TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : COMMENTS : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : ' FROM: TO: OPENING CRITERIA : JFK Assassination System Identification Form FBI 124-10212-10139 HQ CR 62-9-29-145 Document Information FBI SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 09/24/1959 2 Date: MZF, THP, ASSOC, B/F INT, GAMBLING, RACK AND SUBV PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 . Redact 07/23/1998 INDEFINITE \ ¢ 5/1/2015 Agency Information AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER :
oboe ml Fas’, tee AES GOVERNMENT (s : ‘DIRECTOR, FBI (62~75147#210)- SAC, MIAMI. (62-3398) Lor oodLun FRIEROAY 3 r- AMERICAN GAMBLING ACTIVITIES - CUBA "Wi Ton. ; _ ANT I-RACKETEERING for Levien ae Rite by ae S hepa Pequeste aw _ _— Lace Bee 37250) “7 MM 509-C on July 24, 1959, advised he Tearned a during the past week that TACKARIEDLANDER, FBI Number ° 3716605, formerly a gambling casino employee in Havana; dee an uba., is now manager of the International Gambling ANCES Casino in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, (CCT Ce , , On July 31,,1959, he advised that WILLIAM GUSTO _ Aprscuorr, aka., LEPTYACLARK, FBI_Number 1721507, left" Miami“Béach for Haiti. on July 26, 1959, for the purpose of looking over a gambling set up there. 4/9, ! /\ On September 11, 1959, MM 509-c related | J 4 BISCHOFF returned to Miami on September 9, 1959, from . . A Haiti and advised him that negotiations are still pending r 4 relative to the gambling operation in Haiti. This | : \ informant said BISCHOFF told him he had seen JACK FRIEDLANDER ‘| in Haiti and that FRIEDLANDER was doing satisfactorily... | ; /This informant also said he was told a , aka., JOE RS, was in town, visiting and had, commented 7,4 | to some of his friends that he, SILESI, would like to get “22. w-back™dnto Cuba gambling, but the Cubans would not take ‘Baim back. “MM7509-c related he did not know where SILEST “was staying. bs 2 ___\/__ MM 673-C advised on July 20, 1959, that ° EPAJONES, Ex-Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. and JAKE. NEY OSLOFF, an €x-Las Vegas casino operator, are operating the ee Ag .concession in the New Aruba Caribbean Hotel, i, RRS ASS eM RENEE NOMA eID aa On September 2, 1959, MM 673-C said he LF tands LOUIS JPANDEL, of Miami, anSettorney and 7/5... yer as well’‘as general counsel for the -Havana, Cuba, | ek Orie ates running for Circuit Judge’ in Dadé a Flori J i the t elect: . , ‘vee QCh 2 eB SoM os aaa C23 7 — 2G /€: der ps iW, 0. REG Al ee NY isis ME CD. of JAKE DiS yaa Oo teary me ns ps ee sry he \ 7), ; rf Bet. No j : . a . see, “ACL’INFORMATION CONTAINED oy I. e HEREIN IS U | INCLASSIFIEDSP "Fonz, SPE DATEL, BY SPE ETI GO
x \ \ MM 62-3398 MM 334-C on September 4, 1959, advised that he heard MI C LANEY of the Hotel Nacional Gambling Casino, Havana, Cuba, has purchased a home at 4855 Pine Tree Drive, Miami Beach. “4A / Kee . PDA LIRA ROO ITER et ETE ieeseomemeerwarwenerss Se ALS. ’ , lia He said he also understood JACK SKY still “1. fA travels back and forth from Miami to Havana, as he still “4/- handles MEYER LANSKY's interest in the Riviera Hotel Cuhhr. gambling gasino, Havana, Cuba. ° . aaa _MM 665-PC on August 12, 1959, advised CHARLES;MOURINE, FBI Number 695716, who resides at Bay __ Harbor ‘Islands, Florida, made a short trip to Europe and “returned to the Miami area the past week end. Prior to the trip, MM 665-PC said TOURINE Spoke of going to NI. Beirut in Lebanon, having been contacted by someone relative to the new hotel and gambling casino that CONRAD | HILTON was building. He said he did not know whether or not TOURINE went to Beirut. MM 665-PC also said TOURINE remained in Miami only a short time and then flew to New | Saxe York City where he intended to Stay at the Navaro Hotel. , On September 9, 1959, LOUISESACCAROMA, PCI, advise? through his father-in-law who is from Cuba and — presently residing with him in Miami, he learned that 7 SANTO AFFICANTE, JR., and some of the other American | _- ' gamblers are again operating gambling/casinos in Havana, Ue, and have apparently made an agreement with FIDEL CASTRO:, we : m ‘ EE - = 4 ee, Sr, On September 19, 1959, FLOYD MINER, PCI, advised BP ne leariied ALBERT ARDURA\MOYA, who was in partnership | with MARTINYPOX” at" the Tropicana Night Club, Havana, Cuba when BATISTA was in power, a egedliyhas the main interest ; in the Biltmore Terrace Hotel, Miami/ each, having purchased it in a peso exchange deal with BANXKAY....the previous owner. £4 He also advised he understood M YA/US as close as two personrs-——""—— could get with ROBERIPFERVANDEZ WERANDA, who is BATISTA's brother-in-law, has an interest/in the same hotel under @ ge his, MOYA'S name. He said the hotel allegedly is managed ™. Vg by NORMAN) ROTHMAN, EBL Number 152585B and the assistant -"—~__ manager Is TEDDYXWHITEHOUSE who in BATISTA's reign was a Pilot for Cubana’ Wirlines and who was former chairman of - the Air Traffic Commission Ministry, Havana, Cuba, and | CUE Cees.