2107 Hote}. AGENCY INFORMATION _ AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90068-10046 RECORD _ SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-75147-210-108 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LA TO: HO TITLE: DATE: 02/10/1958 PAGES: 2 SUBJECT: AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Unclassified NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 06/24/1998 UPDATE DATE: “STATUS  Redact ° RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: MEMO Docld: 32328095 Page 1
y eased under the John F. Ke ATE: 11-14-2017 STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Assassination i Callectign Act of 1992°(44 USC 2107 Notes. Office Men sudum - é Ds . | TO : DIRECTOR » FBI . RQ: ACTIVITIES IN- CUBA | 4 aro ~ Re Legat Havana letter 1/26/58, ‘Havana: file 64153. Page ‘two. of ‘referenced letter, next: to last paragraph, stated:  CBLLINI (conceal) has advised-the -Legat:at’ Havana that IO from-Los o8 Angeles, California, has been selected to ling: ‘casino at the new Havana Hilton Hotel, Havana, Cuba. CELLINI: indicated he hadseen: DE TILLIO.in action and that DE. TILLIO Tr) a appeared ‘to be. pretty: ‘machen: amateur - as.a-gambler. PCI doubted that f a DE TILLIO could operate:a casino. the: size of ‘the one that would be in ~ the Havana Hilton. oe o . one JOE DENS operate the, Indices of the. Los Angeles: office contain only one’ reference to @ person whose name approximates that of JOE DE TILLIO. . This is a reference in September; 1950, to one JOE DETILLIA. $B a. ) _ LAURENCE ‘ROLAND KYLE, 118 Garcelonia Avenue, Monterey Park, California, advised: ‘that:his- sister-in-law has written. about the fabulous activity of: ‘the . ‘eister-in-law's - “husband, . JOE DETILLIA at Key West, Florida, where he reportedly Was: ‘connected with a. hotel on the island of Key West. .. KYIE advised. that his. ‘father-in-law; ‘RAWLING. CAMPBELL, Route -1,.Box 15, Noble,-:Louisiana, checked at Key West and: found’ that. ‘DETILLIA and wife - were behind. in their rent, and he was. ‘unemployed, . not. approximating 2 a any means -the - ‘story furnished by: DETILLIA's wife to her. relatives. Wre/ 7 ai i? paseo aacaatan ee LL, wa., Count; JOSEPHA; PRTILLIA, and-as residing-in 1950 et - | ] 116°--16th Street, Jacksonville. “Beach,- ‘Florida (Los: Angeles: file 105-699) “ It appears from:the information furnished ‘regarding. -this individual that < mn he tight be engaged’as a. confidence man-and' that he may possibly now be in Cuba. - a RE - | sous 7 . Co o2. 73 Le/ a Jee a DETILLIA was" described. L by. KYIE | as having ‘the name - JOSEPH A. i P ea ><STOCKSTI 7 “ae Bureau: (Encl. 1) ' 2- New York. EXal 1 + Salt Lake City - res 1 - [os Angeles a, shalt ; = Docld: 32328095 Page 2?
’ Released under the John F. Kénnedy Assassination ‘Recoyqs¥ Collection Act of 1997 (a4 se 2107 Hote T. DAPE: 11-14-2017 - [~ ms gm . vo “ t “LA 94-430 | Anotber dndividual with the neme somevbat similar to JOE DE TILLD is JOSEPH -CYPIFPOLITO, ‘FBI’ No.. 141307, -Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office photograph’ Aio> 348351 . He. is. the -son of SALVATORE’ (CHARIES ) DIPPOLITO and : resides in ‘San Bernardino: County, - California, where he has been engaged as . @ bookmaker and gambler ,: as well as “the: “proprietor of a liquor store. C4) A photograph or JOSEPH: C. DIPPOLITO is’ being’ forwarded with this communication-with the: request::that:it be: transmitted .to the Legal Attache at’ Havana, Cuba, for display to: PCI. CELLINI in: an. ttempt: ‘to > identity. the- JOE DE ‘TILLIO mentioned.in. referenced letter. te ‘Extra copies: of. this letter have been prepared: for forwarding by the Bureau to the age Attache, ‘Havana (wita photograph). Docld: 32328095 Page 3