" JFK Assassination System Date: 5/1/2015 \ Identification Form AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information FBI 124-10212-10141 HQ CR 62-75147-210-46 ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Document Information FBI LEG, HAVANA DIRECTOR, FBI 01/18/1954 2 MZF, ASSOC, B/F INT, GAMBLING PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 07/24/1998 INDEFINITE v9.1 NW 45782 DociId:32293865 Page 1
i ay, >  stanpano FORM NO, 6s. ate Legal Attache, Havana, . fe} ES Nol yar TON Siri SUBJECT: MERICAN CAMBLING ACTIVITIES IN CUBA CLASSLFTED SAR NI eA I Oe 7\ © GIF, ~ Ge PUL ai) ae ee Re Vi letter to the Bureau Janney. 19545 with . copies “ to Havana. CLASSIS} Ly of sabe Concerning the Miami ‘iatormnt'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 abou}”three Ls 4 or four months ago.and the management was taken over by one SQJMSIMON, $1.4". 18 OTRER also out of Chicagos (50) ( U) 7 | us . Havana PCI who is connected with the gambling ™ . AP 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 | du Pa- i a With regard to ME NSKY, 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 season. It has not been possible + determine whether LANSKY is participating ot, ern Montmartre this season 4 foe” The annresMfaurtcrg LER 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 U. S. Treasury Bonds From First of Boston Corporation, New York, New York, November 21, 1951, ITSP." HEILER pure pnortedly is the representative: in Cuba‘of the Seaboard Steel Company of New York City.~ From the Liini tea information availablé: concerning him, i fA 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 i eek: He’. ‘definitely does not work for the American se ~ col ri ee ay jVeemesma— se oe ee vain ms NW 45782 Docid:32293865 Page 2
| uve . . Ly = ~ CONFIYENTIAE With regard to’.the Lhd viduy named oschR | Of. the ‘Tropicana, he is doubtless identical. yfth 0S “AC HEMENDIA. > { who: together ‘with the brothers PEDRO and MARTI , owns: the Tropicana. ‘ECHEMENDIA’is per~ sonally known to this”6ffice and « efforts will be made through him and Co to ascertain the identity of the person named JIMMY. The OTHER 4 Bureau and the Miami Office will be advised of the results. 9 ‘Two copies of iad letter are being sent via direct airmail to the Miami Offices =“. we wa NW 45782 Docid:32293865 Page 3