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Did the Commission approve of Albert Anastasia's hit?


I wasn't there, but by the way the story reads, it seems yes. Or maybe they were about to (at Appalachin) but someone prevented that.

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Does that mean Carlo Gambino wasn't a legitimate boss, which by extension made Paul Castellano an illegitimate boss.


Well, the Commission accepted Carlo as an Acting Boss for a probationary 3 year period, and then accepted his being made official after that. The Capos were with him. The Commission was with him.

Whoever killed Anastasia, and for whatever reason, the Commission put their stamp of approval on it. Maybe we don't have an official explanation of the Anastasia hit because that was one of the topics that was meant to be discussed at Appalachin?

Was Paul Castellano legitimate? Carlo appointed him and the Commission accepted him, but did the Caporegimes vote for him? Not sure about that one.

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