aoe ay ie F as he abe UNITED Shs HES GOVERNM ~ Lia A Ue Rs 28 eet he dX phe TO wh FBI (92-2717) DATE: April 27, 1961 FROM: : gat, London (92-6) 7 i» SUBJECT: ANGELO BRUNO, aka Angelo Bruno Annaloro, ii dmc cman ser MV WaAnge, Victor Annaloro [ ANTI-RACKETEERING 00: PHILADELPHA Re Philadelphia letter to the Bureau 3-22-61. Information contained in referenced communication was. made available to and discussed with Colonel MALCOLM CUMMING, °. | official of British Security Service, MI-5.. Colonel CUMMING os iy * advised that MI-5 for a number of years has developed certain > . / a individuals in Lloyds of London as confidential sources. Colonel ~*~ Jig) CUMMING at the request of this office contacted these sources “vm at: Lloyds to determine the answers to questions raised by the 451 a Philadelphia Office concerning subject's financial dealings in the gambling casino at the Plaza Hotel, Havana, Cuba. () i: Bok tf Ze lag On April 24, 1961 Colonel CUMMING advised that MI-5's confidential sources had stated that Lloyds of London had acted i ™ as the re-insurer for the American International Re-Insurance . 8 * Corporation of New York City to the extent of $70,000 for a #), policy made out to subject in connection with the gambling MY casino at the Plaza Hotel, Havana. ($ ) BY 4 A i Colonel CUMMING stated in April, 1959, a claim was paid to subject for $185,000 presumably by the American Inter- national Re-Insurance Corporation in respect to a fire which _ had occurred at the gambling casino, Plaza Hotel, Havana, on, Ds ta bs 4 (1 - Philadelphia, ’ ‘925 htt) se “tO 1 = London (92-6) » ce ABM, cluleine Lt A YU Ba 11 8 SECRET Docld: 32294833 Page 2? 5 - Bureaue, , January 1, 1959. (s) od Colonel CUMMING stated that in making this information | 7 available to this office he would respectfully request that no | ie dissemination of this information be made outside the Bureau : Ra and that extreme discretion be used in connection with this , fo aa information in order that the American International Re-Insurance/ } e Corporation would not know that the original information came, * fw? be from the Lloyds organization in London. Any such revelation re would seriously jeopardize MI-5's future relationships with the ue Lloyds concern. OGp ve, vo 1 em oe. r bs Or Lice rec 72 2 IP AS | & RUC A cdectietn paterson et ae MAY 4 1961
SECRED f viet oe o. 24 . Ad ADF ae a) é é (> r t , 4 yO 5 ae : Colonel CUMMING also pointed out that the term "insured" by Lloyds of London is a misnomer as Lloyds do not pay out claims to individuals but act as a re-insurance | organization for other insurance companies and any money paid by Lloyds is paid not to the individual policy holders ; but to other insurance companies to help them cover their | losses when heavy demands are put upon their resources by their own policy holders. (4) . , No information was obtained indicating subject or any of his associates had any kind of an insurance policy other than the fire insurance policy mentioned above and no information was available identifying the officers of. the corporation of which subject was a member, (e, As there are no further leads outstanding, this ease is being placed in an RUC status. OCS | | | SECRET LL Docld: 32294833 Page 3