundred seventy‑four pages and dated December nineteen sixty‑four. The record is notable for its detailed day‑by‑day surveillance and informant reports on the Magaddino organized‑crime family in western New York.

Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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What was FBI File: Stefano Magaddino Section 8 Of 10 (declassified FBI Document) [674 Pages] about?: COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation file titled “Stefano Magaddino – Section Eight of Ten,” comprising six hundred seventy‑four pages and dated December nineteen sixty‑four. The record is notable for its detailed day‑by‑day surveillance and informant reports on the Magaddino organized‑crime family in western New York.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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