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According to Luciano's authorized biography, during this time, Lansky helped arrange a deal with the U. S. Government via a high-ranking U. S. Navy official.

This deal would secure the release of Luciano from prison ; in exchange, the Italian Mafia would provide security for the war ships that were being built along the docks in New York Harbor.

German submarines were sinking Allied shipping outside the coast on a daily basis and there was great fear of attack or sabotage by Nazi sympathizers.