_—eeae--® AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : iii eee ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE ; DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : \ DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : : ST — v9.1 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10296-10111 HQ CR 62-75147-39-63 Document Information FBI LEG, HAVANA DIRECTOR, FBI 03/28/1951 3 NRO, ASSOC, DESCR, GAMBLING ACT PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 03/16/1998 INDEFINITE (NW 45946 DoclId:323087383 Page 1 Date: 4/27/20]
“1 pee owe + 7 : a. . H € * STANDARD FORM No. 64 ~ he = ' * 9 1 a ome ‘Office Memorandum + untrep states GOVERNMENT cg TO : Director, FBI !? DATE: March 28, 1951. ¢ 0" Po Havana, Cuba more oe FROM : Legal Attache, Havana, Cuba ee oy , SUBJECT: —; ) CRIME SURVEY — PITTSBURGH DIVISION _ fe deme wa Cy rye Lon Ob pe Ly vo ~ . . soe 7 Toseeaneen ; ' Rebulet March 15, 1951, which transmitted a copy of Pittsburg. ~ och letter to the Bureau dated March 10, 1951. This latter requested_vyerMio’ °™°% 4. ; pation ot certain information fumished by a potential informant, crc OTHER 4 ‘ It is desired to point out by way of background that theoretically at least, gambling in Cuba is illegal except in the National Casino which has been closed during the last two tourist seasons due to labor troubles with the gastronomical workers union. Despite its alleged illegality, | gambling: operates openly with the apparent consent of government authorities in the following places: . Montmartre Night Club, located in downtown Havana. Tropicana Night Club, located out in a residential section of Havana. . Jockey Club, operated in conjunction with the Oriental Park ' | Ne race track. A Sans Souci Night Club, situated: on the outskirts of Havana. 4 af SIFIED*: ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED, 1 ae HERE DAT | Chief source of information of this office conceming gambling operations during the current tourist season has been one B AGORELICK, * - | Rabi No. 477, between Zapotes and Santa Emilia, Santos Suarez, Havana. GORE is a singer and a master of ceremonies who is know professionally | as BEA ROHENTS. For the past several months he has been employed as master of teremonies at the Rio Rita Night Club in downtown Havana. The | following is summary of information furnished by ROBERTS over~a-period. ... ..., | of several months. ee, a ABR fs) {SRT Gambling in the first three of the above mentioned places, namely ” Montmartre, Tropicana and Jockey Club, is operated entirely by Cuban individuals and there is no "foreign" capital invested in these enterprises. 7 The Sans Souci, which was forced to close during the 1949-50 season due to _ 7 lack of profits, was taken over by new management prior to the opening of x of the 1950-51 season, was redecorated and opened with considerable fanfare ‘ i in December, 1950. Informant advised that a good deal of money was invested in this operation by a group of Americans working together with a group of: \ Cubans. Informant was able to establish the idegtities of the following ~~ individuals, both Cuban and American, who are interested in the Sans Soucie he BYSAABIA is j t so, RECORDED9) 6 2. INDEXED - 91 ‘HW 45946 DocId:32308783 Page 2