"JFK Assassination System ‘Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER:  124-10212-10141 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: — CR 62-75147-210-46 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: LEG, HAVANA TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 01/18/1954 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS : . MZF, ASSOC, B/F INT, GAMBLING DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/24/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : Date: 5/1/2015
x 2  svauoano FORM No. 64,’ a cee . . , Office Me Director, FBI be :  —- Legal Attache, Havana, AMERICAN CAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN LN, CUBA “1 OC GIR, ~ © « Gay) ‘oli yy ius Lee tj _ SUBJECT: , Re Miami letter to the Bureau Janua 13; to Havana (of AA/ ‘OPS aaa Thttn Fab e Concerning the Miami. informant's allegation about the Sevilla- Biltmore Hotel trying to get a gambling casino permit, it is believed that this information may be true, although this office has no definite information to corroborate it. Two or three years ago, AMLETTO BATTISTI leased the Sevilla-biltmore to a Chicago group and one WILLIAM HOGAN came to Havana as Manager of the hotel. HOGAN died at the hotel operon, or four months ago.and the management was taken over by one SOQJ#SIMON, 4! bee . also out of Chicagos (0) u) . | | OA Havana PCI DINO CELLINI, who is connected with the gambling casino in the Tropicana night club, advised some time ago that SIMON was encouraging Havana street prostitutes, of which there are many in the downtown area where the Sevilla is located, to frequent the Sevilla bar and endeavor to make pickups there. It would seem logical that SIMON © might try to go one step further and establish a casino in the hotel, although it is believed that he would have much difficulty in obtaining a permit due to opposition on part of other casinose ® pas i fha- With regard to ME MANSKY, the Bureau was advised that LANSKY) | ‘owned a part of the gambling concession at the Montmartre night club in downtown Havana during the 1952-1953 seasone It has not been possible to}: determine whether LANSKY is aa rs at the. Montmartre this season baju es nr The -anoresAuRtc ILER mentioned by the informant is be- lieved to be identical with ANDRES HEILER. mentioned in Havana letter to the Bureau dated June 10, 1952, in the case entitled "UNKNOWN SUBJECTS, Theft of $120,000.00 Worth of Us S. Treasury Bonds From First of Boston Corporation, New York, New York, November 21, 1951, ITSP." HEILER pure nortedly is the represeiitative: in Cuba ‘of the Seaboard Steel Company of New York City. From the Limited information availableé: concerning him, it od would appear that he is an international floater out to make a fast dollar*” **". whenever possible.; He was reported to be residing at the Hotel Sevilla-,. | Biltmore in. 19522. He’. definitely does not work for the American he, a wd - eee 2ttiam “ah 4 dixsst: lg
CONFIDENTIAL With regard to: the Pdi viau named oscar Oe. the ‘Tropicana, he is doubtless identical. with OSCAR “AC HEMENDIA , ! who: together with the brothers PEDRO and MARTI X, owns the Tropicana. ‘ECHEMENDIA’ is per= sonally known own to this” office and efforts will be made through him and PCI CELLINI to ascertain the identity of the person named JIMMY. The Bureau and the Miami Office will be advised of the results. 1 Two copies of this letter are being sent via direct airmail to the Miami. Offices ~~ OT